This paper mainly discusses the necessity of, and the way to college English teachers' content-based professional development in China, one of the main conclusions drawn from the case study of a provincial education department-funded project (see footnote). It draws on the pilot project on college English teaching reform which, with action research employed, aims to figure out the problems exposed to college English teaching and looks to put forward effective ways of college English teachers’ professional development fitted into Chinese educational and economic globalization.
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