文档介绍：1. Introduction
With the rapid development of economic globalization and information and technology, English plays a very important role in international affairs. In June 1999, the official document “Decision on the Deepening of Education Reform and the Full Promotion of Quality Education” heralded the reform of the existing curriculum construction and content. In June 2001, the State Council ratified the “Decision on the Reform and Development of Basic Education”, further clarifying the task of setting up the new elementary education curriculum. Based on these two documents, New Curriculum Reform in elementary education has been expanded gradually from the experimental zones to the whole nation. On the basis of “Concise Outline of the Curriculum Reform in elementary Education”, the New National English Curriculum Standard (NECS) is formulated by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in China for Senior High Schools English teachers. On one hand, teachers are the core participants in the reform. Only the quality of teachers has been improved the goal of the New Curriculum Reform can be achieved. On the other hand, the New Curriculum Reform is a new growth point for teacher’s professional quality and brings new challenges to all the English language teachers. English language teachers’ professional quality is the most essential part in teachers’ quality. It directly affects training the talent of 21st century.
In the context of the New Curriculum Reform, teachers’ professional quality should meet the requirements of the reform. So the purposes of the thesis can be described as follows:
(1)To enhance an understanding of the status of Senior High School English teachers in terms of their concepts, knowledge, skills and attitudes to professional quality.
(2)To find out what difficulties and problems exist in their teaching or professional quality and what their professional needs are.
(3)To explore some effective approaches of accelerating English language teachers’ pro