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A Review on Researches of “Genre-Based Teaching Approaches” in Recent 20 Years in China

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The “genre-based teaching approach” is a new method for English teaching in China. In this paper, the related researches of “genre-based teaching approach” in the past two decades are reviewed from the following aspects: basic concepts of “genre”, “genre analysis” and “genre-based teaching approach”, research stages, research angles, problems and suggestions. The lack of theoretical innovations and appliance to various fields of the current researches are pointed out to be further studied.

DOI 10.11648/j.ijsedu.20180601.14
Published in International Journal of Secondary Education (Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2018)
Page(s) 16-23
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Genre, Genre-Based Teaching Approaches (GBTA for Short), Review

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