Help my mother

正I love my mother very much.when I see her doing housework I often come to help her.One day,my mother was ill and my father was out.so I had to look after my mother and do housework by myself.although I was not good at doing that things,I still tried my best to do everything.After a     

当我并不完美

At my primary school,I was one of the smartest kids there.I never studied,but always got near perfect scores on all my tests and 1)quizzes.I was a child 2)genius,at least in my mind.I was also a 3)prodigy in music according to myself.I could 4)carry a tune better than almost everyone else in my school.I was pretty sure that once I got to sixth grade,everyone including my teachers would be 5)amazed by me. But actually,they weren't.     

A Sweet Memory

There is a gong like this: "Looking back on how it was years gone by, and the good time that I had." I agree. The time I spent in Grade 2 was most unforgetable in my school life. It had a great effect on my studies, especially my English study.     

会员习作修改(英文)

I'll never forget the small classroom I always went to when I was a pupil. I found it just by chance in my primary school.When I entered the first time,I couldn't help considering staking it out, for It was evidently seldom visited by others.So I did it and It became my secret place.     

My Best Friend

When I cleaned my table, I saw a photo by chance, which was taken during the holidays we spent by the sea. The girl with a sweet smile in the photo is my best friend. Behind her is the sea that stretches to the horizon against the setting sun.In my heart,…     

Musing on Xiangshan

I was really happy as I set my foot in Xiangshan Park.Birds were twittering and the sunwas shining bright on the trees.I t was difficult to find such a fine day in winter.As a student who was afflicted by a large amount ofhomework,I was tired of living in the city.     

The Internet and My English

A few years ago,I was very weak in my lessons,especially in English.I didn＇t know how to change the situation.I was tired of English words,for I was often made to stay behind after school to learn the new words by heart.For a long time my English remained weak.     

珀里斯特拉

Peristeri means a clove in Greek. It's also the name of the area I was staying while I was visiting my grandmother's family in Athens, Greece. Surrounded by a myriad of unfamiliar faces, jetlagged and exhausted, I tried to make sense of all the buzzing conversations going on around me. Sitting on the veranda of my grandmother's sister's home in Peristeri, I studied the faces of my relatives; I barely knew any of them at the time, and the newness of my surroundings captivated me, regardless of my knee-trembling sleepiness.……     

Changes in My Hometown

When I was a small child I was deeply impressed by my poor and ugly hometown, a small town with low houses. The town center was only a 3,storeyed building which was a department store, and there were a few small groceries around it. Only a few restaurants…     

Never Give up

"Never give up!" I've heard this a thousand times,but not until I was taught by these experiences of my life did I realize its true meaning. I have been learning how to ride the unicycle[独轮脚踏车] since I was only six years old.In the year before my learning,I had seen many other students ride a "one wheel cycle" on the playground and perform confidently on the stage.That was so cool! But riding a unicycle was not as easy as expected,since I had to keep my balance on the one wheel.     

Making sense of power relations in a Malaysian English-as-a-second-language academic writing classroom

The role of power in an English-as-a-second-language classroom has yet to be fully explored by an action research practitioner, especially in a Malaysian higher education setting. This study aims to contribute to this gap by working within an academic literacies perspective to teaching academic writing, which propagates the understanding of power-relational, socio-cultural and epistemological conditions for effective teaching and learning. As the teacher in this classroom, I focus on how power-relational conditions play out. To activate the power conditions, I used a teaching principle in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)-negotiated interaction to reduce power-based mismatches between participants in a teaching or learning relationship in my classroom, drawing upon Kumaravadivelu’s work on post-method pedagogy for TESOL; that is, not being bound by any specific method of teaching. In analysing the different types of power that were operational in my classroom, wider implications of power that operate beyond the classroom level and how they impacted teaching and learning decisions were found to be highly illuminating. The action research methodology used for this study enabled me to reflect critically on my detailed diary recordings and student letter and interview collections, which in turn impacted on my teaching decisions as each teaching cycle was completed. My reflections also help shape my evolving identity as a teacher-researcher throughout this ongoing Malaysian action research journey.     

Strategies for encouraging behavioural and cognitive engagement of pre-service student-teachers in Bhutan: an action research case study

This action research enquiry interrogates my own teaching practices in the context of new cultures of pedagogy in Bhutan. Teaching at the tertiary level for the last 11?years, I have realised that student engagement, particularly behavioural and cognitive engagement, has not been satisfactory. This motivated me to undertake an action enquiry to improve my teaching to engage student-teachers more in their own learning. The analysis of baseline survey data collected from a class of 29 final-year Bachelor of Education Primary pre-service student-teachers in a curriculum studies module confirmed three areas of concern about my capacity to encourage student engagement: lack of open communication in my classes, lack of care and concern, and inability to provide active learning opportunities. I implemented intervention strategies in my teaching to address these concerns. Ongoing data about the effectiveness of the intervention strategies were collected through observations of lessons by a critical friend and by maintaining a self-reflective diary. Post-intervention data were gathered using the same questionnaire, through interviews conducted by a critical friend with four randomly selected student-teachers and research diaries. I have noticed measurable improvement in all three areas of concern that facilitated enhancement of both behavioural and cognitive engagements of student-teachers. However, I also realise that there is still room for improvement in the areas of motivating students to change their mindset about activity-based teaching and the need for me to show more interest in their personal and professional problems.     

