Reflections on ELT in China

大多数第二语言教学或外语教学的理论均来自欧洲或是美国，这些理论对中国的外语教学产生了巨大的影响，有时甚至引导着中国的外语教学的发展，但是我们知道外语教学理论的形成都有自己特殊的历史和文化背景．中国的外语教学全盘的接受这些理论是不利于我国外语事业的发展的．本文在分析主要外语教学理论利弊的基础上，提出要发展符合中国特定条件的外语教学理论。     

Thoughts on Flood in Shalan

On the afternoon ofJune16,2005,flooding caused by torrentialrain struck Shalan Township ofNing an in H eilongjiang Province.It wasreported that97students of Shalan Central Prim ary School lost their im-m ature lives,and eighteen villages in N ingan were flooded,three ofwhich were severely hit.A bout1,333hectares offarm land were devastat-ed,55houses collapsed and the lives of1,800villagers were endan-gered.H ow did the flooding becom e the worstin200years?The flood cam e as a result of th…     

试论方位介词at in on

介词at、in、on作为方位介词的基本意义和引申义之间的关系;以及他们在表示方位时的区别。     

in、on用法知多少

in、on是两个及易混淆的词,而且它们应用非常广泛。in主要意思是“在……里”,而on主要意思是“在……上”。除此之外,它们还有很多固定用法。为了便于学生掌握,现将一些in、on的用法习题归纳如下: 1. The man____the blue coat is my     

on，in如何表时间

关于介词on和in我们在前面已经学过,它们作为方位介词。分别意为"在……之上"与"在……里面"。但是大家知道吗?它们俩还可以用来表示时间呢!     

Metaphors on Time in Chinese Literature

In Chinese Iiterature, metaphors on time are numerous. Here I'm trying to introduce an essay entitled "Time in a Hurry" by Zhuziqing, a famous professor and writer in Qinghua University, to see how metaphors are used to give a full picture of time and why these mixed metaphors are necessary.     

at,in,on各就各位

介词at,in,on表示时间的用法很容易混淆,中考中也常将它们作为重要的考点来进行考查。现将它们的主要用法归纳如下:at1.表示在时间的某一点或某一时刻。例如:     

Teaching in a World Focused on Testing

Whatmakesateacherexcellentinthefaceofcontroversy?AteacheroffersherTopEightlistforwaystoremaintruetoexcellenceinteachingdespitethetugofwararoundtesting.     

A view on Communicative Teaching in China

ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＴｈｅｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｃａｔｉｖｅａｐｐｒｏａｃｈｔｏｌａｎｇｕａｇｅｔｅａｃｈｉｎｇｈａｓｂｅｅｎｗｅｌｃｏｍｅｄａｎｄａｄｏｐｔｅｄｉｎｍａｎｙｐａｒｔｓｏｆｔｈｅｗｏｒｌｄｂｅｃａｕｓｅ“ｉｔｓｐｒｉｎｃｉｐｌｅｓｂｒｉｎｇｔｈｅｍｅａｎｓｏｆｌｅａｒｎｉｎｇｉｎｔｏａｌｉｇｎｍｅｎｔｗｉｔｈｉｔｓｅｖｅｎｔｕａｌｅｎｄｓ———ｔｈｅａｃｈｉｅｖｅｍｅｎｔｏｆａｎａｂｉｌｉｔｙｔｏｕｓｅｌａｎｇｕａｇｅｔｏｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｃａｔｉｖｅｅｆｆｅｃｔ.Ｆｕｒｔｈｅｒｍｏｒｅ …     

Teachers’ views on the effectiveness of in‐service courses on the new curriculum in Turkey

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of in‐service courses conducted by the Ministry of National Education in order to inform teachers about the changes introduced by the new primary and secondary school curricula. The study also aims to reveal whether these changes have entered the classrooms based on the teachers’ views of the INSET courses they attended. For this purpose, semi‐structured interviews were conducted with both primary and secondary school teachers during the 2007–2008 academic year. Data were analysed based on the effective INSET criteria identified from the literature. According to the findings, the INSET courses were found to be ineffective, mainly in terms of the quality of the instructors, teaching methods employed, duration of the courses and support after training. Suggestions to conduct effective INSET courses, especially when change is afoot, are included at the end of this paper.     

时间介词at、on、in

时间介词at,on,in（在）：at表示时间的某一点;on表示某日或和某日连用的某一时间段;in用于表示除日以外的某一时间段。     

Reflective thinking on communicative teaching in writing

For second language learners, English writing as one of the forms of communication is particularly tough. In order to help learners to write correctly and fluently, teachers could guide learners to integrate genre and content reasonably to meet their communicative needs, to motivate their interest and to improve their writing skills. The paper provides diverse teaching techniques and strategies for teachers to help learners from the elementary level, the intermediate level or the advanced level to be fully exposed in communicative activities in class. And teachers are expected to give feedbacks to ideas, feelings, or perceptions that students have tried to communicate through their writing in a sensible way. Teaching writing is a process of aiding learners to discover themselves and implicit communication with readers with purposes.     

