How accurate can A Level English Literature marking be?

This article considers in a wide perspective the crisis in the assessment of examinations in A‐level English Literature and current attempts to address the problems. Examining the implications of a survey of recent reports initiated by the regulator, it argues that trying to ensure reliability merely through technological advances and changes in examining practice obscures the need for English teachers’ communal understanding of academic standards to be developed through their professional experience. It proposes ways in which this should be achieved, for example by developing current and potential professional networks and communities of practice.     

What is this in English?

在图中的空格内填入适当的字母, 使每一竖行都成为所学的词语, 并能填入相应的句子中。     

How reliable are MSCA profile interpretations?

This study evaluates the reliability of profile analysis for assessing differential abilities on the McCarthy Scales for Children's Abilities (MSCA). Subjects were enrolled in private schools and ranged in age from 5–5 to 6–5. The test-retest interval ranged from 3 to 6 weeks, with a mean interval of 24 days. Results indicated 70.9% of the sample showed profile variability not reasonably accounted for as real fluctuations in measurable abilities. General application of the null hypothesis procedure for calculating statistical significance of scaled score differences as a basis for interpretive judgments is discussed.     

How to Learn English Well?

Today, I asked some classmates about "how to learn English". Most students watch English programs once a week. Some students watch English programs twice or three times a week. As for "read English magazines", some students read English magazines once a month, not all the students read English magazines every week. And all students do exercises and speak English every day, because we have English classes every day.I think,a language is like musicalinstrument.You must practice everyday,you…     

How to Improve My English?

Whenever I saw the winners flaunted(炫耀)their victories(胜利),I felt so sad in myheart.I stared at them,thinking of my hard work.There's an old saying"No pain,no gain."But for me,it's"Much pain,no gain."     

How to improve English skills?

The purpose of middle school English teaching is to improve the students' four skills of listening,speaking,reading and writing,with the base of necessary phonetics,large vocabulary and good grammar,but this is not the final purpose.The final purpose is to let students be able to use the language.     

How do I learn English?

When I was very young, with my mother's influence, I fell in love with English. I liked it so much that my parents sent me to an English class when I was eight. I was young and I couldn't fit at first. The strange English words were hard for me to accept. And then, the teacher taught me the basic English-phonetic, symbols and ABC. They helped me to learn English words     

How to Keep a Diary in English

关于Keep a Diary in English，著名英语专家、原复旦大学外文系林同济教授有一段话：“‘写’——写什么呢?我的建议还是乐趣为凭。‘写你所爱写’!还是细水长流!千万别多写，却要天天写。每天坚持在你的日记本上，把你所见所闻写下三句五句。写不出英语句子的地方，无妨暂用汉语代替。日积月累，行之两年。     

How useful is YouTube in learning heart anatomy?

Nowadays more and more modern medical degree programs focus on self‐directed and problem‐based learning. That requires students to search for high quality and easy to retrieve online resources. YouTube is an emerging platform for learning human anatomy due to easy access and being a free service. The purpose of this study is to make a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the available human heart anatomy videos on YouTube. Using the search engine of the platform we searched for relevant videos using various keywords. Videos with irrelevant content, animal tissue, non‐English language, no sound, duplicates, and physiology focused were excluded from further elaboration. The initial search retrieved 55,525 videos, whereas only 294 qualified for further analysis. A unique scoring system was used to assess the anatomical quality and details, general quality, and the general data for each video. Our results indicate that the human heart anatomy videos available on YouTube conveyed our anatomical criteria poorly, whereas the general quality scoring found borderline. Students should be selective when looking up on public video databases as it can prove challenging, time consuming, and the anatomical information may be misleading due to absence of content review. Anatomists and institutions are encouraged to prepare and endorse good quality material and make them available online for the students. The scoring rubric used in the study comprises a valuable tool to faculty members for quality evaluation of heart anatomy videos available on social media platforms. Anat Sci Educ. 7: 12–18. © 2013 American Association of Anatomists.     

How much is it?

