外语教育语言学学科发展的语义视角分析

外语教育和语言学的结合是应用语言学发展的一个主要方向。语义学是语言学非常重要的组成部分,因此外语教育语言学学科的发展离不开语义与外语教学的结合。文章主要从隐喻意义、语境意义、语义场意义、语义韵、象似意义五个视角举例分析,阐述如何从语义视角,促进外语教育语言学学科的发展,以促进外语教学的有效进行。     

外语教师课堂语码转换研究回顾:起源与发展

语码转换问题对于外语教师,尤其是中小学外语教师来说,是一个必须面对的重要问题。目前还没有学者对中小学外语教师课堂语码转换问题的研究进行综述。因此,本文将中小学外语教师课堂语码转换的研究历史分为20世纪80年代以前的孕育阶段、20世纪80年代早期-20世纪80年代末产生阶段,以及20世纪80年代末至今的迅速发展阶段三个阶段,通过对相关研究的历史进行梳理,为今后的研究提供参考。     

外语教师课堂语码转换的人际功能

语码转换现象近年来引起人们广泛关注,而外语课堂中的语码转换现象非常普遍,文章尝试性地从功能语言学角度,通过课堂相关实例分析探讨了教师语码转换的人际功能。分析表明外语课堂上教师语码转换的选择不仅是在表达概念意义,还表达了不同的人际意义,有助于师生之间良好人际关系的建立。     

跨文化视角下的外语教师专业发展

本文通过对美国教师专业发展及跨文化教育情况的简要介绍,对目前我国跨文化英语教学中存在的问题进行了分析,提出了在跨文化视角下关注外语教师专业发展的必要性和意义。     

外语课堂教学语码转换的多维视角探析

外语课堂教学语码转换是一种重要的复杂语言现象,颇受语言学研究学者们的关注.本文主要阐述其理论基础和研究状况,从社会语言学、心理语言学、语用学等多维视角,分析教师和学生在教与学的交际互动中语码转换的模式及功能,并论述了这一语言交际策略在外语教学中的作用.     

对高职外语教师课堂语码转换现象的思考

语码转换,即在双语及多种语言环境中人们对运用何种语言进行思想及交流的选择。语码转换是一个复杂的语言现象。那么,如此存在的语码转换对高职外语教学有什么影响?又如何采取科学的对策?文章拟针对高职外语教师课堂语码转换现象出现的成因及这种现象对课堂教学的影响进行探讨,并试图提出消除或减少这种现象的负面影响的对策。     

导游讲解语篇的人际意义研究

本文以系统功能语言学的新发展评价系统为理论框架,从态度、级差、介入三大系统入手,分析语料中各个系统子集的出现和缺席,通过标注的手段,经过统计,探询导游讲解语篇评价基调。在得到导游讲解语篇的人际意义的同时也展示评价系统用于语篇分析的可操作。     

从社会语言学的视角浅析讲解语言

讲解语言的研究属于社会语言学领域里面行业语的研究范畴。本文从社会语言学的研究视角出发,浅析讲解语言的研究现况、讲解语言的主体、讲解语言的特征以及讲解语言的语码转换。     

外语素质教育与外语教师的素质

外语教育的根本目的是培养和发展学生的外语素质，素质教育要由良好素质的教师去具体实施。外语教师素质的培养要围绕五个方面进行：(1)外语理论与实践；(2)语言学理论与外语学习理论；(3)学科心理与教育理论及教学实践；(4)双语语言学对比理论；(5)创新意识。     

教师专业化发展视域下高校外语教师自主发展探究

教师自主专业发展是高校外语教师专业发展的一种新趋势,它不是单纯的教师教育或培训进修,而是伴随教师终身的一种专业学习发展观和一系列相应的自觉专业发展行为。教师不仅要关注对教学方法的思考与探讨,更要具备自我发展的动力和能力。文章在分析高校外语教师自主专业发展存在问题的基础上,阐述了高校外语教师自主专业发展的内涵与特质,进而重点讨论了高校外语教师自主专业发展的有效途径。     

Teacher knowledge about oral English instruction and teacher profiles: an EFL perspective

Teacher knowledge, as an important cognitive basis of teaching, has attracted tremendous attention in educational research in the last few decades. This study examines whether teachers’ self-perceived knowledge about oral English teaching differs with regard to their professional profiles in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context in China. A sample of 527 teachers from 56 universities in 29 cities across the country responded to a self-report questionnaire. Thirty teachers were interviewed. Teachers’ self-perceived knowledge was assessed by two factors: pedagogical content knowledge about oral English teaching (PCK) and knowledge of students’ oral English characteristics (KOS). The reliability and validity of the instrument are tested and presented. Results showed that EFL teachers generally reported having insufficient PCK and KOS. ANOVA and t-tests revealed no significant knowledge difference among teachers with different teaching experiences, training and overseas exposure. However, teachers’ learning experiences, self-perceived speaking ability and familiarity with teaching methodologies were found to influence teacher knowledge in a significant way. The findings highlight the need for the development of teacher knowledge about oral English teaching in the EFL contexts. Suggestions for further research are provided.     

