Brief Survey of the Communicative Approach and the Strategy of Improving the Students’ Communicative Competence

With the rapid development of economy and improvement position of English as an international language in our country,English teaching draw a lot of attention nowadays.In traditional English teaching,it's the teachers who manipulate everything in class,where students are seen as receivers of knowledge.Therefore,it lacks cooperation between teachers and students.Students have no opportunity to apply what they have learnt in class to practical communications.In this teachers-centered class,students are not able to bring themselves into full play,which explains the low quality of English teaching in some schools and students fail to communicate with others after many years' learning.Based on the theory of Communicative Approach,the paper analyses its advantages and existing problems in application and proposes some strategy of improving students'Communicative Competence.     

Some Restrictions On the use of the Communicative Approach in China

The Communicative Approach is now a fashionable topic in China,Is it suitable in China′s ELT？After some considerations on its advantages and disadvantages，as well as some discussions on China′s specific features while applying it，my paper argues that it can′t shoulde the heavy task of China′s ELT.     

A Review of the New ESL Approach in America

<正> This article is trying to review a new ESL Approach which has achieved a great success in America. Some of its key principles, methods and results are introduced so that the readers may get some ideas from it.     

A Formal Approach to the Design of Network Protocol

ＡＦｏｒｍａｌＡｐｐｒｏａｃｈｔｏｔｈｅＤｅｓｉｇｎｏｆＮｅｔｗｏｒｋＰｒｏｔｏｃｏｌＬｕｏＪｕｎｚｈｏｕ（罗军舟）ＧｕＧｕａｎｑｕｎ（顾冠群）（ＤｅｐａｒｔｍｅｎｔｏｆＣｏｍｐｕｔｅｒＳｃｉｅｎｃｅａｎｄＥｎｇｉｎｅｅｒｉｎｇ，Ｓｏｕｔｈｅａｓｔ...     

On the Reforms of the College English Teaching—More Advantages of the Communicative Approach over the Grammar-Translation Method

With the world globalization, China’s communication with other countries has become more frequent. It is in great demand that a large number of college graduates who not only master their major but also do well in communication in English with English speakers. However, such graduates are scare because the backward teaching method-the Grammar-Traditional Method, cannot meet what the contemporary Chinese society demands. The reforms of the college English teaching are urgent and necessary. This paper first explores the major problems existing in the college English teaching. Furthermore, it introduces the basic theory of the Communicative Approach and analyzes its advantages in college English teaching.     

On the Exploration of the Viewpoints of Oscar Wilde in Model Millionaire——With the Approach of Appraisal Theory

Oscar Wilde has always been regarded as a controversial writer.A variety of literary criticism has been made on his works in the pure literary way.In this paper,the writer tends to obtain his viewpoints from analyzing Wilde’s piece of works Model Millionaire with the approach of Appraisal Theory,which is part of Systemic-Functional Grammar.     

A Comparison Between the Audiolingual Approach and the Communicative Approach in Second-Language Teaching

通过分析,比较《听说法》和《交际法》两种外语教学法的理论根据、教学原理和可能的教学技巧,我们发现两种教学法都有自己的优缺点;因此我们应根据我们设置的课程目的和可利用的时间来选择使用两种外语教学法。     

On the Estrangement in The Metamorphosis──An Approach from the Perspective of Aesthetics of Reception

ＯｎｔｈｅＥｓｔｒａｎｇｅｍｅｎｔｉｎＴｈｅＭｅｔａｍｏｒｐｈｏｓｉｓＡｎＡｐｐｒｏａｃｈｆｒｏｍｔｈｅＰｅｒｓｐｅｃｔｉｖｅｏｆＡｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃｓｏｆＲｅｃｅｐｔｉｏｎＹａｎｇｘｉａｎｇＫａｆｋａｓｍａｓｔｅｒｐｉｅｃｅ，ＴｈｅＭｅｔａｍｏ...     

Miniature of The Bluest Eye—A Stylistic Approach to the First Fragment

Morrison’s The Bluest Eye begins with a fragment—a triply-repeated story.In the second narration,all punctuation disappears,along with the capital letters.In the third telling,the spacing between the sentences fades,which creates a sense of incomprehensible linguistic chaos.A stylistic approach is adopted to interpret underlying meanings:insanity of the protagonist Pecola and dark sides of American society.Methodically,it is the first time that optics is employed to interpret story,and stylistics can nourish itself from natural sciences.     

An Approach to the Estimation of the Packing Efficiency by Considering Gas and Liquid Axial Mixings

Axialmixing ,or“longitudinaldispersion”and“backmixing”interminology,isanimportantnon idealflowphenomenoncommonlyoccurringinchemicalengi neeringprocess,suchasdistillation ,absorption,extrac tion,etc.Thisphenomenonrepresentsadeviationfrompistonflowandusuallyformsaparabolicaxialconcentra tionprofilealongtheflowdirection.Theunfavorableef fectofaxialmixingisthatitdecreasesthemasstransferdrivingforcesandfinallyleadstopoorerseparationeffi ciency.Instructuredpackedtower,althoughtheaxialmixingcanbe…     

An Approach to the Estimation of the Packing Efficiency by Considering Gas and Uquid Axial Mixings

To evaluate the influence of gas and liquid axial mixings on the separation efficiency of packed column, an approximate mathematical solution of HETP (equivalent height to a theoretical plate) under continuous operation has been proposed based on the mixing pool model. The mass transfer and hydrodynamic data of structured packing, Mellapak 350Y, obtained in a high pressure tower have been used to test the validity of the proposed model. Compared with the SRP model and the Gualito model, it is found that for high pressure distillation process the present mathematical prediction shows a mean relative error of about 10% to the experimental data,the accuracy of which is the same as that by the Gualito model but better than that by the SRP model.     

