A Research into the Roles of College English Teachers as Subject and Object: a Perspective of Educational Linguistics

Educational linguistics sets college English teachers at the core of higher English education, and grants them roles as the subject of English discipline and the object of academic research. Both roles should be defined in the specific educational settings. To seek further achievements, college English teachers must play both roles well. They should effectively fulfill their roles into the background of their educational culture by pinpointing the relation between beliefs and actions, language and education, discipline and talents. Only in this way can college English teachers actualize their dual roles. There are three problems with the current researches into college English teachers. First, there is no special theory for the development of college English teachers which is mostly supported by theories of other disciplines. Second, the development of college English teachers has not been studied as an independent secondary subject of pedagogy, nor has it highlighted the characteristics of education and development of college English teachers. Third, in terms of the specific study, there is lack of research into the mechanism of the teachers' development and their roles. The main reason for the above problems lies in the fact that there is no specific discipline engaged in their development.