To promote students’ English proficiency, in those years, almost every college has paid much attention to the effectiveness of English teaching. Due to the big and multilevel classes, it is not easy for English teachers to reach their expected teaching goals. When teachers teach a large multilevel class,it looks like a suffering to both teachers and students in such an English class,and the effectiveness of English teaching and learning seems unsatisfactory.Therefore, some colleges began to implement English placement teaching
several years ago; perhaps that is another way to solve the problem of English teaching and learning. The purpose of the study is to understand technical college freshmen’s opinions about English ability grouping teaching, and what students’ expectations are in English teaching. First, the researcher designed a questionnaire about English ability grouping teaching according to her teaching experience and some practical situations, and the questionnaire had been reviewed by three English experts. Then, she chose a technical college
conducting English ability grouping teaching as the subject. Following, she did the survey three times to get the subjects’ opinions about English ability grouping teaching; one was in 2006, another in 2007, and the other in 2008.Next, she analyzed the data collected and drew up the conclusion according to her findings. Finally, the researcher provided some implications for English ability grouping teaching.