A Wasteland of Love：An Existentialist Approach to The Ballad of the Sad Café

The Ballad of the Sad Café is one of McCullers’masterpieces. By depicting the triangle love story among the main char?acters—Miss Amelia, hunchbacked Cousin Lymon and Marvin Macy, the novella reveals the incredible complexity of human na?ture. By analyzing the absurd town, Miss Amelia’s free choices and the hellish relationship between its main characters from the Existentialist perspective, the main propositions of Existentialism have also been vividly reflected and also help to reveal the philo?sophical and social realistic significances behind the novella.     

Bolzano‘s Approach to the Paradoxes of Infinity: Implications for Teaching

In this paper we analyze excerpts of Paradoxes of the Infinite, the posthumous work of Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848), in order to show that Georg Cantor‘s (1845–1918) approach to the problem of defining actual mathematical infinity is not the most natural. In fact, Bolzano‘s approach to the paradoxes of infinity is more intuitive, while remaining internally coherent. Bolzano‘s approach, however, had limitations. We discuss implications for teaching, which include a better understanding of the responses of students to situations involving actual mathematical infinity, for it is possible to draw a kind of parallel between these responses and Bolzano‘s reasoning.     

Cocking a Snook at the Communicative Approach

In this article, I will look at the situation in India where generalist primary school teachers have recently been required to teach a language in which they are not fluent. I suggest that, in this context at least, there are compelling reasons for teacher-resistance to currently fashionable methods of language teaching.     

The Pooled Data Approach for the Estimation of Split-Ballot Multitrait–Multimethod Experiments

Saris, Satorra and Coenders (2004) proposed a new approach for estimating the quality of survey questions, which combines the advantages of the following two existing approaches: the multi-trait-multi-method (MTMM) approach and the split-ballot (SB) approach. In practice, this new approach led to frequent occurrences of non-convergence and improper solutions in the case of a two-group design (Revilla &; Saris, 2013 Revilla, M., &; Saris, W. E. (2013). The split-ballot multitrait-multimethod approach: Implementation and problems. Structural Equation Modeling, 20(1), 27–46.[Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). This was very problematic because this approach had been used in many experiments to determine the reliability, validity and method effects of questions that are used in the European Social Survey, which is used in approximately 30 countries. In this article, we propose a new estimation procedure, which we call estimation using pooled data (EUPD), to overcome the problems with this experimental design. We show that EUPD can also be applied in a general setting of structural equation modeling when the sample size is too small for precise estimation but several similar data sets are available.     

Testing the TIDE: Examining the Nature of Students’ Epistemic Beliefs Using a Multiple Methods Approach

The purpose of this study was to empirically scrutinize Muis, Bendixen, and Haerle's (2006) Theory of Integrated Domains in Epistemology framework. Secondary, college, undergraduate, and graduate students completed self-reports designed to measure their domain-specific and domain-general epistemic beliefs for mathematics, psychology, and general knowledge, respectively. Following completion of the questionnaires, students participated in an interview that further probed their epistemic beliefs to better understand the nature of their beliefs. Results from our study suggest students’ beliefs across domains are somewhat related but still unique to that particular domain. Moreover, analysis of the interviews revealed that students espouse general knowledge beliefs and domain-specific beliefs. Interestingly, students expressed absolutist beliefs about mathematics, but were multiplist in their stances toward psychology and general knowledge. When asked to provide examples that came to mind when reporting their beliefs, students frequently drew on their classroom experiences to explain why they held specific beliefs. We discuss theoretical implications.     

Effects of the Science Writing Heuristic Approach on the Quality of Prospective Science Teachers’ Argumentative Writing and Their Understanding of Scientific Argumentation

This study investigates the effect of the science writing heuristic (SWH) approach on the quality of prospective science teachers’ (PSTs) argumentative writing and their understanding of the components of argumentation in the SWH approach and their own learning. Ten SWH approach activities were implemented during the semester. The study was carried out with 31 PSTs. A case study design was used. Data included the SWH approach’s grading rubric and semistructured interviews. While the ANOVA and Bonferroni tests were used to analyze the SWH approach’s grading rubric, content analysis was used to analyze the semistructured interviews conducted with 12 PSTs. The ANOVA results showed a statistical difference among the writing performance of the PSTs (F = 14.493, p < 0.01). The findings gathered from the interviews revealed that the quality of the argumentative writing and research skills of the PSTs increased over time. The PSTs made explicit associations among their beginning questions, data and observations, and claims and evidence, and they made distinctions between their data, observations, and evidence. Multiple representations played an important role in providing evidence to support claims. Moreover, the process of negotiation helped PSTs learn more effectively, and they believed that the argument-based inquiry lab was beneficial to their learning and their future vocational careers as teachers.