非母语英语教学课堂参与度调查与分析

The reasons for various types of participation and the main influence on enhancing active class participation are contin?uously debated. By investigating the performance of TESOL students, practical ...     

A Study of Chinese College Students’ Face Needs in EFL Class

Based on Brown &Levinson’s Face Threatening Acts and Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions,this study is an analysis of Chinese college students’ face needs in EFL class.In this study,the subjects are 116 freshmen,non-English majors.Selecting totally 60 students from them and dividing them into two groups according to their scores of College English Entrance Examination.The collected data from questionnaire are analyzed by statistical software SPSS16.0 version.The major findings from the analysis include the following:1) high-scored students and low-scored students have similar positive face needs;2) Weight of imposition,group tendency and uncertainty avoidance are used to exam students’ negative face needs.According to the data in SPSS16.0,there is a difference between the two groups in terms of the weight of imposition.But the Independent-Samples T test of Sum of Questionnaire indicates that there is no distinct difference in the negative face needs between the two groups.     

Untranslatability in Onomatopoeia Translation—A Case Study of the Book of Songs

Classical poetry is a kind of special classical literature with highly concise language,rich emotion,profound implication and certain rhythm.The development of poetry translation is related to the spread of Chinese classical culture.There are many opinions about translatability and Untranslatability of poetry translation.The translation of meaning is relatively easy,while the rhetoric technique closely related to the form of expression is more difficult,which is the key to express the poet's feelings.There?fore,this paper aims to explore the untranslatability of onomatopoeia in poetry by combining with the Book of Songs.     

A Study of Question&Answer Behavior in EFL Teaching——On the Basis of Cooperative Principle

As an Chinese saying goes thatNothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. Thus People always follow Cooperative Principle to produce successful conversations in daily life and the EFL teaching is of no exception. Teachers and students cooperate with each other in classroom while they sometimes flout the principle deliberately. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct research on interactions in classroom, especially question & answer behaviors to see how teachers and students observe the Cooperative Principle and analyze underlying causes of their intentional flouting.     

Confucianism in Walden—A Comparative Study of Walden and the Four Books

As is known to everyone, Henry David Thoreau was an outstanding American writer in the 19th century. However, he did not attract much attention at that time. In fact, Thoreau did not have a profound influence on American culture until the 20th century. It is generally acknowledged that his masterpiece Walden is one of the most outstanding literary works, in which the richness of thoughts contributes greatly to the spread of Thoreau's philosophy. Thanks to it, Thoreau's philosophy has attracted more and more attention. It is pleasantly surprised for a Chinese reader to find Confucianism in an American classical work of the 19th century. Many scholars have studied Confucianism in Walden in order to analyze how Confucianism influences Thoreau. However, these studies more or less overstate or understate the influence of Confucianism. Therefore, such a research does have great practical significance, that is, to objectively analyze how Confucianism influences an American writer and how it is repre?sented in his representative work.     

On the Application of the Cohesion Theory in Text Translation——A Case Study of Death of a Pig

Based on the translation of E. B. White's essay ‘Death of a Pig', the essay attempts to analyze the strategies employed to achieve cohesion and conjunction in the target text and emphasizes that in order to reflect the language style of the source text, the translator should use corresponding strategies to ensure the translation is cohesive.     

Domestication and Foreignization in the Translation of the Stylistic Devices——A Comparative Study of Two English Versions of Mencius

The debate between domestication and foreignization translation strategies has aroused scholars’ research interest for a long time. This thesis makes a comparative study on the application of domestication and foreignization of the Stylistic Devices in Legge’s and Zhao Zhentao’s translated versions of Mencius.     

Reference in Translation——A Case Study of Translation of Kong Yiji

Reference is one of the cohesive devices of discourse,the comparison of which between English and Chinese will benefit translation practice,and a understanding of the differences in this aspect between the two languages is helpful in the reproduction of the original coherence of discourse.Based on the data of the Chinese novel "Kong yij" and its English translation,this paper will make a detailed analysis of the differences in reference and propose some translation strategies.     

基于小学生课堂参与度的调查分析与思考

一、目前学生课堂参与程度研究现状剖析1.课堂学习参与度研究的理论分析20世纪90年代以来,教育界更加注重学生作为课堂学习的主体,对学生学习方式发生转变、学生的知识水平得到提高、学生"课堂参与度"起到了不可小觑的作用。但与此同时,许多研究者对于"课堂参与     

苏北农村小学生课堂参与度的调查与分析

本课题是在借鉴内在动机论、构建主义理论和中和性学习理论的基础上,将其研究理论运用于以苏北农村小学生为代表的课堂参与度调查实践中。从小学生课前、课堂及课后在情感、行为和认知方面出发,研究过程中综合选用多种研究手段,如问卷调查法、访谈法、观察法和行为研究法,了解苏北农村地区小学生在课堂参与上存在的差异性,完成对苏北农村地区小学生课堂参与度的全面调查和系统汇总与分析,并在此基础上提出富有创设性的建议,引导小学生积极参与课堂。     

A study on the Translation of Cultural Elements in TV Subtitles——A Case Study of The Big Bang Theory

With the growing popularity of one country’s TV series in foreign countries,subtitle translation has attracted considerable attention in recent years.The Big Bang Theory(TBBT)is a widespread American TV series whose subtitles have been translated into many foreign languages,and it also boasts its richness in cultural elements,the most typical ones including science elements and religious cultural elements.     

