见木不见林 meaning in English

not to see the wood for the trees

As a result , teachers concentrate on new words , language points and sentence structures , while students try to memorize them mechanically . the traditional method teaches students to learn language knowledge in an isolated situation , ignoring the need of developing student skills in analyzing the whole text , improving their background knowledge and cultivating their ability to solve problems
这种将词汇和语言点从语篇中分离出来进行孤立记忆、忽视培养语篇分析能力的教学方法，会使学生变得“见木不见林” ，不利于拓宽学生的视野和知识面，不利于培养和提高学生分析问题、解决问题的能力。