论语言环境与外语学习

学习者所处语言环境对外语学习效果有着重要的影响,中国学生虽然从小学到大学接近十年一直不间断学习外语,但收效并不明显,主要是学生缺乏很好的语言环境。本文主要从分析学生外语学习中的语言环境因素,并将这一原理应用于外语学习与教学当中,以提高学生外语学习效率。     

对外语学习背景下"文化适应"的质疑

本文评述国内外第二语言文化适应的研究,对外语学习背景下“文化适应”提出质疑,并提出相关建议。     

Formative assessment of writing in English as a foreign language

Recognizing the importance of formative assessment, this mixed-methods study investigates how four teachers and 100 students respond to the new emphasis on formative assessment in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing classes in Norway. While previous studies have examined formative assessment in oral classroom interactions and focused on either studying students or teachers, little research has been conducted on formative assessment of writing where both students and teachers are studied. As such, this study provides new insight. The findings mostly indicate that contradictions are prevalent amongst teachers’ and students’ perceptions of formative assessment of writing. The contradictions revolve around feedback, grades, text revision, self-assessment, and student involvement. The identified contradictions suggest the need for developing a mutual understanding of formative assessment in order to make it useful and meaningful.     

谈英语歌曲在英语语言教学中的运用

英语歌曲在交际法英语教学中是一种非常重要的教学手段，为语言教师提供了大量丰富多彩的语言材料，他们不仅能用于有目的的语言训练，而且可以最大程度地激发学生学习英语的兴趣，提高学生主动的参与英语语言学习的意识。     

“学得＋习得”：对外语学习机制的重新思考

我国的语言环境决定了外语学习应当定位于“学得＋习得’。基于这一定位,本丈从语言学角度就语言输入、语言吸收、语言获得和语言输出四个环节考察了外语学习的内在机制,并对我国的外语教学提供启示。     

Understanding collaborative language learning in novice-level foreign language classrooms: perceptions of teachers and students

This study explored the congruence and disparities among three groups of foreign language (Chinese, French, and German) students’ and teachers’ perceptions of collaborative/cooperative language learning (CLL) strategies in novice-level classroom contexts. A total of 168 participants from a university in the USA took part in this mixed-method study. The quantitative findings from a 10-item CLL questionnaire suggested that while the students’ and teachers’ perceptions of CLL strategies were generally consistent and positive, some disparities emerged in terms of their perceptions towards pair work, 3–6 as a group work, interview, and role playing. The qualitative findings from interviews and classroom observations provided some possible explanations to the differences discovered. The quantitative findings also revealed that foreign language type was not a factor differentiating students’ and teachers’ perceptions of CLL strategies. Some practical implications are provided for the effective implementation of CLL strategies in novice-level foreign language classrooms.     

外语学习过程中的学习策略培养模式

外语教学的历史是一部不断探询一种万灵的教学方法的历史。传统外语教学主要是强调教师建立在语言层面上教学方法的科学性和合理性，忽视了学习者因个体差异而采用的不同学习策略。在外语教学过程中，如何发现和培养学习者的学习策略成为当今外语教学过程中的重要环节。本文的目的主要是介绍外语学习过程中的学习策略以及六种不同学习策略培训模式。文章首先介绍了什么是学习策略，然后对策略培训培养模式的具体方法和利弊进行了初步探讨，并主张在外语教学过程中融入以策略培养为基础的教学模式。     

外语自主学习策略研究

本文通过对各种外语自主学习观点的研究，分析了外语自主学习的重要性和必要性，并在此基础上，提出了培养外语自主学习的一些策略。     

汉语史知识在对外汉语教学中的应用

语言是具有继承性的,汉语史知识是对外汉语教师知识结构的重要组成部分,在对外汉语的教学实践中有着举足轻重的作用,我们从汉字、语音、词汇教学几个方面探讨汉语史知识在对外汉语教学中的应用。     

Phonological attainment and foreign language anxiety in distance language learning: a quantitative approach

Learning a language through distance means is becoming increasingly widespread. The investigation reported in this paper was part of a large study (n = 590) carried out in 2011, which examined the experience of English-speaking students learning French pronunciation in a distance setting. This paper explores the hypothesis that there is a link between foreign language anxiety (FLA) and phonological attainment when learning in a distance setting. Quantitative methods included a questionnaire which explored FLA and learning pronunciation of English-speaking students learning French in a distance setting (n = 590). Pronunciation competence and FLA were measured using two instruments: an adapted version of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale, which was part of the questionnaire, and a phonological attainment rating table, assessed through a reading activity. A significant correlation was found between good pronunciation skills and low levels of FLA.     

工科类高职院校学生外语学习焦虑的探讨——以重庆水利电力职业技术学院为例

焦虑是现代大学生学习过程中普遍存在的现象。对于工科类高职院校的学生而言,外语学习似乎比其他课程的学习更容易引起焦虑。文章主要从工科类高职院校学生外语学习焦虑原因进行分析,并通过访谈了解重庆水利电力职业技术学院工科专业学生英语课堂的焦虑状况,结合笔者自己的教学实践经验,探讨一些帮助高职院校学生克服和减轻外语学习焦虑的有效策略。     

Sometimes less is more: educational effectiveness of English as a foreign language instruction in German classrooms

This article challenges one of the central orthodoxies of much school effectiveness and school improvement work – namely that schools should strive to become more consistent environments for pupils and teachers. It reviews the arguments for consistency; the success of centralised systems, and the 'mirroring' of factors of effectiveness at the different levels of organisation but also examines the evidence which seems inconsistent with this thesis. For example, the differential performance of boys and girls in some schools and of certain ethnic groups in some school environments. Whilst not suggesting that 'consistency' theories should be rejected in all circumstances the article argues that the motivation of students is the key factor which needs to link school organisation and school context. Drawing on organisational literature the analysis concludes that effective schools are most likely to be those which are able to differentiate their structures, strategies and policies for different groups of pupils and different learning tasks.     

