我们暨南大学共有七十多个班要上公共英语课,而教师缺额达十多名,短期内无法补足名额。除人力不足外,还有别的问题:尽管不少教师努力改革教学方法,取得了较好的效果,但多数公英课仍然沿用传统的语法/翻译法上课。再说,学生的程度又很不齐,相当多人起点较低,这也使教学工作难以顺利进行。为了克服上述困难和缺点,校、系领导决心改革教学体制和方法。最初有人建议采用录象手段,自己摄制软件,然后用闭路电视在大教室播放,可以同时给使用共同教材的九个班上课。闭路电视还有其它优点:可以请有经验的或外籍教师用英语讲课,经过编导提高讲课质量,加 We have more than 70 classes in Jinan University that are required to take public English classes. The shortage of teachers is more than ten and we cannot make up for the short term. In addition to the shortage of manpower, there are other problems: Although many teachers work hard to reform their teaching methods and achieve better results, most public English courses still use traditional grammar/translation methods to teach. Moreover, the degree of students is very different, and a relatively large number of people have a low starting point, which also makes teaching work difficult to carry out smoothly. In order to overcome the above difficulties and disadvantages, school and department leaders are determined to reform the teaching system and methods. At first, it was proposed to use video recording methods to produce software on their own and then use closed-circuit television to play in large classrooms. At the same time, nine classes using common textbooks can be taught at the same time. There are other advantages of CCTV: Experienced or foreign teachers can be invited to give lectures in English, and the quality of lectures can be improved through editors.