abulary,explanationoftextsentencebysentence,grammarteaching(withtranslationinmothertongue)andexercises.Teacherstalktoomuchinclassandtheyareresponsibleonlyforthetransmissionofknowledge,whilestudentsarejustsupposedtoreceiveknowledgeratherthanconstructandproducebythemselvesandtheiractivitiesarelimitedtoansweringteachers’questions.Inaword,theteacher---munication.Inthiscase,themethodoflearningbyroteisdominatingEnglishclasses,municationoftheirown,theyare‘mute’inspeakinginspiteoftheirlargevocabularyandgrammarknowledge(KangGuangming1998:43),es.Ontheotherhand,plainthat“theymeetsilentlearnersintheirclass,especiallyinanEFLsettinginChina’’O%ngYan1999:20)andtheyhavedifficultygettingstudentstospeakinclassandsomestudentsfortheirpartmayregardaninvitationtoparticipateas‘beingpickedon’”(SongMeimeil999:31).5