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Based  on  the  above-listed  research  problems,  the  purpose  of  the  research  can  be summarized as the following three aspects. 

1) In  order  to  find  out  the  deficiencies  of  the  professional  competence  of  middle school  English  teachers  and  to  provide  some  suggestions  for  teachers  to  improve  their professional competence.

2) In order to help English teachers accurately improve their professional competence so that they can better cultivate students’ English key competence.

3) To provide reference for the team construction of middle school English teachers in Zhoushan Archipelago New Area. 

ChapterChapter Two Literature Review

2.1 Relevant Definitions

Some relevant definitions derived from the related literature are interpreted in this part. At  first,  conceptual  framework  of  key  competence  is  introduced  respectively  from  home and abroad, and then the contents of English key competence will be analyzed in order to identify the new requirements for the professional competence of English teachers. Finally, the relevant researches concerning English teachers’ professional development at home and abroad are reviewed so as to provide theoretical support for this research.

2.1.1 Definitions of Key Competence at Home and Abroad

Jones and Voorhees et al. point out in their research that competence is an excellent trait  (based  on  the  traits  and  characteristic  of  individuals)  expressed  by  integrating  the existing  learning  experience  and  the  knowledge,  abilities  and  skills  developed  in  the learning  process(2002:1-15).  It  can  be  seen  that  the  definition  of  competence  in  all countries  around  the  world  is  in  the  same  general  direction.  They  all  emphasize  the integration of competence rather than the ability of a single aspect. In the current wave of education  reform,  international  organizations  and  countries  all  over  the  world  pay  great attention to the basic education reform with “competence” as the key aspect. Then how do different  international  organizations  and  countries  interpret  the  concept  of  “key competence”? And what kinds of framework of key competence did they develop?

2.1.1.1 Definitions of Key Competence Abroad

From  1997  to  2005, in order to encourage countries to  attach  importance  to the  key competence  of  their  citizens,  the  Organization  for  Economic  Co-operation  and Development  (OECD  for  short)  focused  on  the  definition  and  investigation  of  key comp本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。