Judging readability

Individuals are frequently called upon to judge the readability of written text. The accuracy of such judgments, studies show, ranges from high to low. This paper provides another look at the problem, based upon the judgments of 56 professional writers on five passages of text taken from a reading test. The judges were asked to rank the five passages from most readable to least readable. The results showed wide variability in the judgments. Only a few of the judges were able individually to put the passages in the tested order of readability, but the consensus of the entire group put them in exactly that order. Further examination of the results suggested that a relatively small number of gross errors in judgment were made. Accuracy of judgments, it appeared, might greatly increase with selection and/or training of judges, a procedure followed in certain studies where highly accurate judgments had been found. A readability formula was suggested as an accurate and convenient way of getting readability scores under most circumstances. Use of a formula might also, it was suggested, help a judge to increase his accuracy, but human interpretation of the scores was still felt to be needed.     

互联网英语语音聊天室及对口语学习的作用

介绍了互联网英语语音聊天室的功能和作用,详细分析了互联网英语语音聊天室与大学英语口语学习的密切关系,提出了大学英语口语学习的一种新理念和新方法。     

英汉习语的翻译

各种语言中的习语极鲜明地显示出该语言的特点,也是该语言与别种语言差别最大、最难翻译的部分之一。英汉习语翻译的好坏对整个译文的质量有直接影响。     

医学院校开设信息类专业的探索

遵义医学院自2003年开始建立信息类专业,该专业经过几年的发展积累了一定的经验,也面临着全新的挑战.本文主要对遵义医学院建立信息类专业的实际情况进行分析,同时对如何在医学院校更好地建设和发展信息类专业提出自己的观点.     

The effect of an instructional intervention on middle school english learners' science and english reading achievement

This study examined the effect of a quasi‐experimental project on fifth grade English learners' achievement in state‐mandated standards‐based science and English reading assessment. A total of 166 treatment students and 80 comparison students from four randomized intermediate schools participated in the current project. The intervention consisted of on‐going professional development and specific instructional science lessons with inquiry‐based learning, direct and explicit vocabulary instruction, integration of reading and writing, and enrichment components including integration of technology, take‐home science activities, and university scientists mentoring. Results suggested a significant and positive intervention effect in favor of the treatment students as reflected in higher performance in district‐wide curriculum‐based tests of science and reading and standardized tests of oral reading fluency. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 49: 987–1011, 2012     

英语分层次教学的探索与实践

诸如翻译法、直接法之类的传统英语教学法,在某个历史时期或某种程度上促进了英语教学,但它们未必具有恒久的生命力。因为它们在寻找教学突破口的时候,把注意力只放在英语自身环节上,而忽视了教学对象——学生个体。在教学中学生是主体、内因;而教学方法只是途径、外因。内因决定外因,外因要通过内因起作用。要有效地促进英语教学,就必须“治标先治本,”因为学生个体始终是教学过程中最为关键性和决定性的一环。     

英语分层次教学的探索与实践

诸如翻译法、直接法之类的传统英语教学法,在某个历史时期或某种程度上促进了英语教学,但它们未必具有恒久的生命力.因为它们在寻找教学突破口的时候,把注意力只放在英语自身环节上,而忽视了教学对象--学生个体.在教学中学生是主体、内因;而教学方法只是途径、外因.内因决定外因,外因要通过内因起作用.要有效地促进英语教学,就必须“治标先治本”,因为学生个体始终是教学过程中最为关键性和决定性的一环.     

The impact of national curriculum assessment arrangements on english teachers' thinking and classroom practice in english secondary schools

This paper reports a study of the ways in which teachers' thinking and classroom practice are influenced by innovations that are imposed by government. The particular focus of this paper is English teachers' responses to the Standard Assessment Tasks (SATs) for 14-year-olds in England and Wales, which were set for the first time in June 1993.     

数学文化在数学教育中的意义

文章通过分析数学教育现有形势,简述了数学文化的内涵,并且着重分析了数学文化在数学教育中的作用和意义。