大城小事

After graduation from university,I landed a job in a French-funded corporation as a trainee engineer.At the very first thought,it'S relatively a good beginning and perhaps most 0f people would think SO,including me.……     

The EFQM self-assessment processes in HEIs in Spain and in Jordan

The purpose of this paper is to compare the European Foundation for Quality Management （EFQM） self-assessment model in higher education institutions （HEIs） in Spain and in Jordan. Case study methodology on eight services provided by a public university in Spain and seven services provided by one public university and one private university in Jordan is used. The findings show the steps that an administrative service may follow in order to apply the questionnaire approach to conduct self-assessment in a successful manner and the difficulties, benefits and success factors in both countries by comparing the results. This paper provides lessons for decision makers and managers of other universities in developing countries, who wish to perform an exercise in self-assessment using a questionnaire approach.     

I＇ll Graduate Next Year

I am a student in Grade 2 in high school. I‘ll graduate and have an entrance examination next year. How I wish I could be successful in the examination !And I have been hoping for the day when I become a university student. But I know I must study very hard now, and that is the only way to the university.     

上大学 得长寿?(英文)

Higher education could help you live longer,according to a study. It found people who went to college or university had lower blood pressure as they aged than those whose education finished when theyleft school in their teens. With high blood pressure doubling the     

校园枪击何时休?

33 dead in Virginia Tech shootings弗吉尼亚理工大学血案In the deadliest mass shooting in U.S.history,at least33people were killed in two separateattacks Monday at Virginia Tech,with33-including the suspected gunman-dying in onecampus building,police and university officials said.Two people were killed in the first shooting at about7:15a.m.at West Ambler Johnston Hall,     

Help!

There are groups of young people in many places who give theirtime to help others.For example,they do the shopping for people whoare sick or old.Often these people are very lonely and are gratefulfor some company.They enjoy having someone to talk to from timeto time.At the university there was such a group.Ally joined it andhelped many old people in this way.Then a new plan was introduced.The students offered to redecorate old people's homes if the local govern-     

人们在圣诞节乐善好施

I'll be working this Christmas.My job? Santa Claus! White beard and red clothes are optional.I'll be ioining thousands of volunteers in Britain who go and help homeless and elderly people as well as poor children.     

University teachers＇ approaches to teaching and their pedagogical use of ICTs： A comparative case study of Finland,Japan and India

The purpose of this study was to explore what salient characteristics can be found in some university teachers＇ approaches to teaching in Finland, Japan and India, and in what ways university teachers in Finland, India and Japan use ICTs （information and communication technologies） in their own teaching. Furthermore, this study aimed to investigate what ICT applications these same teachers use in their teaching. The data were collected via an electronic survey and interviews. The participants （N=21） were university teachers from Finland （N=8）, Japan （N=I0） and India （N=3）. Their approaches to teaching were explored by applying the ATI （approaches to teaching inventory） and its modified version focusing on the use of ICTs in teaching. The study reported in this paper was a pilot study, thus the results are based on the limited number of respondents. The ATI and ATI ICT subscales and ICT inventory applied in this study have been confirmed to be valid. The university teachers in Japan and Finland differed in their approaches to teaching： The Finnish teachers scored higher on the CCSF （conceptual change orientated, student-focused） approach to teaching than the Japanese teachers, while the Japanese teachers scored higher on the ITTF （information transmitting, teacher-focused） approach to teaching. Two Indian teachers were classified as having a teacher-focused approach to teaching, while the third was classified as having a student-focused approach to teaching. The teachers＇ differences in their use of ICTs related more to their disciplinary status than to their cultural background.     

A Comparative Study on “Dog” Cultures in English and Chinese

Both English and Chinese are rich in "dog" cultures. In order to learn English well and communicate successfully with foreigners in cross-cultural communication, it is necessary to make a comparative study on "dog" cultures in both languages. This thesis makes a com parative study on two language-speaking people’s attitudes and feelings toward dog, histories, customs and stories about dog in both Eng lish and Chinese cultures .Through the comparative study, the thesis reveals the differences and similarities of "dog" cultures in both lan guages.     

SCHOOL TIME

1.High schools in the USAFor most American teenagers life in an American high school is animportant and exciting experience.Most American teenagers start theirhigh school when they are fourteen and graduate at eighteen,when theycan go to work or continue studying at university.High school is not only a place to study and learn,it is also a place where students can takepart in many sports and enjoy a varied(多样的)social life.     