教材分析:本课是“OxfordEnglishChangjiangEdition”(4B)第四单元第一课时,主要内容是“SectionA:Kenisatashoppingplaza.Hehassixtyyuanandhewantstobuyapresent.Heisaskingtheshopassis-tantthepricesofsomeitems”。根据这一话题,我确定出本课的目标:重点是用英语认读人民币及货物价格,能通过提供的信息应答“Howmuchisit?Doyouwantone?”,以持续相互间的交谈。我采用听、说、学和演的教学方法,遵循趣味性教学原则、情景教学原则和交际性原则,充分发挥现代教学媒体的优势,使课堂“情趣化、生活化、交际化”,引导学生在一种轻松、自…     

How Important is Study Mode in Student University Choice?

Conjoint analysis was used to model the importance of study mode in students' choice of university. Study mode was proposed as a key choice attribute as universities have diversified their means of delivering education and increased the use of online delivery. Results are reported for two conjoint experiments. The first investigated how undergraduate students made trade‐offs between study mode, university and tuition fees. The second examined similar trade‐offs made by current and prospective postgraduates. Findings confirmed the importance of study mode to both groups and suggest two main reasons for its influence on university choice: it affects students' experiences of learning and socialising at university, and their time and place flexibility. The most preferred study modes for undergraduates and postgraduates were face‐to‐face study and print‐based study, respectively. Given the trend towards online delivery, the findings have relevance to universities across national systems and reputational markets.     

How to Motivate Students in Their English Learning

一、ＡｎｅｆｆｅｃｔｕａｌｗａｙｏｆｍｏｔｉｖａｔｉｏｎＩｔｉｓｃｏｍｍｏｎｔｏｓａｙｔｈａｔａｔｅａｃｈｉｎｇｍｅｔｈｏｄｉｓａｌ ｓｏａｖｉｔａｌａｓｐｅｃｔｆｏｒａｇｏｏｄｔｅａｃｈｅｒｂｅｓｉｄｅｓｈｉｓｗｉｄｅｋｎｏｗｌｅｄｇｅ.ＮｏｗａｄａｙｓｍｏｒｅａｎｄｍｏｒｅＥｎｇｌｉｓｈｔｅａｃｈ ｅｒｓｈａｖｅｒｅａｌｉｚｅｄｔｈｅｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｃｅｏｆｔｈｉｓｐｒｏｂｌｅｍｓｓｏｔｈａｔｔｈｅｙｈａｖｅｂｅｅｎｍａｋｉｎｇｔｈｅｉｒｅｆｆｏｒｔｓｔｏｒｅｆｏｒｍｔｈｅｔｒａｄｉｔｉｏｎａ…     

How to Apply Groupwork in English Classroom Teaching

This paper presents some practical methodologies through which students' ability of using English can be de-veloped. The object is intended to increase their interest and reinforce the speaking ability by groupwork.     

Antibacterial consumer products: How reliable are they?

Media is abuzz with advertisements of multitude of antibacterial products ranging from toothpastes, toilet soaps, and handwashes to disinfectants and cosmetics. While, almost every manufacturer claims that their product has 100% efficiency in eliminating microbes, the truth really is questionable. On 2 September 2016, the Food and Drug Administration of USA, banned 19 compounds used in antibacterial products. These ingredients, as per FDA experts, are not effective as antibacterials as they are claimed to be, and few of them even have adverse effects on humans. India is the largest consumer of such antibacterial products, but is yet to take any regulatory measures against these products. This article focus on the need of creating large scale public awareness about these products.     

What is Knowledge in English and Where Does it Come From?

By offering a close reading and interpretation of one conversation between four Year 8 pupils about Robert Swindell’s Stone Cold, I aim to address questions of what might count as knowledge in English and to suggest how it might develop not only out of the qualities of a text, but from particular social relations and a set of pedagogic choices. I argue for a refocusing of attention away from the ‘acquisition’ of ‘cultural capital’ or ‘powerful disciplinary knowledge’ by individual pupils, towards the cultural resources and cultural productivity of pupils and teachers. I go on to suggest that serious consideration of such conversations as evidence of learning poses a significant challenge to dominant theories and research methodologies that locate knowledge and ability within the minds of individual pupils. Instead, my reading of this classroom interaction suggests the creative potential of discussion in diverse, urban classrooms to contribute to a fuller account of learning that pays proper attention to its roots in the social and affective realms. Crucially, part of my argument is that classrooms such as the one in which the conversation took place offer unique opportunities and conditions for the development of a pedagogy that both draws on and negotiates difference and is therefore culturally productive in a wider sense.