The role of foreign language programmes in internationalising learning and teaching in higher education

This article proposes that foreign language programmes have a central role to play in the internationalisation of learning and teaching in the university. Looking at institution-wide programmes in the UK, it cites two main reasons for this claim: University language programmes teach multilingual and multicultural groups in which students from a range of disciplines may trial the skills required of international graduates. Furthermore, language programmes employ student-centred forms of learning in response to the heterogeneity of their student body. Their composition and innovative pedagogies, it is argued, suggest the university-wide foreign language programme as a central discipline of internationalisation which develops good practice to be rolled out across the university. The article describes the learning opportunities international language classrooms offer and presents an overview of the pedagogies employed in institution-wide language programmes.     

高职院校的语言教学与文化传播

语言与化之间存在着密不可分的关系,化对语言的干扰表现在化典故的干扰、价值观的干扰、非语言交际的干扰等方面。举办“化讲座”是英语教学中传播化知识的一个很好的辅助手段。     

论外语学习中的语言焦虑(英文)

外语学习焦虑对外语学习有着负面影响,可以作为外语学习成功与否的个体差异因素之一。本文主要阐述了外语学习焦虑的研究,提出了在课堂中降低焦虑、优化教学的教学建议。     

高校实践教学体系中的大学英语文化教学实践

文化因素在大学英语教学中非常重要,文化教学有自身的特性和特点。学习外语要学习文化的多样性,通过实践语言的方式把握和理解不同文化内涵和区别,做到在实践中学习文化知识。在大学英语教学中实施有效的文化教学实践的方法和平台是很有必要的。通过文化教学实践把不同的文化生活和经验呈现给学生,进而培养他们的跨文化意识和交际能力。     

Exploring the dynamics of cultures of learning in internationalised higher education

ABSTRACT

One of the main drivers of internationalisation in higher education (HE) is the intention to facilitate the development of intercultural competence (IC) among students and staff. However, previous research shows that higher levels of IC are not automatically achieved by participating in internationalised educational settings. Drawing on the results from a bi- and trilateral collaborative project, we combine cultures of learning and small culture approaches to analyse how participants’ previous educational experience may have influenced the learning process in internationalised HE classrooms. This article argues the necessity of a non-essentialist view of teaching and learning practices in internationalised classrooms. Our analysis demonstrates how academic practices and classroom norms are (re)negotiated in these new contexts, forming new evolving ‘small’ cultures of learning. The role reciprocity plays in working towards cultural synergy in internationalised HE is also addressed. Striving towards equality in power distribution proves to be significant in achieving cultural synergy.     

Service learning and intercultural citizenship in foreign-language education

Service Learning, a pedagogy combining formal learning with community service, has recently developed into Intercultural Service Learning (ISL). Intercultural Citizenship Education (ICE) combines foreign-language education and education for (intercultural) citizenship. They have different origins and applications but recent work in ISL is linked to foreign language education, as is ICE. A comparison of the two reveals considerable similarities and the potential for mutual enrichment. The article first explains the two types of education and their origins and theory, and examples of each are then provided. Thus the ways in which they complement each other and the potential for further coherence and enrichment are demonstrated. In particular it is argued that foreign language education can gain from the experience and rigour of ISL to give new possibilities for language teachers.     

跨文化交际中的肢体语言

肢体语言与学外语一样,都是文化的一部分。除一些世界公认的肢体语言外,不同的文化还有各自的肢体语言。跨文化交际时,相同的肢体语言形式可能具有完全不同的意义。本文简单对比中关肢体语言的差别,并介绍了一些国外常用的肢体语言,以此来说明在学习外语的同时,多了解一些国外常用的肢体语言是会有帮助作用的。     

英语教学中的文化教育

在英语教学中,人们对语言与文化关系的错误理解主要表现在两点,一是认为外语教学的主要目的是语言知识的教学;另一点认为目前的教学内容使文化教学难以进行.本文结合对这两个问题的讨论,探讨交际性语言教学中,处理好文化与语言关系的必要性和可能性,并提出一些建议.     

外语文化教学中的角色扮演活动

语言与文化是相互联系的,语言教学离不开文化;而且有许多可以进行语言和文化同时教学的方法,角色扮演便是其中之一。文章着重探讨了外语与文化教学中的角色扮演问题,详细介绍了成功指导角色扮演活动的基本步骤,阐明了角色扮演活动有利于学生跨文化交际能力的培养和提高。     

Teaching and learning cultures in higher education: a mismatch in conceptions

ABSTRACT

Instructional approaches in higher education that foster learning based on internal values are required with the enrollment of wider and more diverse audiences. The current study explores this challenge with a focus on the relationship between students’ learning cultures and the way instructors’ view them. We interviewed 76 students and six instructors at an established academic institution. Data comprised of 210 students’ and 146 instructors’ utterances that were analyzed using mixed methods. Findings revealed a mismatch of instructors’ conceptions about the learning culture of the typical student, potentially leading to compromises in their teaching practices. We provide evidence that reciprocal relations exist between cultures of teaching and learning, contributing to the wicked challenges of rethinking the role of teachers in reinforcing passive learning cultures in undergraduate education. Adoption of internal-based values teaching approaches can help break this feedback loop.     