Contextualized Grammar Pedagogy： Integrating Grammar Into Writing Instruction

Grammar is an important aspect of English language pedagogy in China and is taught as a subject of study in Chinese primary and high schools. Despite studying grammar for several years, however, high school graduates find it difficult to express their ideas in English especially when they are asked to write essays at university. This article reports a study that investigates students＇ views regarding the study of grammar when contextualized to their writing courses. It was found that students appreciate contextualized study of grammar as opposed to isolated learning of grammar using memorization, drills, and practices. The study suggests that a shift in the aims and methods of teaching English in high schools is necessary if students＇ preferences, which are consistent with research literature in second language teaching, are to be taken into consideration.     

Everyone Deserves Our Respect

<正>生活中，每个人都值得我们去尊重。你尊重人，也会因此获得他人的尊重。One day, a friend invited us to help serve dinner at Tent City. A number of tents were set up for the homeless in the area. I took my two boys with me. They were 9 and 5 at the time. They had a lot of questions about how poor people lived in the world.     

Tibet-My Hometown

Tibet is my hometown. It is very beautiful. The air there is clean and fresh, and the weather there is neither too cold in winter nor too hot in summer.Most people in Tibet believe in Buddhism, and there are many temples there. The temple called " Budala" is very famous in the world. It lies on a hill and looks like a ship,so we also call it "Hillship" . Many Buddhists study the Buddhist Scripture in the temples and many people go there to say their prayers every day.     

My English Learning Experience

This essay is aimed at reflecting my English learning experience,which is divided into three stages:The first six years’of study as a junior and senior high school student,when I always got high scores in the exams.I thought I was a sucessful English learner at that time.Four years as an English major in a teacher’s college,where I found my English was as other people called "Chinglish".No matter how hard I worked I couldn’t talk freely with native speakers.As time went on,I got to know the phenomenon belonging to interlanguage fossilization of English learning.Two years later after I graduated from the university,I went to University of Canberra to study my Master degree,there I found the essential factors that could help me get over fossilization through enhanced motivation,increased comprehensible input and production of communicative output.     

READINGS

正AThe women's club always had a meeting every Friday afternoon.Once a professor from the university came to talk to them about an important problem after they had tea and asked some questions.The professor talked to the club about the problem of food and population."There is not enough food in the world for everybody,"he said."More than half the people in the world are hungry.And when they get     

当代大学生基督教传播现状调查——以北京市某高校大学生团契为例

近年来,大学校园中的＂基督教热＂现象悄然兴起,大学生信教问题颇受关注。众多数据显示,这一群体中,基督教信仰者的比例要远远高出普通民众的信教比例。大学生信仰基督教的诱因是什么？有何特点？这些问题都需要实证研究的结果来解答。本研究以北京市某高校大学生团契为例,通过深度访谈和参与式观察的方法,发现大学生信仰基督教的原因主要是受家庭或朋友的影响,部分被调查者是出于内心的需要或好奇心信仰基督教。大学生信仰和传播基督教主要有以下几个特点：组织形式社团化、主要通过人际网络与基督教发生联系、流动性强。

Abstract：

In recent years,the rise of＂Christianity Fever＂on university campuses has aroused much concern.Numerous statistics show that the ratio of Christian believers among university students is much higher than that among ordinary people.What are the causes and characteristics of university students’belief in Christianity？ These questions need to be answered through empirical studies.Taking a student association of a certain university as an example,a study was made through interviews and participant observations.The results show that the major reason for students to believe in Christianity is the influence of family and friends.Some students believe in it because of spiritual need or curiosity.The characteristics of student believers are that they start to believe it at a high level mainly through social network,and that they are organized in associations and mobile.     

A social distance study of American participants in a China study abroad program

As the world becomes increasingly interdependent, mutual understanding becomes increasingly important. Therefore, it is essential that people strive for reductions in social distance on an international level. Study abroad is one of the ways to approach internationalization and promote understanding among different peoples and cultures. The research reported in this paper empirically explored the efficacy of a China study abroad program for reducing the degree of social distance between a group of American undergraduate students and the Chinese people in China.     

The Role of Social Capital/Guanxi in Students’ Decision-Making about Postgraduate Education in China: An Explorative Case Study

This paper explores how the concept of social capital developed by Bourdieu and Coleman as well as the Chinese concept of guanxi (关系) or relationships facilitates students’ access to postgraduate education in a case study of a university in southeast China. The study comprises an initial survey of 381 first-year postgraduate students and a series of interviews with 30 participants. Social capital and guanxi inform analysis of the data. The results reveal that students from different social backgrounds employ different forms of social capital and guanxi networks in their decision-making about postgraduate education. They contribute to conceptualizations of how social capital is generated through guanxi in the Chinese educational context.