English language learning difficulty of korean students in a Philippine Multidisciplinary University

This qualitative study analyzed the English language learning difficulties of 13 purposively chosen Korean students relative to their sociolinguistic competence, motivation in using the English language, and cultural factors. Interview responses were transcribed, categorized and thematised according to saliency, meaning and homogeneity. The findings of the study disclosed that, on the whole, while the subjects never had the opportunity to use the English language in Korea, they use it almost everywhere in the Philippines. Their difficulties exist both in daily conversation and in the academic setting. Such difficulties are attributable to both the subjects’ and the Filipinos’ different entry points in the learning and use of English. Despite cultural barriers in communication, however, the Koreans studying in the Philippines are instrumentally motivated to learn the English language.     

高校二外俄语学习动机研究

外语学习动机备受研究者和教育工作者关注和研究,但有关二外俄语学习动机研究较少。本文对二外俄语学习动机类型、动机现状及影响学生动机因素进行分析,得出如下结论:外在和内在因素使学生二外俄语学习动机明显缺失。笔者建议,社会、学校、教师和学生应该积极配合,采取相关措施,强化学生学习动机,落实双语教学。     

Innovation and development of foreign language teaching in China

Foreign language teaching has been playing a dominant role in China’s curriculum reform, especially in the present globalization of Chinese society and economy. However, the insufficient research into foreign language teaching and blindly adopting western theory demand China learn from its own experience and also develop western foreign language teaching theories that innovate and promote its education system and research. __________ Translated from Foreign Language Teaching & Research in Basic Education, 2004 (10)     

Students' perceptions of Wiki-based collaborative writing for learners of English as a foreign language

This study proposes a Wiki-based collaborative writing approach to the writing process for EFL (English as a foreign language) learners. A five-stage computer-mediated collaborative writing project including collaborative planning, partitioned drafting, peer-revising, peer-editing, and individual publishing was blended with on-campus English composition course. Fifty-one L2 learners at a university in central Taiwan participated in this project. Procedural scaffolding and collective scaffolding were provided to promote students' self-regulation and thus to foster the development of students' writing skills. A cross-referencing questionnaire survey was adopted to investigate students' perceptions of Wiki-based collaborative writing and students' perceptions of their work in each stage of collaborative writing. As the results indicated, a high percentage of students' satisfaction showed positive perceptions of this Wiki-based collaborative writing environment, and the instructional design of implementing a Wiki-based collaborative writing project with a five-stage writing process does assist EFL learners to accomplish a collaborative writing task on the internet with less limitation of time. This article also points to new possibilities for future research.     

提高学生自主学习能力建构外语教学新模式

大学外语教学不但要传授知识,更要培养学生独立自主的学习能力。文章针对当前我国大学外语教学中存在的实际问题,提出从培养学生外语自主学习能力人手,探索一种更加科学有效的大学外语教学新模式。     

Effectiveness of cooperative learning (jigsaw II) method in teaching English as a foreign language to engineering students (Case of Firat University,Turkey)

The present study compares the effects of the cooperative jigsaw II method and traditional teacher-centred teaching method on improving vocabulary knowledge and active–passive voice in English as a foreign language for engineering students and the students' attitudes towards learning English. Jigsaw is a cooperative learning model that involves small groups of 5–6 students teaching each other subject matter with success dependent upon student cooperation. Sixty-six engineering students participated in the study and a pre-test–post-test control group experimental design was employed. The students were randomly assigned into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group used cooperative Jigsaw II as an instruction method while the control group used traditional teacher-centred instruction. The groups were administered an achievement test, as a pre-, post- and delayed post-test. The results revealed statistically significant differences in favour of the experimental group on the dependent variables of improving vocabulary knowledge and learning active–passive voice in English. The attitude scale results showed that the cooperative learning experience had a significant positive effect on engineering students' attitudes towards learning English and promoted better interactions among students as well.     

对外汉语教学中的偏误现象

偏误分析是对外汉语教学中不可缺少的研究领域,它的研究成果对于我们认识中介语,理解语言习得的过程起重要作用,同时对语言教学实践有着深刻的影响。本文主要从偏误分析的定义,对外汉语教学中偏误现象,偏误产生的原因,以及偏误分析对对外汉语教学的启示等四部分展开论述。     

二外俄语零起点生的教学方法研究

二外是为英语专业的学生而开设的课程,可以有效的拓展学生的知识面,二外教学是外语教学的重要组成部分。俄语是很重要的一门语言,我国很多高校都选择俄语作为第二外语授课;从零学习俄语会经历一个复杂、艰苦的过程,运用多样化的教学方法能促进学生的学习兴趣,从而提高俄语教学的效率。