Brief on Language Oriented Approach (LOA) of Teaching Programming Skills

Abstract

The study believes teaching is a communication and exchange process between teachers and students, and the quality of teaching depends on communication qualities, especially whether theories, ideas, and methods are accurately transmitted from teachers to students. In programming course teaching, there are losses of the original meaning of the English textbook after being translated into Chinese. In order to avoid the loss of original meaning, the study uses original English textbook for the software programming teaching. In the language choice for specific documentation and programming descriptions, the study emphasizes the choice of the inventor’s language. Based on practice, the study summarized the principle of the Language Oriented Approach of Teaching Programming Skills, and outlined the main points and structure of this approach, concluding the prerequisites for its use. Also, the categories of Language Oriented Approach are mentioned. The study shed light on attributing the use of AI, such as the emerging ChatGPT applications, to the Language Oriented Approach.