Study on hydrodynamic vibration in fluidic flowmeter

The characteristics of the fluidic flowmeter,which is a combination of impinged concave wall and bistable fluid amplifier,is investigated by experimental studies and numerical simulations. The numerical approaches are utilized to examine the time dependent flow field and pressure field inside the proposed flowmeter. The effect of varying structural parameters on flow characteristics of the proposed fluidic flowmeter is investigated by computational simulations for the optimization. Both the simulation and experimental results disclose that the hydrodynamic vibration,with the same intensity,frequency and 180° phase shift,occurs at axisymmetric points in the feedback channel of the fluidic flowmeter. Using the structural combination of impinged concave wall and bistable fluid amplifier and differential signal processing technique,a novel fluidic flowmeter with excellent immunity and improved sensibility is developed.     

Study on properties of residue-residue contacts in protein

INTRODUCTION Recognition of protein folding from aminoacid sequence is a challenging task. The structureand stability of proteins from different fold aremainly dictated by inter-residue interactions. In-formation on the distribution of contacts shown by20 amino acid residues can be used to predict thefolding type of each protein (Chan and Dill, 1998;Zhang and Kim, 2000; Gromiha, 2001; Gromihaand Selvaraj, 1999; Miyazawa and Jernigan, 1985;1996; Bahar et al., 1997; McDonald and …     

Students’ Views on Difficulties in Learning Histology

The aim of this study was to provide a better understanding of the main difficulties hindering undergraduate biology students in learning histology. The study utilized a self-administered questionnaire which included three closed-ended and two open-ended questions: (1) if students had difficulty in learning about each tissue type; (2) what might be the problem in learning about the tissue at hand; (3) which topics were the most difficult; (4) what were the possible reasons that made image identification of tissue types difficult; and (5) how to improve the course curriculum from a student perspective. The survey was administered to 139 undergraduate biology students enrolled in a histology course, of which 101 surveys were completed and analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The topics that students experienced the most difficulties with were: nervous tissue, plant tissues, bone tissues, and glandular epithelial tissue. The main reasons students experienced difficulties with these tissue types, according to the students themselves, were the nature of the topic, grasping the terminology used, and insufficient teaching time. Students suggested the adoption of strategies such as: teaching based on practical tasks; reducing the content of the histology curriculum; adding anatomy subjects; and making histology education more interesting.     

话说at,in,on与to

看几道中考题: 1.——When did Mr Smith corlle here? —— nine 0’clock yesterdaY morning.(’02浙江宁波市) A.At B.Ft】r C.In D.On 2.the evening of May 3 1.the 2002 FIFA World Cup started inSouth Korea.(’02北京海淀区) A.On B.At C.Of D.In 3.Taiwan is part of China. It is the southeast of our country.(’02山东济南市) A.t0 B.Oil C.in D.at 上面三道中考试题中,其中l、2两道题均是在考查介词at,in,on与时间名词连用时的用法,它们的答案分别是1.A;2.A。而第三道中考题则是在考查介词in,on,to与方位名…     

Context Effects on Students’ Gains in Reading Comprehension in Reading First Schools in Michigan

Reading First, Part B of Title 1 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, provides support for states with approved programs to improve the reading achievement of early elementary students in high poverty, chronically low achieving schools. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which the Reading First program in the state of Michigan is making progress in meeting this goal after five years of implementation. The study design makes use of the reading comprehension achievement test results for cohorts of students who entered the program in different years and who took the test two or three times while attending a Reading First school in Michigan between 2002 and 2006. The results indicate that overall the students showed significant gains in reading comprehension; further, students with three years in Reading First tended to score higher than those with two years in Reading First. However, students whose socio-demographic characteristics place them at an educational disadvantage (e.g., eligibility for subsidized lunch) made relatively modest gains in reading comprehension. In addition, any negative effects attributable to such student characteristics are compounded when the student body in the school is composed of a large percentage of students with the same characteristic. These results suggest that while a successful program overall, Reading First is not comprehensive enough to counteract the socio-demographic problems of extremely high poverty schools.      

介词on,in,under的用法

如何回答where或相当于where含义的特殊疑问句呢?显然,方位介词是不可少的。今天让我们了解一下方位介词on,in,under的用法。1.on表示表面上的接触,一个在另一个的上面,即"在……的上面"。如:     

Children’s Voices on Bullying in Kindergarten

Research suggests that bullying does occur in kindergarten. The extent of bullying in Norway and other Scandinavian countries is estimated to be about 12 %. The purpose of this study is to investigate children’s understanding and experiences of bullying. We use a qualitative approach and have conducted individual interviews and focus group interviews with a total of 31 children, 5 year-olds, in 4 different kindergartens. Additionally, observations were made of 4–5 year-olds in the same kindergartens, 142 children in total. The results show that the children describe bullying as doing or saying “something mean”. Exclusion from play is what all the children fear the most. This study shows that 1–2 children in each kindergarten are systematically excluded from play, and these children are overlooked by both other children and the adults in kindergarten.