A Study on the PBL Teaching Model Applied to Academic English Teaching under the Background of Subject-based College English Teaching

PBL is a teaching method regarding problems as its orientation. It is a new learning model that students study in dependently under the lead of teacher. PBL mainly emphasize students’ collaboration and group leaning. The application of PBL model in college English teaching is increasing, as the result of the advocating of modern vocational education in China at present. The using of PBL model can improve students’ logical thinking ability, learning ability and language communication ability, which can meet the social need for language talents. Along with the advance of modern vocational education, it is necessary for the establishment of a wholesome modern vocational education system. It has been quite important to introduce new teaching method in college English teaching in order to ensure that our graduates can adapt to the current social development, and meet the social demand for comprehensive and applied English talents. There are still many problems in academic English teaching in China, displaying that English teaching in basic stage overlap with college English teaching; students have little enthusiasm in English learning; Unitary teaching mode in English classroom teaching, can not stimulate students interest in English learning; The current teaching mode can't satisfy the cultivation to the modern professional talents and the requirement of modern vocational education development of society.