专四范文--Traditional Classroom Learning or Online Learning.doc

Read carefully the following excerpt on the popularity of online instruction across China, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should: summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then comment on why online education is becoming so popular You should support yourself with information from the excerpt. Online Instruction Grows in Popularity Zheng Anke, who earns up to 3.6 million yuan annually through her English classes on WeChat, Chinas most popular instant messaging app, provides a case in point. Zheng, in her early 30s, organized 10 WeChat groups with 120 students each and charges each student 3,000 yuan a year. She once worked for New Oriental Education, Chinas biggest English-training school, but now runs her own business. I compile my own English learning materials, which I send to the students every week, said Zheng, who has two assistants to help her keep in touch with all of the students as they also receive weekly feedback on their pronunciation.After-school instruction has long been popular among parents with big hopes for their childrens academic achievements, so the growing popularity of online teaching is not surprising.High earnings have caught the publics attention. One screenshot, which went viral on WeChat, drawing netizen criticism, showed a physics teacher who charged each of his 2,617 students 9 yuan for a single class. He earned 18,842 yuan for an hours instruction after sharing 20 percent of the tuition with an online educational agency.Yang Jie, a government worker in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, said distance learning has many advantages compared with traditional educational agencies, including cheaper fees, repeated opportunities to review the teachers instruction and the ability to attend classes when its convenient.Yang also appreciates the ability to choose instructors.I can choose the teachers I like freely on the Internet, Yang said. Ill continue to attend their classes if they turn out to be humorous and their classes are well prepared. 本题讨论的是网络教育的一种形式-微课。选段中以一位英语教师的微课为例，说明了微课的流行状况，然后分析了微课走红的原因以及微课与传统教学相比所具有的优势。本题的写作重点在于：首先概括上述选段要点，其次就网络教育流行的原因进行分析论述。范文：Traditional Classroom Learning or Online Learning?Recently several teachers have succeeded in raking in huge profits out of organizing online classes, which, with their obvious advantages such as the convenience for learners and cheaper tuition fees, cater to the call for after-school instruction. While their high earnings have provoked fierce criticism from some of the conservative public, I fully support this up-to-date online education for two main reasons.Firstly, online education is student-friendly in its both inexpensive and convenient way of service. Compared with the traditional class whose tuition fees can soar to 200 yuan for a single tutoring class, online class charges much lower instead. Furthermore, course applicants can attend classes in fragmented time, at any accessible place and study at their own pace. Secondly, online education is teacher-friendly. While the traditional curriculum has a stodgy control over teachers choice of textbooks and teaching contents, teachers of online education can either choose and compile teaching materials according to the students needs in avoidance of uniformity in students from “streamlined education”, or they can try innovative teaching ways. Sometimes they can even introduce a few gimmicks which are totally denied in the traditional classrooms to attract students. More encouragingly, teachers who are well-acclaimed for their mastery of teaching can earn a decent salary in return for their efforts.To sum up, online education not only brings cheaper tuition fees and bette