Spanglish,Bilingualism, Culture and Identity in Latino Children’s Literature

This paper examines the ways in which Latino children’s literature portrays cultural models of bilingualism and identity affiliations based on language and cultural practices. We focus attention the messages in seven children’s books about practices of and attitudes toward Spanglish, standard Spanish, and individual and societal bilingualism. In addition, we analyze how characters construct their cross-cultural identit(ies), based their language use and engagement in local and transnational cultural themes. Using assertions based on cultural model analyses, we show how portrayals evident in these books inform and are informed by larger cultural models of being bilingual and belonging to Latino bilingual communities in the U.S.     

浅谈大学生的心理障碍及体育调适法

本文阐述了当代大学生由于社会、家庭和个人等原因，造成心理压力加大，心理障碍增多的现象，探讨了体育调适大学生心理障碍的原理和方法，具有深刻的现实意义和较高的实用价值。     

The relationship of individualism–collectivism and self-construals to communication styles in India and the United States

This study investigated the high-/low-context communication construct in terms of individualistic and collectivist values and self-construals. European American students studying in the United States and Indian students studying in India rated 80 communication statements, 29 self-construal statements and 34 value (individualism/collectivism) statements to examine cultural differences in each construct. As expected, Indians rated themselves as more collectivistic, having more interdependent self-construals, and preferring silence and indirect communication than Americans. Contrary to prior theorization, Indians also rated themselves as more dramatic and more individualistic. Several other expected differences were not apparent in this study. These findings show complex subtleties that defy simple definition by the common rubrics or generalizations of individualism/collectivism, self-construal, or high- and low-context behaviors.     

Diversifying philosophy: The art of non-domination*

Using the example of cross-cultural philosophy’s relation to disciplinary philosophy, this article seeks to think through some of the issues relevant to diversifying philosophy as an academic discipline. Guided by James Tully’s ruminations on non-domination, it attempts to make a case for a practice of philosophy which is more attuned to its social situatedness in a postindustrial, liberal society. Within this context, it argues that disciplinary philosophy must seek to contribute to making meaning of our place in the world.     

Chinese Postgraduate Students in the UK: A Two-Way Reciprocal Adaptation

Abstract

Chinese students who come to study in the UK and their UK teachers have to adapt to cultural differences in their experience of and expectations about teaching and learning traditions and practices. Qualitative and quantitative data were obtained for Chinese postgraduate students and the staff teaching them in two Scottish universities to investigate the extent of their shared perceptions and their reciprocal adaptations. Students, especially those coming in groups, tended to deal with problems among themselves, which resulted in their teachers having limited awareness of their students’ difficulties. Several themes that emerged in relation to reciprocal adaptation are discussed.     

The value profile of physical education teachers in Taiwan,ROC

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the educational value orientations of physical education teachers in Taiwan, and the relationships of gender, teaching experience, grade level, and the locations in which they work. Value orientations were measured with the Value Orientation Inventory-2, which was translated into complicated Chinese for this study. Participants (N=353) were recruited via stratified random sampling from the population of physical education teachers in Taiwan; 152 participants had one high-priority value orientation and a smaller number (n=76) had more than one high-priority value orientation. Other physical education teachers (n=124) had one or more low-priority value orientations. Taiwanese physical educators possess multiple, diverse value orientations and the largest percentage of strong value orientation scores was for the value orientation of learning process. The specific characteristics of Taiwanese physical educators include: (a) more males prioritizing disciplinary mastery and learning process, but more females prioritizing social responsibility; (b) more experienced teachers prioritizing learning process; (c) more elementary school teachers prioritizing social responsibility; and (d) more rural teachers prioritizing disciplinary mastery and learning process. Both the culture and the curriculum goals of physical education contribute to the differences of value orientations. Thus, Taiwanese physical educators emphasize self-control, self-concept, and social responsibility to achieve the coordination of body and spirit in their practices.     

Automatic responses,target resistance,and the adaptation of compliance-seeking requests

Based upon politeness theory and a cognitive rules perspective, it is argued that anticipated resistance to a persuasive message should effect compliance-seeking message behavior. Using controlled interviews to elicit persuasive messages, results indicate that persuaders used a greater number of strategies when confronting a positively predisposed target who refused to comply. Beyond an initial opening gambit, negative sanctions were employed more extensively against positively predisposed targets. Overall, a pattern of compliance-gaining behaviors involving a gradual shift to negative sanctions was observed. The findings are explained in light of current perspectives on information processing, possibly shedding light on past failures to find evidence of strategic adaptation based on situational factors.     

浅谈对中国学生跨文化交际能力的培养

为了适应新时代英语教学的要求与需要,在英语教学中,教师在训练和提高学生语言水平的同时,应有意识地注重培养学生用英语进行跨文化交际的能力,帮助学生认识中西文化差异的本质,使学生能够正确地理解语言差异并灵活运用英语进行跨文化的交际。文章主要阐述了对中国学生跨文化交际能力培养的重要性,并针对在跨文化交际中中国学生常犯的错误及原因加以分析,由此提出了几点对策,如教师应注意英汉两种语言文化中常见的差异,对中国学生常犯的跨文化交际方面的错误及其原因进行教导等。     

论翻译适应选择论对新闻翻译的指导性

新闻翻译的实质是译者适应新闻翻译生态环境的选择活动;翻译的过程是译者适应与译者选择交替进行的循环过程;翻译的原则是多维度的适应与适应性选择;翻译的方法侧重＂三维＂转换。     

语言顺应论对大学英语口语教学的启示

语言顺应理论是近年来新建立的语用学理论,它从一个新的角度来考察语言的使用。本文在简要阐述选择与顺应以及其它相关概念的基础上,通过分析我国大学英语口语教学的现状,探讨这一理论对大学英语口语教学中的启示及指导意义。