The etiology of mathematical self-evaluation and mathematics achievement: understanding the relationship using a cross-lagged twin study from age 9 to 12

The genetic and environmental origins of individual differences in mathematical self-evaluation over time and its association with later mathematics achievement were investigated in a UK sample of 2138 twin pairs at ages 9 and 12. Self-evaluation indexed how good children think they are at mathematical activities and how much they like those activities. Mathematics achievement was assessed by teachers based on UK National Curriculum standards. At both ages self-evaluation was approximately 40% heritable, with the rest of the variance explained by non-shared environment. The results also suggested moderate reciprocal associations between self-evaluation and mathematics achievement across time, with earlier self-evaluation predicting later performance and earlier performance predicting later self-evaluation. These cross-lagged relationships were genetically rather than environmentally mediated.     

如何通过汉英语言的对比提高学生的英语应用能力

从对汉语和英语在词法和句法方面进行对比的角度,论述了汉英两种语言的相似和不同之处,并提出,要想帮助学生提高英语的综合应用能力,可采用以下方法：一,向学生讲解英语构词法知识;二,介绍汉英语在句法方面的不同;三,增加译文赏析,进行汉英互译练习等。     

“I love foreigners’ attitudes towards life”: Reproducing lifestyles in an Iranian English language teaching context

An important aspect of learning a foreign language is encountering the sociocultural orientations associated with it. The present qualitative study focuses on an Iranian setting of English language teaching (ELT) to explore the potential reflection and reproduction of certain cultural attitudes and lifestyles in this context. A total of 200 hours of 10 ELT classes with 62 students were observed and/or recorded in 4 months, and 20 teachers and students were interviewed. Based on a grounded theory approach, the bodies of data were explored through coding procedures and the emerging thematic structure was used to illustrate aspects of the possible reproduction of lifestyles. The context of concern appeared to provide a potential arena of naturalising aspects of imported lifestyles associated with the foreign language. Although students show various extents of adherence to their own culture, prolonged involvement in ELT discursive practices may contribute to the subtle alteration of their lifestyle orientations.     

英语专业学生的英语阅读焦虑初探

以同一大学本部英语专业学生和其独立三本英语专业生为调查对象,将其分为高、低水平组,探讨不同语言水平组英语专业学生的英语阅读焦虑状况差别,发现英语阅读焦虑在英语专业学生中是一个普遍的现象,但与以往非英语专业学生的阅读焦虑实证研究相比,英语专业水平学生的焦虑均值低一些;阅读焦虑在不同水平组都显示出与英语成绩呈负相关,但在低水平组则负相关关系并不明显;高水平组中阅读焦虑对英语学习成绩有显著的预测性,而在低水平组中不显著。     

中英禁忌语趋同性及互异性探讨

禁忌语普遍存在于人类社会生活当中，本文着重对中西语言中的禁忌语从趋同性及互异性两个方面进行了全面对比和探讨。     

英语学习中母语的负迁移

英语和汉语属于完全不同的语系.中国学生是在母语--汉语文化环境中学习英语的,不可避免地要受到母语负迁移的影响.欲减少英语学习中的负迁移,有必要培养学英语的兴趣,克服思维定势,了解英语文化背景.     

我看语感训练

语文是一门综合的实践课,学好语文,用好语文知识,对一个人终身受用。而学好语文的精微妙处就是对语言文字的理解、感受能力即语感。作为一名语文教师,应致力于从口头表达和文字书写两方面去训练学生的“语感”。口语训练要做到“言为心声,心口合一”;书面训练要做到“文以载道,妙笔生辉”。     

英语汉语语言中的省略和隐含现象及其结构分析

“省略”和“隐含”是语言使用中出现的两种普遍的现象。前是语用现象。后是语言现象。本着重用例子说明英语、汉语语言中的这两种现象并进行结构分析。     

从语言迁移角度探析外语语感的培养

语言迁移是第二语言习得领域里的一个重要概念,也是影响外语语感养成的一个重要因素。本文着重从语言迁移的角度探究了母语与英语语感培养的关系,以期促进英语语感教学及学生综合外语能力的提高。     

A Discussion on the Role of First Language (Chinese) Positive Transfer in Second Language (English) Lexical Acquisition and Related Pedagogical Suggestions

Language transfer is one of the central questions in second language acquisition (SLA) study. It claims that learners’ the native language (NL) or first language (L1) will make great impacts, either promoting or hindering, on their second language (L2) acquisition, i.e. positive transfer and negative transfer. The issue has been widely concerned and researched in such relative fields as language education and psychological study during the past years. It is far beyond the scope of this paper to discuss it thoroughly since the scope of L1 influence is so wide that it affects almost all linguistic subsystems. Instead, this paper aims to focus on how the Chinese language facilitates Chinese learners’ English lexical acquisition. Some suggestions on how to make use of the positive aspects is provided at the end of the paper for practical purpose.     

汉维语中介语研究

第二语言教学离不开中介语理论的指导。维族人和汉族人在长期的交往和互相学习中形成了独具特点的中介语。找出汉维中介语各自的不同特点,可以使维汉民族的交流更加通畅,也能给我们的第二语言学习增加预见性,避免语言偏误的出现,使学生更快地掌握目的语。     

在日中国留学生的言语观

在英语居所有语种霸主地位已经确立这一现实背景下,在日中国留学生对自己母语汉语、日语和英语会有不同程度的思考。对这三种语言的认识、态度和信念并不会单纯地以个人的喜好来判定,必定会受到社会风潮和文化背景的影响。     

高职英语专业三校生英语学习归因分析

以高职英语专业三校生英语学习能力发展滞后的归因调查数据为基础,分析他们英语学习失败归因的特点和趋势,指出不正确的动机归因对后继学习动机的激发和保持所造成的负面影响,并就高职院校英语专业基础英语的课程设置、教学指导思想等方面提出建议.     

非英语专业大学生英语语言态度与英语成绩关系研究

怎样提高英语学习者的成绩与水平向来是英语研究者关注的核心问题.近年来,随着社会心理学的兴起,运用态度理论研究英语成为新的热点.文章通过对荆楚理工学院2012级110名非英语专业大学生的问卷调查和访问,发现他们的英语语言态度与英语成绩之间成正相关,由此,建议英语教育者要大力发挥积极英语语言态度的作用,尽量克服教师、教材和教法上存在的问题,积极改变学生消极的英语语言态度,努力提高学生的英语成绩.