Enhance low-achieving students' learning involvement in Taiwan's higher education: an approach via e-learning with problem-based learning and self-regulated learning

This study explored the effects of web-enabled pedagogies on students' involvement in learning. A series of quasi-experiments were conducted to investigate whether students' involvement increases over time if intervened, respectively, by problem-based learning (PBL), self-regulated learning (SRL), and their combinations. Two classes of 102 first-year students at a vocational school in a one-semester course were chosen for this empirical study. The results were generally supportive. The authors further discuss the implications for schools, scholars, and teachers engaged in e-learning.     

Language–content partnership in higher education: development and opportunities

ABSTRACT

Interdisciplinary collaboration, in the sense of partnership between English language teachers and content teachers, is significant for enhancing university students’ English-medium academic success. It has long been advocated, but it has not become a common phenomenon in higher education institutions. The present article aims to synthesize what has been revealed about such collaboration in tertiary contexts in the (English-medium) literature, and to consider implications for practice and research. A systematic approach was adopted in conducting the literature review. The main body of the article focuses on illustrating five themes grounded in the literature: theoretical perspectives on the need for interdisciplinary collaboration; motivations for interdisciplinary collaboration and slow development of the trend; interdisciplinary collaboration on a continuum of partnership; team teaching in interdisciplinary collaboration; and benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration. Implications for practice and research are then discussed.     

语言、文化与外语教学

语言作为文化的载体，不能脱离其所依附的文化而存在。不懂得文化的模式和准则，就不能真正习得语言。从语言教学及功能角度考虑，我们可以对文化背景知识加以分类，以此来确定文化教学范畴，在外语教学中树立文化语言观，从而进行系统的文化因素教学。     

语言教学·文化与人文精神

语言和文化密不可分。语言是文化的载体,也是文化的重要组成部分。在语言教学的同时,将文化与人文精神发掘出来,并有意识地渗透给学生,让学生在学习语言的同时,用心去体悟,从而使语言学习由表及里。本文阐述了将文化与人文精神融入语言教学的重要性与必要性,提倡在进行语言教学的同时努力提高学生的文化素养与人文素质,实现外语教学观念的现代化。     

大学外语教学与跨文化交际

语言能力并不等于交际能力。学习外语的大学生在与外国人进行交往时遇到的困难与障碍往往不是因为语言能力低下,而是对目的语国家的文化知识知之甚少,并且缺乏对文化差异的洞察力。文化这一概念的引入,将外语教学与跨文化交际紧密联系起来。     

语言的文化烙印--思维方式影响下的句式表达

思维方式是文化的体现又影响着语言。思维方式制约句子结构，中西思维方式存在的巨大差异导致汉英语的句式表达有很大不同。本文主要比较中西思维方式之差别，从思维方式上找出导致汉英句式结构及表达差异的文化根源。     

文化教育在大学外语教学中的地位

从分析文化概念入手,结合时代背景、语言与文化的关系和大学英语教学实践,运用跨文化交际及语言习得和文化习得的理论,探讨了文化教育在大学外语教学中的重要地位,并围绕文化教育的原则、外语教学的特点及规律等,以大量实例为基础,具体阐述了如何在大学外语教学中实施文化教育。     

中西教育的比较与借鉴

东西方由于有着各自的文化传统和文化传承方式,因此在教育理念和方法上也有很大的差异。西方教育环境比较宽松,重视学生质疑能力培养,注重学生研究能力培养,以及与生活相联系的教学内容和讲求实效的学习方式,值得研究和借鉴。     

Promoting self-sustained learning in higher education: the ISEE framework

To equip graduates with the capability to meet complex demands of work and life, it is important that higher education teachers engage students in self-sustained learning – the persistent, self-initiated pursuit of expertise development in one's subject area. This requires building a positive synergy between learning and teaching, which implies various potential difficulties for teachers. Based on a critical analysis of these difficulties, it is proposed that self-sustained learning can be nurtured when teachers activate a form of dialogic reflective practice that prioritizes students’ subject expertise development. Relevant strategies are suggested and potential difficulties in implementing them are examined. These strategies are synthesized as the ISEE framework: (1) employing Inquiry-based Scaffolding Tasks to motivate students’ learning interests and scaffold their progress; (2) encouraging Engaging Classroom Dialogs to help students’ development of subject expertise and an active learner identity; and (3) using Engaged Critical Reflections to build close and trusting teacher–student relationships.