English phonological awareness in bilinguals: a cross‐linguistic study of Tamil,Malay and Chinese English‐language learners

To test the lexical restructuring hypothesis among bilingual English‐language learners, English phonological awareness (PA), English vocabulary and ethnic language vocabulary (Mandarin Chinese, Malay or Tamil) were assessed among 284 kindergarteners (168 Chinese, 71 Malays and 45 Tamils) in Singapore. A multi‐level regression analysis showed that English vocabulary, in interaction with mother's education, statistically significantly predicted Singaporean children's PA; ethnic language vocabulary did not. Thus, the present study supports the lexical restructuring hypothesis that growth in vocabulary changes how lexical items are stored, leading to the development of PA. Home language practices, as represented by mother's education, may also enhance children's PA after a threshold of English vocabulary is reached. In addition, specific ethnic language (Chinese, Malay or Tamil) was a statistically significant predictor of PA, suggesting that orthographic depth as well as syllabic complexity of a bilingual's other language may influence their development of English PA.     

道德隐喻:道德研究的隐喻视角

人们往往用隐喻谈论复杂和抽象问题,对于道德,也可以从隐喻角度进行研究.道德隐喻的主要研究范式有语义分析范式、IAT范式、Stroop范式、语义启动范式和情境改变范式;道德隐喻的研究主题有道德隐喻的理论解释、道德隐喻表征的维度以及隐喻对道德判断的影响.今后,道德隐喻的研究方向是扩展道德隐喻研究的广度和深度、开展道德隐喻的中国化研究和挖掘道德隐喻研究的德育实践意义.     

Effects of Different Multimedia Presentations on Viewers’ Information-Processing Activities Measured by Eye-Tracking Technology

This study implemented eye-tracking technology to understand the impact of different multimedia instructional materials, i.e., five successive pages versus a single page with the same amount of information, on information-processing activities in 21 non-science-major college students. The findings showed that students demonstrated the same number of eye fixations during information searching and spent the same amount of time on the overall instructional materials regardless of format. However, the total number of eye fixations on the picture areas was significantly greater for the multiple-page than for the single-page presentation. A significant difference was found in the duration of students’ eye fixation durations on the picture areas under the two conditions, with students spending more time on the picture area of the multiple-page than of the single-page presentation. Greater pupil size was found when participants viewed the multiple-page presentation, implying that this presentation format was associated with a higher cognitive load. The participants’ eye-movement data for specific areas was recorded and analyzed to determine students’ information processing patterns and strategies and for triangulation with the quantitative findings. Discussion of the research findings and suggestions for future research are provided.     

论旅游文化中的导译

本文主要根据跨文化旅游过程中译者工作的特点,从导译工作的较为宏观的角度出发,从旅游接待业务的类型、文化含量程度以及导译服务的内容几方面来划分研究旅游文化中译者的角色;探讨了旅游文化及其环境下的导译人员的翻译策略。     

高等教育领域中的象征性秩序探究

高等教育作为提升国民素质的重要制度和手段,历来是国家和政府着力发展的重要内容,但持续发展着的中国高等教育制度却存在着诸多不尽人意的问题,诸如毕业生就业难等。这些存在着的问题,不仅引来了国人的强烈关注,也同时引来了许多学者和教育人士为之开方寻解,结果却差强人意。从社会秩序的视角出发,通过对于高等教育领域中象征性秩序的分析,尝试性地从根本上解释某些高等教育问题存在的原因。     

农村大学生就业边缘化及消解机制

当前农村大学生就业边缘化问题严重。其就业边缘化的困境主要源于农村大学生能力缺失导致的竞争型边缘化和制度性障碍导致的非竞争型边缘化。这直接影响农村社会的教育观念、大学生的社会流动、城乡一体化及和谐社会的建设。因此,必须消解农村大学生就业困境,在提升农村大学生就业能力的基础上,发挥政府作用,完善相关政策设计,减少制度性障碍导致的非竞争型边缘化。     

Teaching Orthodox religious education on the border

In geographical areas bordering those of other states, the function of educational systems, as the means for states to foster their citizens, is challenged by ambiguities and tensions connected to intercultural experiences. In this article, I illustrate some of the findings from a project that studies religious education in four border areas around the Baltic Barents Sea, by bringing forward the case of a school teacher who teaches Orthodox religious education (ORE), in a town in Finland close to the border with Russia. Thus, the aim is to present and discuss ORE in Finland as well as to understand what implication the border situation can have on religious education.     

从补习教育的盛行看应试教育的生成和治理

作为一种对传统教育制度的片面性观念认识,应试教育的形成过程分为两个阶段。在应试教育的生成阶段中,补习教育等因素促成了应试教育的出现,在应试教育的维持阶段中,应试教育反过来促进了补习教育的盛行。随着应试教育的出现和补习教育的盛行,又导致了社会总成绩水平的提升和分数贬值现象的出现,进而使得参加补习教育由最初的个体选择演变成当下的集体困境,而其中涉及的个体理性和个体利益应是治理应试教育的关键所在。     

Suburban American Punks and the Musical Rhetoric of Green Day's “Jesus of Suburbia”

This essay examines Green Day's “Jesus of Suburbia” as an artifact and reflection of suburban American punk culture. It looks at how music, lyrics, and the ethos of the performer interact to create a message that fostered identification between speaker and audience by using Sellnow and Sellnow's Langer-based illusion of life perspective. In this case it was found that music can be seen as an effective tool for expressing the suburban punk experience due to its ability to convey both linguistic and emotional content.