Translator's Subjectivity in the Choice of the Original Text——A Case Study of Lin Yutang's Six Chapters of a Floating Life

This thesis is an attempt to explore the translator's subjectivity in choosing the original text to translate,based on the case study of the subjectivity of Lin Yutang as a translator and Lin's translation of Six Chapters of a Floating Life.     

Sisterhood in the Formation of Celie's Woman Selfhood—A Study of Alice Walker's The Color Purple

Applying feminist theory,this thesis aims at dissecting the process of the protagonist Celie in Alice Walker's The Color Purple,her pursuit of woman subjective selfhood through the perspective of sisterhood.It discusses how Celie manages to get rid of the racial and sexual oppressions,and finally successfully grow from a woman who lacks of self identity to a woman with complete subjective selfhood consciousness under the influence of sisterhood from Sophia,Shug,and Nettie.     

Gender Fairness in Self-Efficacy? A Rasch-Based Validity Study of the General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (GASE)

Studies have reported gender differences in academic self-efficacy. However, how and if academic self-efficacy questionnaires are gender-biased has not been psychometrically investigated. The psychometric properties of a general version of The Physics Self-Efficacy Questionnaire – the General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (GASE) – were analyzed using Rasch measurement models, with data from 1018 Danish university students (psychology and technical), focusing on gender invariance and the sufficiency of the score. The short 4-item GASE scale was found to be essentially objective and construct valid and satisfactorily reliable, though differential item functioning was found relative to gender and academic discipline, and can be used to assess students’ general academic self-efficacy. Research on gender and self-efficacy needs to take gender into account and equate scores appropriately for unbiased analysis within academic disciplines.     

Strategy Use in the Comprehension of English Idioms——A Comparative Study of Good and Poor Chinese English Learners

This study investigates whether L2 learners of English rely on their L1 (in this case Chinese) when attempting to comprehend an idiom in English and whether the student’s level of proficiency has any effect on L1 use in understanding L2 idioms. Using think-aloud protocol, the following conclusions were reached: 1) Almost all subjects translated English idioms into Chinese and searched a match, i.e. there exist transfer and interference of L1 in understanding L2 idioms.2) When the L1 was unable to help for understanding different idioms, good students were able to use conceptual strategies (i.e. metaphors and schema) better than poor students. This paper concludes with a suggestion that metaphor instruction be used to teach L2 idioms since a student cannot get very far when relying solely on his L1.     

A Study of Establishing Effective School Climate——A Comparative Description of School Climate and Classroom Climate in the UK and China

School environmental culture and classroom educational climate play a significant role in affecting all the teachers and students’work attitude,personal development,sense of belonging and teaching & learning achievements.It is necessary for all the school members to concern about creating comfortable,positive and effective working environment.This paper tries to generally analysis the different school and classroom climate between British and Chinese schools through observation,and to make suggestions of school & classroom climate component parts and improving proposals.     

Domestication and Foreignization in the Translation of Ecological Cultureloaded Terms——A Comparative Study of Two English Versions of Mencius

Mencius is composed of many long dialogues between Mencius and the kings,and some famous statements to show his viewpoints.There are many culture-loaded terms in this work which could reflect the Chinese traditional culture at that time.This thesis makes a comparative study on the application of domestication and foreignization in the translation of Ecological Culture-loaded Terms of two English versions of Mencius.And through this comparative study,this thesis would make its contribution on how to choose the appropriate translation strategy when dealing with such Culture-loaded Terms.     

Pioneering Spirits Glittering in the West Wasteland——A Critical Study of Willa Cather’s Writings

Focusing on pioneers’valiancy and innovation in frontiers’depersonalize life,this thesis applauds their down-toearth spirit and life-to-death struggle against its depressive desperation,its handicapped hardship and miserable misfortunes in Willa Cather’s writings--A Wagner Matinee,The Bohemian Girl,O Pioneers! and My Antonia.Dull and monotonous though pioneers’routines were,the barren land firmly magnetized their escaping feet and instead,invoked their creativity,fear lessness,and self-sacrifice towards it.Hardworking year after year and endeavors arduously,the infertile homesteads had given up to prosperous and productive homelands,a miracle created with industrious hands of courageous and innovative pioneers.     

A Pilot Study in the Field of Professional Further Education — Cooperative Learning in a Multimedia Learning Environment

ABSTRACT

Based on cooperative learning models, the present study investigated the specific effects of performance, interpersonal relations and affective variables in a computer‐based cooperative learning environment. Subjects were male and female adults who studied a multimedia learning program as a professional training task. After randomization 50 subjects worked in cooperative settings, while 25 subjects worked individually as a control group. In keeping with our assumptions, the subjects benefited from being paired. Further advantages for cooperative learning seem likely if instructions are modified and cooperative strategies used.