英语自我概念与英语课堂焦虑的关系研究

英语自我概念和英语课堂焦虑是影响二语习得过程的两个重要因素,通过对非英语专业学习者的英语自我概念与英语课堂焦虑之间的关系进行深入研究,结果显示整体英语、听力、口语、写作、语法、词汇及阅读自我概念均与英语课堂焦虑具有不同程度的负相关。研究的结果还说明语言教师在教学活动中帮学生树立积极的英语自我概念有助于学生降低语言焦虑。     

大学英语学习者对翻转课堂接受度的调查研究

翻转课堂通过变革教学流程实现了知识传授的提前与知识内化的优化,为大学英语教学改革的进一步发展提供了新的思路.文章以问卷调查和访谈为主要研究手段,着重探析了大学英语学习者对于翻转课堂的接受度.研究结果表明,尽管学习者对翻转课堂不同阶段的接受度存在差异,翻转课堂基本上得到了学习者的认可.文章进一步剖析了翻转课堂获得认可的原因,并指出在大学英语教学中推广与应用翻转课堂时应注意的问题.     

The culture of the classroom: Socialization in an urban bilingual classroom

This article reports on an ethnographic study of a fourth-grade bilingual classroom. The focus of the article is on the culture that is created in this classroom and how children are socialized to it. Three themes are explored: socialization around being engaged learners, socialization to participate in a community of learners, and socialization to be second-language learners. I argue that the culture of the classroom for students who typically do poorly in school and who have negative experiences in school, such as the poor, urban Latino students in this study, must be one that has different roles, values, beliefs, and expectations than what exists in the cultures outside the classroom. In this way, the children experience school in positive ways which can lead to school success.     

A comparison of teachers' and school psychologists' perceptions of the importance of CHC abilities in the classroom

The broad cognitive abilities defined by the Cattell–Horn–Carroll (CHC) theory have been shown to predict school achievement. However, the ecological validity of these constructs has not been studied in classroom settings. This study compares ratings by a sample of teachers (n = 53) and school psychologists (n = 86) of the importance of the CHC cognitive abilities in the classroom. The scale demonstrated adequate reliability (total scale α = .93, median α = .74), although evidence of construct validity varied between teachers and school psychologists. Both teachers and school psychologists rated quantitative ability, crystallized knowledge, and fluid reasoning as most important to school success. However, school psychologists rated short‐term memory and quantitative ability as more important than did the teachers. Importance of these differences for consultation is discussed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

多模态话语协同在成人英语听说课中的应用——基于“高级英语听说”课程教学模式初探

文章针对开放教育的成人业余学习者的特点,分析传统的英语听说课面授环节存在的诸多问题,提出结合中央广播电视大学英语本科课程改革的多模态话语协同的听说课教学模式。通过对观摩示范课的教学实施步骤和模态调用模式的个案分析,归纳总结听说课教学过程中的模态调用流程图,并提出几点听说课面授教学的改进建议。     

Valuing the Advanced Learner: Differentiating Up

In today's educational climate, differentiated instruction is a common practice for students who need remediation; what is less common is to Differentiate Instruction for the advanced learner. Contrary to popular perceptions, advanced learners do not automatically differentiate instruction on their own. Students who have the potential to excel within the curriculum are sometimes ignored due to a variety of classroom challenges. Asking students about their interests and questioning their perceptions are places to begin differentiating for advanced learners. All children, including advanced learners, should have the opportunity to be challenged and to excel in their classroom curriculum.     

日语能力考试改革后教学与学习方法探讨

日语能力考试改革后,加强了实际语言运用能力的考查,特别是听力与阅读部分的改革力度最大。加强课堂听说训练,引导学生课后精听与泛听相结合;培养学生快速阅读的习惯与推测联想的能力,来提高学生的综合运用能力,顺利通过日语能力考试。     

用心“倾听” 构建和谐课堂

倾听也是一种学习。通过从学生倾听教师、教师倾听学生、学生倾听学生这三方面入手,培养学生倾听兴趣,落实倾听方法指导,就能自然而然地完成师生情感的碰撞、交流与沟通,从而使课堂积极、向上、和谐。     

Striving for equitable classroom assessments for linguistic minorities: Strategies for and effects of revising life science items

Striving for equitable assessments that can contribute to classroom learning for linguistic minorities is a goal of increasing importance as the national population of English language learners continues to rise. This study investigated classroom assessments for English learners in middle school life science courses in two California schools. A framework for equitable classroom assessments, “McCes—Sounds like Success,” was used to refine and evaluate assessments in the study. Ways to improve two written assessments for advanced English learners were developed through teacher research and tested with a pretest/posttest design. Eleven changes to the items were developed, such as adding visual supports and dividing prompts into smaller units. Regression analyses of raw and Rasch modeled data from the pretest/posttest showed that both English only students and advanced English learners scored significantly better on the modified classroom assessments. A new perspective on validating equitable classroom assessments as opposed to standardized assessments for English learners is discussed. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 44: 864–881, 2007     

基于具身认知的智慧教室课堂互动教学模式设计

智慧教室中的教学互动实践因离身认知观的限制仍停留在传统课堂水平,将具身认知理论引入互动教学模式,实现高水平课堂教学互动。依据智慧教室中教学互动设计贯一性、内容生成性、过程动态性、内容体验性原则,重构互动教学过程,构建基于具身认知的智慧教室课堂互动教学模式。该模式将教学过程分为即时性认知、结构化反思和反思性实践3部分,形成实践中获取认知、认知中进行反思、反思中进行实践的动态循环,智慧教室则提供技术支持以促进学习者的高效互动。该模式有利于引导和帮助学习者开展高效的互动教学,促进学习者实现知识的意义建构和主体性成长。     

