Author(s)

Ming Cao

Corresponding Author

Ming Cao

ABSTRACT

Recent years, case teaching has gradually been used in different teaching and learning subjects. It can provide a lot of handful knowledge for students in education direction of English major. But only presenting cases for students seems insufficient, for students need more time to think and more opportunities to practice. PAD (Presentation - Assimilation - Discussion) mode is a good way for students to assimilate knowledge while studying typical cases in English teaching field. By using immediate discussion and week-after discussion, as well as rubrics with process evaluation, we can maximize the benefit of cases. This research and practice combines the core value of PAD with the characteristics of case teaching, and found that the method is a pretty effective to enhance students’ understanding knowledge from workplace.

KEYWORDS

Case teaching, PAD mode, discussion, evaluation