A Study of Current English Learning and Teaching for College Art Majors and a Brief Discussion of Art-based English Teaching Strategy

摘要

In accord with the current general testing regulation and reformation of the entrance examination in China, there has appeared to be various contradic-tories in the process of English teaching for art majors. Thus, English teaching has witnessed a turning point and teaching methods have been calling for transforma-tion and advancement. Art-based English teaching method, i.e., teaching languages through art, is still a new concept to many of the English teachers for art major though it has been discussed for a long time among domestic educators and even abroad for its targeted effects for art major students. This article aims at stating and analyzing English teaching for art major from two aspects in general, the current teaching condition and the introduction of art-based teaching method.