标记性研究的系统功能语言学视角

自布拉格学派提出音系学中有标记和无标记的对立以来,标记性的概念已被延伸应用于语言学研究的其他方面。系统功能语言学对标记性问题有其独特的研究视角。文章总结韩礼德功能语法中对小句主位结构以及信息结构的标记性现象的探讨,并进一步分析系统功能语言学标记性研究的盖然率视角在解释语言系统的性质、研究语言使用的特征和探讨儿童的语言发展等方面的指导意义。     

Uncertain identities of non-higher-education-based EFL teacher educators: a third space theory perspective

ABSTRACT

Although research on teacher educators’ identities has received increasing attention in recent years, non-higher-education-based teacher educators’ professional identities are still under-researched. Informed by the third space theory perspective, this paper presents a study that investigated 139 non-higher-education-based English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher educators’ identities through the lens of metaphors. An analysis of the metaphors revealed four types of identities, namely, the willing communicators, the discontented jack-of-all-trades and master of none, the struggling professional leaders, as well as the caring supporters. These terms capture the participants’ self-images and specify their obligations and responsibilities as teacher educators. The paper concludes with some implications for teacher educators’ preparation and continuing development.     

教师专业发展视野中的高师课程改革

从教师专业发展出发,高师课程应从三个方面进行改革:第一,从专业的角度出发,重视知识和技能的提高,重视学科与教育的整合;第二,从人生命的完整性出发,注重反思和探究精神的培养,注重对实践智慧的追寻;第三,从社会文化的角度出发,注重专业道德意识、专业身份认知的培养。     

Mentor teacher professional identity development in a year-long teacher residency

In this article I examined the professional identity development of five mentor teachers in a year-long, clinically rich teacher residency partnered between a university-based teacher education program and schools in a southern state of the United States. Qualitative data were collected through classroom observation and individual semi-structured interviews with a focus on participants’ mentoring activities and the ways they enacted and described their identities. Participants came to new mentoring beliefs and practices as they navigated the residency and developed a multifaceted identity to mediate their learning to become mentors and teacher educators. Implications for mentor teacher professional support, teacher preparation, and future research were discussed.     

试论发展性教师评价理念对教师专业发展的意义

要配合素质教育的全面推进，就必须全面提高教师的教育质量。本文从教师专业发展着手，分析了教师专业发展的提出、对它的理解和教师专业结构的三大构成要素，指出教师自身才是他的专业发展的重要保证。但外部评价机制的促进作用也不容忽视，从而引进“发展性教师评价”概念，并从发展性教师评价对教师专业结构三大构成要素的促进分析阐述了“发展性教师评价”对教师专业发展的重大意义。     

Dual-mode teacher professional development: challenges and re-visioning future TPD in Indonesia

This paper presents the results of a two-year research project aimed at developing a teacher professional development (TPD) model in Indonesia. New government policies in this nation, its archipelagic nature, vast numbers of teachers and scarcity of support resources present a unique challenge to TPD. A needs assessment was conducted to identify teachers’ professional needs. Based on the results of this assessment, a dual-mode TPD that combines face-to-face sessions and online sessions was developed. Participation in face-to-face sessions was relatively high but the participation rate in online sessions was very low. Incentives, teachers’ autonomy as professional learners, ICT skills and infrastructure are important considerations when designing TPD in Indonesia. This study and an analysis of TPD policy allow us to suggest future directions for TPD in Indonesia.     

A trajectory of teacher development in early and mid-career

Scholars in recent years have studied the professional development of teachers, identifying stages or phases that teachers characteristically experience during their careers. Little research, however, has focused specifically on the professional development of teachers during early and mid-career (years 1–10), which is the aim of the present study. An understanding of such development is important for school administrators and teacher educators if they are to respond effectively to teachers’ professional needs and help them achieve their full potential as practitioners. Our study is based on interviews we conducted with 53 teachers who had graduated from a particular 5-year teacher education programme in western United States over a 10-year period. They taught students ages 5 through 13. Through analysis of the interviews, we identified six themes that, we argue, reveal a trajectory of professional development teachers experience as they become increasingly able practitioners. We explain how the themes are related to the concepts of teacher identity and teacher agency, and we suggest ways that administrators, inservice teacher educators, and policymakers can better support teachers during their early and mid-careers. The study adds a new dimension—that of a multifaceted trajectory—to current theory on teacher development.     

Video viewing in teacher education and professional development: A literature review

This article reviews the international literature on video viewing in teacher education and professional development. Two hundred and fifty-five articles were collected, summarized and categorized using a conceptualization that includes four aspects: teachers' activity as they view a classroom video, the objectives of video viewing, the types of videos viewed, and the effects of video viewing on teacher education and professional development. The findings in each of these aspects suggested three main questions that may profitably guide future research: How can teaching teachers to identify and interpret relevant classroom events on video clips improve their capacity to perform the same activities in the classroom? How can we best articulate the diverse objectives of video viewing and the diverse types of videos in teacher education and professional development programs? How can we create a “continuum” between teacher education programs and professional development programs in such a way that video viewing becomes a routine, familiar professional practice able to produce the desired effects over the course of an entire teaching career?     

The lost promise of teacher professional development in England

This paper explores three influences on the effectiveness of teacher professional development for improving schools – the individual teacher, the learning activities in which teachers participate and the structures and supports provided by schools for teacher learning. It does so by relying on survey data collected for a national study of teacher professional development in England. The analysis indicates that while the professional development of teachers in England is generally ineffectual and lacks school level systems and supports, the professional development and supports for professional learning by teachers in high performing schools display many of the characteristics associated with effective professional learning. Given the results showing a link between school factors and professional learning and the lack of influence of individual teacher factors, the paper concludes that the previously reported importance of school capacity in influencing learning and improvement is supported by the findings.