谈任务型教学法在中学英语教学中的应用

任务型教学法兴起于19世纪70年代,是一种强调在课堂中创设真实的情境,让学生在情境中通过完成任务来习得语言的教学方法。本文主要阐释了任务型教学的设计原则,通过具体的课例并结合教学实践,探究任务型教学的课堂教学模式。     

Facilitating learning with web conferencing recommendations based on learners’ experiences

This paper reports some of the findings from a study undertaken to obtain an insight into the experiences of learners engaging with web conferencing. A small group of work-based adult learners with substantial experience of learning in a virtual classroom provided accounts of and reflections on their experiences using a blog and group interview. Qualitative analysis of data led to findings which support some existing best practice guidelines for facilitators and also provide additional insight into issues that impact on learners’ experiences. This paper presents recommendations for facilitators and explores some of the issues raised by learners which are not commonly addressed in other guidelines, including the effective use of breakout rooms, the management of minimalist learners and the need to respect learners’ privacy. A facilitation approach which allows learners to develop autonomy and exert control in the virtual classroom and which acknowledges diversity of learning preferences is suggested. Whilst the recommendations made may not be appropriate in all learning contexts, they are presented as a starting point to help other facilitators review and develop their own practice.     

IS CHC student surface learner A cross-cultural perspective

In the past decades, the "CH"(Confucian Heritage Culture)learner phenomenon had aroused the interest of sociologists, educators and psychologists. Examination orientation, achievement orientation, use of repetitive learning, synthesis of memorization and understanding, and the use of recitation to bring about sharp focus for better understanding were some of the themes of these researches. This paper will explain what the general paradox of CHC learners is and how cultural difference can affect students' motivation for learning according to Chen and Stevenson's model of cultural influence, and discuss the major misconception of CHC learners' study approach.     

建导技术在少数民族预科生思想政治教育课程教学中的初步尝试——以广西为例

少数民族预科生思想政治教育的传统课堂教学方式导致了教学效果低下、师生轻视课程的问题。建导技术引入到思想政治教育的课堂教学中,面临学生思想抵触、学习思维不转变、教师缺乏系统理论知识和操作技术的支持等问题。建议建导师在引入建导技术过程中要注意与传统讲授方式相结合,两种方式互相融合,同时教师和学生要转变思维,改变心态,积极参与建导技术过程。     

ARCS动机设计模式在大学英语课堂教学中的应用

美国凯勒教授提出的ARCS动机设计模式为减少学生课堂学习动机缺失提供了有效的理论框架。在此理论基础上提出大学英语课堂教学模式：吸引注意、提出问题;阐明目的、引起相关;呈现内容、建立自信;小组活动、引发满足。     

基于情景喜剧的输出型语用教学方式研究

外语课堂教学中,许多研究发现显性教学有助于学习者语用能力的发展,除此之外鲜有其他有力证据证实其他教学方法的有效性。通过研究基于情景喜剧的输出型语用教学方式对课堂环境下学生外语语用感知能力与产出能力两方面的不同影响,分析了其中的原因,最后提出相关语用教学研究启示。     

二语语用摄入欠缺关乎语用能力发展

中国英语学习者在实际运用目的语时存在语用能力欠缺的主要原因在于：学习者将一语概念、结构强加于二语,忽视目的语词、句型的语用意义与功能。英语课堂教学要真正重视语用意识的培养,适时输入语用概念与知识,提高二语语用能力。     

Pedagogy of Learning and Teaching: A Phenomenographic Perspective from Selected Classrooms in Rural South Africa

Abstract

Classroom practitioners are expected to facilitate effective learning under the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in South Africa. During this facilitation process, educators are required to become more resourceful in terms of their learning and teaching strategies. This article is based on a case study – within the phenomenographic paradigm – of Grade 9 educators and learners in four rural schools in North West, South Africa. The study focussed on a specific economics and management sciences (EMS) topic relating to the understanding of the value or price determination of the South Africa rand on the foreign exchange market. The article is divided into three parts: firstly, the concepts of phenomenography and the variation theory of learning are explored and constituted as the conceptual framework; secondly, educators’ experiences with the variation theory as a classroom resource for learning; and thirdly, the impact of educators’ classroom experiences with the variation theory on learners’ quantitative and qualitative learning outcomes. The results showed an improvement in the learners’ understanding of the EMS topic studied.     

Interaction in advanced EFL pedagogy: a comparison of form-focused activities

Recent research on grammar pedagogy advocates the use of form-focused activities which require learners to produce output collaboratively. This paper reports on the results of a study carried out with 14 high-intermediate/advanced adult English as a foreign language (EFL) learners who completed five form-focused activities collaboratively. The learners’ interaction was codified and language-related episodes (LREs) identified. The data were analyzed for the quantity and nature of attention to form each activity generated. Results indicate that both learners’ attention to form and the nature of their reflection on grammatical choices were dependent on the activity. Furthermore, the grammatical features of concern to the learners were not always those targeted by the activity and most of the times these learners did not provide any justification for the grammatical decisions made. These results are considered in the light of current claims about the need for classroom teachers and researchers to carefully consider the choice of activity and how learners interpret and complete it.