高校非英语专业《商务英语口语》ESP教学设计研究

<正>本文以需求分析（Needs Analysis）理论为依据,通过访谈、问卷、观察和材料分析等方法对非英语专业大学生学习《商务英语口语》课程的内部因素和外部学习因素展开调查,研究结合需求分析理论中在论证ESP教学设计合理性的基础上结合ESP理论对调查结果作出分析,提出如何将传统口语教学设计转化为基于ESP的口语教学设计的启示和建议,旨在满足学生内部学习需求和外部就业需求和提升商务英语口语教学效果。     

基于ESP教学法的护理专业英语教学模式探讨

本研究为了了解护理专业学生采用ESP的教学现状,对41名学生进行问卷调查、随机访谈的方式调查。结果表明,学生们认为ESP教学目标明确,职业针对性强,ESP教学模式为英语教学改革提供了思路和方向。     

ESP理论指导下大学公共英语教师的转型探析

目前,我国大学英语教学还处于基础英语教学阶段,使用统一的英语教材,主要以普及英语知识为主。但是对于其他非英语专业的学生,为满足自身专业发展,他们更应该掌握专门用途英语,也就是ESP英语。随着高校英语教学对ESP教学需求的日益增加,大学公共英语教师向ESP英语教师转型是必然地发展趋势。本文主要从ESP英语教师转型的必要性和转型方法进行分析,期望可以提高大学ESP英语教师的数量和质量。     

基于ESP理论的高职高专英语教学改革方案

高职高专英语教学旨在贯彻国家"以应用为目的,实用为主,够用为度"的教育方针,培养学生必要的英语语言知识以及运用英语进行有关涉外业务工作的能力.这一教学目标的确立符合社会、经济发展对"英语+技能+专业"型人才的要求,顺应了高职高专人才培养的方向.然而,要实现这一教学目标,有必要引进ESP理论进行英语教学改革.ESP为专门用途英语(Engljsh for Specific Purposes),是指一种基于学习者需求的语言教学和语言学习方法.在高职高专英语教学中,利用ESP理论设计教改方案--分析学生的学习需要、设计课程、选编教材、建立评估体系和培养师资,有利于弥补传统英语教学的不足,培养一专多能、富于机动应变的复合型、应用型人才,满足改革开放和现代化建设的需要.     

英语学习者需求分析及其相关教学目标的设定

随着我国与世界的交流愈发频繁,英语作为一架不可或缺的桥梁,愈发地受到社会、学校等多方面的重视。对学生而言,对其进行需求分析是教师组织教学的必要环节。本研究通过问卷调查和访谈的形式,对成都市第46中学的72名高三学生,针对英语学习中的问题、能力、先修课程、解决办法等相关因素进行调查,以了解高三学生对课堂英语学习的需求,旨在将此需求分析结果应用于具体教学目标中,做到因材施教。     

艺术类院校开设特色英语课程的思考--基于CBI的ESP教学初探

近年来随着大学生国际交流频率和质量的不断提升,大学生尤其艺术类学生在公共英语课中所习得的语言能力虽能满足日常普通交流,但对于专业性和学术性较强的交流沟通却力不从心。本文旨在探讨CBI 教学理念下ESP教学的基本概念、教学原则与教学目标,并试图设想在艺术类大学中开设ESP课程所涉及的教材选编、课堂模式和学习模式等问题。     

艺术类院校开设特色英语课程的思考——基于CBI的ESP教学初探

近年来随着大学生国际交流频率和质量的不断提升,大学生尤其艺术类学生在公共英语课中所习得的语言能力虽能满足日常普通交流,但对于专业性和学术性较强的交流沟通却力不从心。本文旨在探讨CBI教学理念下ESP教学的基本概念、教学原则与教学目标,并试图设想在艺术类大学中开设ESP课程所涉及的教材选编、课堂模式和学习模式等问题。     