A Balancing act: ethical dilemmas of democratic teaching within critical pedagogy

This article discusses practitioner research that focused on student resistance to teaching about the apartheid past and issues of ‘race’ in a first year English studies course at a predominantly Afrikaans and ‘white’ university in South Africa. The study aimed to explore the way in which students and the teacher engaged with a form of critical pedagogy moment–by–moment in the classroom. In this article, I turn the analytical spotlight onto myself, analysing the way in which my own multiple and sometimes contradictory identity positions as an educator play themselves out. In particular, I explore the tensions between my preferred ‘democratic’ teaching style, and my moral or ethical views. I argue that this tension creates a dilemma for teaching within critical pedagogy, which is not easily resolved. I also reflect on the experience of researching my own teaching practice, and attempt to understand how my research insights were developed, linking this to the distinction between reflective practice and action research.     

艺术类大学英语翻转课堂教学模式的行动研究

笔者通过为期一年的两轮翻转课堂行动研究,探讨一种适合于艺术类学生大学英语课程的"半翻转课堂教学模式",以解决翻转教学实践中课前知识传授未能完全达成而影响课堂上的知识应用和深化学习,最终导致知识无法实现完全掌握和内化的问题."半翻转"主要体现在课堂增加一个以促进课前知识达成为目的的课堂环节——基础知识疑难点突破,也就是教...     

Adapting the boundaries in primary physical education: an account of my learning,my educational influence and improved practice

In this paper I explore how I have come to theorise my work as a critical emancipatory practice as a lecturer in primary physical education (PE). I give an account of what I understand to be the epistemological foundations and practices of practitioner research and my potential educational influence in my own and other practitioner-researchers’ learning. I explain how I have generated my living educational theory of practice and discuss the changes in my learning from a propositional approach towards a dynamic epistemology of practice that is grounded in inclusional and dialogical ways of knowing. Within my paper I position myself as a professional educator and researcher, and share the exciting and transformational experiences of teaching and learning in evolving action research cycles of practice. I view my learning to date as an active act, working with the novice teachers I support to offer improvement and change in our future practice. I celebrate my reconceptualised view of education as a learner from within my practice and explain my move from knowledge transfer to knowledge co-creation. I make an original contribution to educational knowledge by explaining how I try to inspire others to research their practice and contribute to a new scholarship of educational enquiry.     

课堂观察：从构建操作模式到改进教学行为

课堂观察作为校本教研的一种较为有效的方式,备受教师青睐。在实践与探索中,如何利用课堂观察研究教师教学行为改进,成为目前课堂观察深化研究的又一热点。本文主要探讨了课堂观察的操作模式以及改进教学行为的策略。     

EVALUATING A TEACHER RESEARCHER'S CHOICE OF ACTION RESEARCH

In this paper I discuss my reasons for choosing educational action research in my enquiry into the process of writing, redrafting, learning and autonomy in the examination years (Eames, 1987). I look first of all at my own interests as a teacher‐researcher, and then explore my reasons for rejecting the ‘dominant research paradigms, which seemed to me inappropriate for what I was trying to do. I explain what I understand by action research, and examine objections to it, as well as considering its strengths.     

反思性教学：大学英语教师成长的有效途径

反思性教学是大学英语教师把教学和科研有机结合起来的有效途径。立足课堂教学实践,通过课前、课堂教学和课后的反思活动,加强科学研究,提高教师素质。坚持写教学目志、认真组织听课活动、细心观看教学录像、积极开展行动研究、虚心接受教学评估,从而促进大学英语教师自身全面发展。     

课堂教学模式改革探论

课堂教学模式改革是教学改革的一项重要内容。课堂教学效果的取得、教学质量的提升离不开有效的教学方法和模式。分析课堂教学模式的基本要素、传统课堂教学模式的利与弊,是课堂教学模式改革的基础和依据。课堂教学模式改革要体现现代教育理念,突出学生的学习主体地位,达到提高课堂教学效率、提升课堂教学质量、促进学生素质全面发展的目的。     

教学行动研究在高职英语写作教学中的应用

本文从教学行动研究的概念、过程和步骤的阐释入手,依据五个步骤,即发现问题—制定对策—实施行动方案—反思行动结果—分享行动结果,重点探讨了教学行动研究在高职英语写作教学中的应用。实施结果证明,教学行动研究不但可以有效地提高教学质量,而且可以促进师生的共同进步和教育的长足发展。