Talents for All——Bringing a spiritual perspective to daily life

We all are gifted. Talents are natural and normal. Talents are gifts that need to be put into action. There are many talents, many more than we usually perceive. Talents are not confined to special gifts and qualities in art and music, in the natural sciences, and in technology and economics.     

环球采风(英文)

Grandparents Day Grandparents Day was celebrated on 9th September in the US and in October in the UK in 2012.Grandparents are important to children in so many ways.They have patience and time when parents are busy.They have stories to tell and interesting games to play.Children need them from time to time.In America,National Grandparents Day began in 1978.In the UK     

INTERNET SAFETY RULES

Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information,and to relax in their free time.But some of them are not using it in a good way.Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.     

烦人的家庭作业(英文)

Schools in the USA and China are different in many ways,especially when it comes to"homework".In America,different state has different academic system(学制),"five-three-four"is common. American schools are not difficult from kindergarten to the end of high school. Elementary schools are from the end of kindergarten to the 5th grade.Middle schools are from the 6th to the 8th grade. High schools are from grade 9 to12.     

Language Taboo in Chinese and English Based on Different Cultures

Language taboos are common in all languages all over the world.The taboos refer to some topics,words and language factors that can not or is not suitable in certain cases.There are lots of language taboos in both Chinese and English.As the two languages are studied and taught in the two countries,people find the differences between Chinese and English taboos are com mon and hard to master and use in daily life.This paper analyzes the differences between the two languages’taboos from differ ent point of view to help to master and use the taboos correctly.     

Reconstructing Prior Beliefs through Teacher Education Programs——Review of Research into Changes in Language Teacher Beliefs

This review of research into changes in language teacher beliefs reveals that carefully designed language teacher education courses are effective in reconstructing teachers’prior beliefs. When teaching practices are added to the teacher education programs, when adjustments are made to the structure of teacher education courses, and when research practices are incorporated in teacher education programs, significant changes are seen in teachers’beliefs.     

An investigation of Communication Strategies used in Dialogues by Chinese English Major Students

This paper,through analyzing students’conversations based on SWECCL(Wen Qiufang etc,2005),makes an attempt to examine the use of CSs(Communication Strategies)by Chinese students in English major.The results show that the students are not competent in employing CSs,which is easily seen in their heavy reliance on Stalling and Reduction CSs.What’s more,the CSs of L2-based are rarely employed in students’ conversations.Apart from the above CSs,students who are in high proficiency group have more inclination to use Cooperation CS,while those who are in low proficiency group are more likely to turn to the CSs of Reduction,Substitution,and Literal Translation.     

Search for Personal Identity

In reading Cooper,Emerson,Thoreau,Mark Twain and James Baldwin,we find that there is some-thing in common in the works of these writers.All these authors are trying to find their personal identity.They are trying to find out who they are,what position they hold in society,what value and meaning of their lives are. They either speak them out in their essays directly or indirectly in the light of literary im-ages in their fiction.     

A Contrastive Study of Word Order in Chinese and English

The present paper attempts to make a contrastive study on Chinese and English word order with a view of identifying the discrepancies and propose its significance to mutual translation.As to the research methodology,qualitative analysis and com parative analysis are adopted when the similarities and differences of the word order of English and Chinese are explained.It can be concluded that Chinese and English word order differs at the phrase level and sentence level:in terms of the discrepancies in phrase structure,they are mainly manifested in adverbial and attributive phrases;as to the discrepancies in sentence structure,they are reflected in simple,complex and special sentences.     

How to Provide“Scaffold”in Reading for Secondary Vocational School Students

Many secondary vocational school students are afraid of reading,while teachers are often trapped in a dilemma as to how to teach reading. The present paper,based on scaffold theory,elaborates when and how to provide scaffold in reading teaching through a case study so as to promote the efficiency of English reading classes in secondary vocational schools.