中国国情下ESP教学的可行性与必然性分析

ESP教学具有它存在的可行性与必然性。大学英语教学在硬件建设方面的投入与发展为ESP教学的开展提供了良好的基础,师资力量的建设与发展代表了ESP教学的软件基础,基础英语教育为学生们接受系统化的专业英语教育提供了基础。ESP教学符合科学发展观的要求,符合社会需求与时代发展的规律,是大学英语教学改革发展的必然方向。     

高等院校《公共关系学》课程的教学改革初探

随着公共关系在中国的发展,公关行业对公关专业人才的要求也在发生着变化,高等院校《公共关系学》课程的教学必须与时俱进,紧跟时代需求,围绕教学目标进行探索与改革,改变以往满堂灌的教学形式,尽可能多地让学生参与进来,实现教学互动,提高学生学习兴趣,加强技能训练,真正提高学生的公关能力,为其走在工作岗位打下坚实的基础.     

高等院校《公共关系学》课程的教学改革初探

随着公共关系在中国的发展,公关行业对公关专业人才的要求也在发生着变化,高等院校《公共关系学》课程的教学必须与时俱进,紧跟时代需求,围绕教学目标进行探索与改革,改变以往满堂灌的教学形式,尽可能多地让学生参与进来,实现教学互动,提高学生学习兴趣,加强技能训练,真正提高学生的公关能力,为其走在工作岗位打下坚实的基础。     

Students' Reactions to the Introduction of Videoconferencing for Classroom Instruction

This study examined how students who had no prior experience with videoconferencing would react to the use of videoconferencing as an instructional medium. Students enrolled in seven different courses completed a questionnaire at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester. Students at the origination and remote sites did not differ in their reactions toward videoconferencing but there was a significant difference for gender. Women reacted less favorably to videoconferencing. Compared to the beginning of the semester, students reported significantly less positive attitudes toward taking a course through videoconferencing at the end of the semester. There were no significant differences in students' attitudes toward videoconferencing across courses at the beginning of the semester but there were significant differences across the courses at the end of the semester. The results suggest the need for better preparation for both students and instructors.     

Cooler temperatures inductive to locust outbreaks

Ajoint study by Prof. ZHANG Zhibin from the CAS Institute of Zoology and his co-workers from Norway, US and Swiss have indicated that historical outbreaks of migratory locusts in China were associated with cold spells, suggesting that China＇s projected climate warming could decrease the pest＇s numbers. The study was published in Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences on 17 September, 2007.     

Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

A computer-mediated group is a complex entity whose members exchange many types of information via multiple means of communication in pursuit of goals specific to their environment. Over time, they coordinate technical features of media with locally enacted use to achieve a viable working arrangement. To explore this complex interaction, a case study is presented of the social networks of interactions and media use among members of a class of computer-supported distance learners. Results show how group structures associated with project teams dominated who communicated with whom, about what, and via which media over the term, and how media came to occupy their own communication niches: Webboard for diffuse class-wide communication; Internet Relay Chat more to named others but still for general communication across the class; and e-mail primarily for intrateam communication. Face-to-face interaction, occurring only during a short on-campus session, appears to have had a catalytic effect on social and emotional exchanges. Results suggest the need to structure exchanges to balance class-wide sharing of ideas with subgroup interactions that facilitate project completion, and to provide media that support these two modes of interaction.     

The Role of Intermediating Institutions in the Diffusion of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): How Industry Associations Intervened in Denmark, Finland, and Hong Kong

Electronic data interchange (EDI) provides means for interorganizational communication, creates network externalities, requires an advanced information technology (IT) infrastructure, and relies on standards. In the diffusion of such innovations, institutional involvement is imperative. Such institutions contain governmental agencies, national and global standardization organizations, local government, and nonprofit private organizations like industry associations. The last type of organizations we call intermediating institutions. They intermediate or coordinate ("inscribe") the activities of a group of would-be adopters. Unfortunately, little is known of how these organizations shape the EDI diffusion trajectory. In this article we examine one specific type of intermediating organizations?industry associations?and how they advanced the EDI diffusion process in the grocery sectors of Hong Kong, Denmark and Finland. We identify six institutional measures, placed into a matrix formed by the mode of involvement (influence vs. regulation) and the type of diffusion force (supply push vs. demand pull), that can be mobilized to further the EDI diffusion. Industry associations were found to be active users of all these measures to varying degrees. Their role was critical especially in knowledge building, knowledge deployment, and standard setting. Furthermore, institutional involvement varied due to policy and cultural contingencies and power dependencies.     

