本书从教育要素的“五要素说”为出发点，阐明外语教学五要素的建构意义。接着以阴阳五行为基础，提出教师、教法、教材、学生和学法五大要素与阴阳五行有属性上的类比性、机制上的趋同性、功能上的对等性和动因上的一致性关系。由此建立外语教学的动态平衡系统和动态教学实践范式，让教师和学生有了明确的把手和契入点，这对解决我国的基础外语教学的“费时低效”和“思辨缺席”问题，提供新的视角。本书还将说明，教学中的五要素间都有类似相生相克、相乘相侮的的关系，比如“教师与学生”、“教法与学法”、“教师与教材”和“学生与教材”等等教学要素之间的关系不仅是单向的，而且是双向的。书中还提出若干教学策略和基于五行要素的课堂管理方案。
目 录：
CONTENT
Chapter 1 Theoretical Position001
1.1 Dialectic View on the Yin-Yang Theory001
1.2 Holistic View on Language Education005
1.3 Holistic Views on Language Learning012
1.4 Holistic Views on Language Teaching 015
Chapter 2 Wuxing-Based Teaching Elements021
2.1 Origins of the Five-Element(Wuxing)021
2.2 Learners as (L) Wood026
2.3 Learning Strategies (LS) as Fire037
2.4 Teacher as Earth042
2.5 Textbooks (TB) as Metal054
2.6 Teaching Methods (TM) as Water060
Chapter 3 Inner-Relations among Elements067
3.1 Mechanism of Five Teaching Elements067
3.2 Dynamic Relationship Between Teacher and Students073
3.3 Students' Learning Style and Teachers' Personality Type084
3.4 Students' Learning Strategies & Teachers' Teaching Methods099
3.5 Comprehensible Input and Communicationable Output130
3.6 Teachers' Education & Students' Learning Autonomy136
Chapter 4 Skill Practice in EFL from Wuxing Perspective146
4.1 Wuxing Teaching Model and Application146
4.2 Wuxing View in English Writing 156
Chapter 5 Wuxing-Based Teaching Strategies169
5.1 How To Teach Listening Effectively169
5.2 How to Teach Speaking Effectively181
5.3 How to Teach Reading189
5.4 How to Teach Writing202
Chapter 6 Wuxing-Based Teaching Design210
6.1 Designing English Teaching Syllabus210
6.2 Designing Lesson Plans 216
6.3 Classroom Management222
