影响非英语专业学生英语学习的情感因素的实证研究

通过对非英语专业大学生在英语学习中的一些心理状况进行调查,并运用心理学、第二语言习得以及现代外语教学的一些理论对此进行分析,发现情感因素对第二语言习得有重大影响。将情感因素应用于教学策略中,可提高课堂教学效果。     

行为主义理论应用于大学英语教学初探

行为主义强调语言习得是一个"习惯形成"的过程,是"刺激-反应-强化"过程的结果。在大学体验英语综合教程教学中应用行为主义理论组织教学,给学生提供充足的语言输入,提供语言锻炼机会,可以激发学生的学习兴趣,使学生更好地学习外语,同时也更有效地提高英语教学质量。     

低水平英语学习者动机变化轨迹及其影响因素的案例研究

基于第二语言习得研究中的动机理论框架,运用深度访谈法对5名低水平英语学习者十年左右英语学习历程中的动机变化轨迹及其影响因素进行深入分析。结果显示:低水平英语学习者的动机变化轨迹存在"动态性特点"和"时间变异性",个体差异与共性并存;其动机变化受社会环境、教育环境等因素影响,是个体因素与社会情境不断互动与协商的结果。     

语言习得理论在英语口语教学中的应用

英语口语教学是英语教学的一个难点,提高学生的英语口语交际能力是一项十分紧迫的任务.交际能力不是老师教出来的,而是语言习得能力形成之后自然而然地形成的.本文通过教学法研究了语言习得与语言学习的关系,并且探讨了如何为英语口语教学提供最好的语言输入以便培养学生的语言交际能力.     

语言磨蚀理论视角下的高职英语教学研究

语言磨蚀是语言习得的逆过程,文章从语言磨蚀这一全新的思维视角来审视高职英语教学,分析了汉语环境下英语受蚀的因素,同时探索有效避免和缓解英语受蚀的途径,从而更好地指导高职英语教学,提高英语学习效果。     

浅谈二语习得的环境论

二语习得理论是一个极为综合性的学术体系,其包含了诸多与语言教育相关的教研典范,并逐渐演变成各种理论性的教育思想,指导着高校英语教学活动的有序开展。"环境论"是二语习得理论的一个重要分支,强调了外在环境对大学生学习英语知识的影响,倡导教师在实际教学期间注重主客观环境的创造,提供优越的英语学习条件。文章分析了二语习得环境论的核心内容,详细地提出了基于环境论的大学英语教育改革措施。     

“情感过滤”假说与高职英语口语教学

学习动机、自信心、焦虑等三个情感因素对二语或外语习得影响重大。基于Krashen的情感过滤假说,分析高职英语口语教学中情感因素状况,探讨该假说对高职英语口语教学的启示。     

英语语言错误分析与纠错策略

针对英语学习过程中,学习者经常出现语言错误,甚至语言"石化"的现象,依据错误分析的语言学理论,指出语言错误在外语教学中的重要作用,通过讨论针对不同语言偏差的分析方法和纠错原则,探索出行之有效的口语和书面语的纠错教学模式,对提高语言教学效果起到重要的指导作用。     

情感过滤假说在英语教学中的应用

情感过滤假说是克拉申监控理论的五个假设之一,在外语教学以及二语习得中起着重要作用。文章分析了当前中国英语教学的现状,指出英语学习者存在的问题,提出了应用情感过滤假说以改进英语教学的建议。     

基于元认知理论的大学英语网络自主学习探讨

文章以元认知理论和自主学习理论为基础,以计算机网络环境下的大学生为研究对象,对元认知和大学生英语网络自主学习的几个要素进行了研究。探讨了新的教学模式中,学生自主学习元认知能力的培养。并就如何充分发挥网络环境下的优势、调动积极要素、提高教学效果提出了个人见解。     

Supporting learners with special educational needs and disabilities in the foreign languages classroom

Due to misconceptions about the challenges of language learning, foreign languages classrooms have not always been accessible spaces for all learners. This article seeks to address the needs of students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in the foreign languages classroom and challenge the notion that this group of students cannot or should not learn languages. Current research tends to focus on specific learning difficulties in language learning, but little research considers the language learning experiences of children with SEND more broadly. Accordingly, this article delineates the advantages of language learning for learners with SEND, drawing on emerging research that shows that second language acquisition is not only possible but positive for many learners with additional needs. It then considers some of the specific challenges that SEND learners may face in the foreign languages classroom before outlining key strategies to facilitate inclusion among this diverse group of learners.

Key points

• Learners with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) should not routinely be removed from the foreign languages classroom, but instead should be provided with opportunities to thrive within it. This article discusses the unique importance of foreign language learning for learners with SEND.
• Research evidence suggests that learning new languages is, on the whole, possible—and perhaps hugely beneficial—for children with developmental differences and learning difficulties, but will depend on the circumstances and profile of the individual child.
• The article explores some specific challenges that students with different additional needs might encounter in their foreign languages education, based on the four areas of need outlined in the SEND Code of Practice: communication and interaction; cognition and learning; social, emotional and mental health difficulties; and sensory or physical needs.
• To conclude, the article presents a range of key strategies that foreign languages teachers might implement in the classroom to support learners with different special educational needs and disabilities.

