COPUS-based Observation and Analysis on Chinese and American College Classroom

Abstract

Classroom observation is to improve teaching arrangements. This paper has analyzed classical classroom observation methodologies in and out of China, and selects COPUS as the main research protocol. Through observing typical teaching practice in China and the United States, groups of statistics characterizing teaching practice are drawn; based on the comparison and analysis on the statistics, some insights into improving classroom teaching quality in China are generated.