How Electronic Publishers are Protecting Against Piracy: Doubts About Technical Systems of Protection

The increasing prospects of digital piracy has prompted the perceived need by electronic publishers to adopt technical systems of protection, and governments to reform their copyright laws. This article is a preliminary study of the management of intellectual property by electronic publishers, defined as those involved in the production of online databases, and CD-ROMs. It focuses on three main issues: (1) how electronic publishers view the increasing threat of piracy; (2) the methods of protection employed to protect intellectual property in digital format; and (3) the importance of technological protection of intellectual property in electronic publications. The analysis is based on a sample of 23 UK electronic publishers. The interviews revealed an interesting assortment of protection methods and did not show that technological protection was a preferred way. Instead, the means of protection, in addition to copyright law, comprised niche markets, pricing, trust, bad publicity, and nontechnical and technical means.     

Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

Long-standing conflict between domain name registrants and trademark holders prompted the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a global, mandatory arbitration procedure known as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The UDRP has been used in 2166 cases involving 3938 domain names as of 1 November 2000. The policy gives the initiator of a complaint, generally a trademark holder, the right to choose which ICANN-accredited dispute resolution service provider (RSP) will handle the case. During the preparation of the UDRP,some feared that complainant selection would lead to "forum shopping" that might bias the results. This article performs a statistical assessment of the forum-shopping thesis and finds support for it. There are statistically significant differences in the various RSPs' propensity to take away names from defendants; there are also major differences in the number of cases brought to each RSP. RSPs who take away names have the larger share of cases. The study examines other variables that might explain differences in market share, such as price, the plaintiff's nationality, or the time taken to decide a case. It finds that nationality and time also are correlated with market share. The study concludes that shopping for a favorable outcome is an important factor in the UDRP.     

Prevalence of soft neurological signs in Chinese people

Prof. Raymond C.K. Chen, a neuropsychologist with the CAS Institute of Psychology, has made novel progress in his studies of schizophrenia. His work has been reported by a recent issue of Behavioural Neurology.     

Monoculture Rubber Plantations Have Negative Ef ects on Controlling Splash Erosion

<正>In Xishuangbanna,one of China’s most biodiverse regions,landscape has changed dramatically during the past three decades due to the conversion of tropical rainforest to rubber plantations.In steep areas,terraces are often constructed before planting rubber trees,which causes two important changes in the soil:the destabilization of soil in the bench terraces and the increased vulnerability of unvegetated riser faces to erosion.Few studies have documented the nature and intensity of erosion on bench terraces.Prof.LIU Wenjie and his colleagues from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden(XTBG)conducted a study in Menglun County(21°5′39″N,101°15′55″E),Xishuangbanna to evaluate the influence     

Chinese Scientists Use Earth Observation Technologies to Study and Protect Wild Camels

<正>Chinese scientists plan to apply Earth Observation technologies to protect the critically endangered wild camels(Camelus ferus).With the help of remote sensing,satellite positioning,geographical information system and wireless sensors networks,they will be able to access the distribution and population of the wild camels and protect their habitats.The project will be carried out by the International Research Center for Wild Camel Conservation,which was jointly established earlier this year by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth(RADI)of the Chinese     

More than Skin Deep – Understand Skin Biology by Means of Dermatogenomics

<正>The Paul Gerson Unna Research Group on Dermatogenomics was founded in October 2012 at the Partner Institute for Computational Biology.The ultimate goal of the group is to understand the biology of skin and skin appendages.