     

大学英语体验式教学的教育原理探究

体验式教学是以学生为中心,以建构主义理论为指导的教学模式.本文分析了体验式教学在大学英语课堂的应用与实践,探讨了其教育学原理,并进一步指出体验式大学英语课堂所面临的问题与挑战.     

社会语言学框架下的儿童外语学习探讨

不少学者以二语习得理论研究儿童英语教学的有关问题。本文作者在社会语言学的框架下讨论中国儿童的英语学习,认为我国儿童在中国这样一个非英语的环境中只能是学习英语,而绝非习得英语,他们在英语的学习过程中由于缺乏一个良好的语言环境而面临着诸多障碍。     

Barriers associated with the use of English in the teaching of technology in grade 9 at some schools in Eastern Cape Province

ABSTRACT

English is the language of learning and teaching in most schools in South Africa. The ability of teachers and students to understand and communicate with each other in English contributes to better performance in Science and Technology subjects. This article explores the challenges posed by the use of English in the teaching and learning of Technology at schools in Eastern Cape. The study was undertaken in order to gauge the commonness of problems related to the use of English. The sample for the questionnaire comprised 57 teachers who taught Technology at different schools in the district. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with five subject specialists in Technology. The findings revealed that the use of English militates against effective learning and teaching of Technology. In order to enhance the communication skills of students, it is recommended that teachers increase dialogue in English by means of small-group discussion, exploratory talk and argumentation.     

英语语言习得中的隐喻认知

用超越传统理论局限性的现代隐喻理论观点,对隐喻的认知功能进行分析,并结合隐喻与语言以及隐喻与英语语言习得的关系,探讨隐喻式的英语学习策略,以求获取更完美的语言习得效果.     

基于网络环境的高职英语互动教学模式探讨

高职英语的教学目标是培养学生的英语综合应用能力以适应社会劳动力市场的需求。互动教学模式是交际英语教学的重要手段。网络以其独特的交互性和趣味性,可给学生提供可以自主参与的环境和条件,激发学生语言学习的动机,从而优化教学效果。针对高职英语的教学要求及其英语教学现状,结合建构主义理论,探讨基于网络的高职英语互动教学模式具有实践价值和现实意义。     

The impact of resilience on L2 learners’ motivated behaviour and proficiency in L2 learning

This exploratory study focused on the factors that constitute second language (L2) learners’ resilience, and how these factors are related to L2 learning by investigating what relation resilience may have to motivated behaviour and proficiency in English learning. A total of 1620 secondary school learners of English participated in a questionnaire survey. By analysing the quantitative data, five resilience factors were extracted: perceived happiness, empathy, sociability, persistence, and self-regulation. Confirmative factor analysis using AMOS proved that these five factors are distinctive constructs. Among the factors, persistence was identified to play the most influential role in L2 learning. Persistence showed the highest correlations with, and the strongest explanatory power for, motivated behaviour and English proficiency. It is suggested that resilience can be further explored as an individual differences factor in L2 learning, which is involved in L2 learning process and outcomes.     

大学英语听力的学习与习得

听力教学以学习与习得的理论为依据,采用双向教学法,即将语言学习的教学方法与语言习得的教学方法结合起来,才能提高听力教学的效率。     

语法学习探新

以现代认知心理学学习理论为依据,分析了英语语法学习的性质、条件与过程,阐明了英语语法学习的有效途径。从语法学习的过程看,陈述性知识侧重语言理解;程序性知识强调语言运用,两者是一个相互联系、相互作用的有机整体。作者认为,语法学习的实质就是学习者主动获取陈述性知识和程序性知识的学习结果,是他们将陈述性知识有效地转化为程序性知识的过程,是他们通过运用语言做事、逐渐提高英语运用能力的过程。     

The effects of bilingualism on learning to read English: evidence from the contrast between Urdu‐English bilingual and English monolingual children

Learning to read in a shallow alphabetic orthography such as Urdu may depend primarily on phonological processing skills, whilst learning to read in a deeper orthography, such as English, may place more reliance on visual processing skills. This study explores the effects of Urdu on the acquisition of English literacy skills by comparing the reading, memory and phonological processing skills of bilingual Urdu‐English and monolingual English children (7–8 years). The bilingual children had more difficulty in reading irregular English words, but were better at reading regular words and nonwords compared to the monolinguals. The poor performance of the bilingual children with irregular English words was linked to their poor visual memory skills, whilst their good performance with regular words and nonwords was related to the presence of enhanced phonological skills. The results demonstrate the transfer of first language skills to reading development in a second language. In English, first language skills can facilitate the development of either lexical or non‐lexical routes to reading.