弱智儿童适应性教育再思考

适应是弱智儿童成长发展的基本形式和趋势。适应力决定了弱智儿童真实生活的水平与质量。本文以新的适应观“适应是弱智儿童与环境双方的改变、调适”为主导 ,论及弱智儿童适应过程、特点。明晰弱智儿童适应性教育诊断 ,适应性养成教育的思路。启发对障碍、对环境建构的理解     

翻译等值过程中避免信息流失的策略探讨

翻译意味着信息传递。最理想的翻译是将原语信息完全传递到译文中去,使译文读者获得与原文读者相同的感受。然而,绝对等值的翻译,即没有信息流失的翻译是很少存在的。本文试图从文学作品翻译角度探讨在翻译等值过程中避免信息流失的策略。     

Hunting Reynard: How <Emphasis Type="Italic">Reynard the Fox</Emphasis> Tricked his Way into English and Dutch Children’s Literature

This article examines adaptations in their capacity of preserving literary heritage. It describes how the Middle Dutch beast epic Reynard the Fox lost its position in literature for adults and became part of a literary heritage that was no longer read but only studied for its historical value. Versions for children kept the story alive. A comparison of English and Dutch adaptations of the beast epic demonstrates the influence of different cultural contexts on transformation strategies used to cross the bridge between the rough medieval satire and children’s literature. While English adaptations affiliated the story to other genres, its status as the embodiment of Dutch national character compelled Dutch rewriters to find a satisfying justification to provide children with a story lead by a remarkably scandalous hero.

跨文化交际中中国文化的缺失及对策

跨文化交际应该是不同文化的双向交际.但在跨文化交际实践中,中国文化没有得到应有的重视,其文化价值观和独立的文化人格无法得以充分体现.这种＂中国文化缺失＂现象产生的原因是多方面的,解决的基本对策是在跨文化交际中提高交际主体文化意识.     

高职院校大学英语教学与跨文化意识的培养

提要本文从语言和文化的关系出发，通过分析中国学生在跨文化交际中易犯的文化错误，探讨高职院校大学英语教学中培养学生跨文化意识的必要性和重要性，并提出了跨文化意识培养的具体方法。     

集体类竞技体育项目的有氧体能训练

集体类竞技体育项目运动员需要发展有氧适能,维持重复性大强度运动和机体充分恢复能力。通过合理的有氧体能训练可获得有氧适应,传统和专项体能训练均可维持有氧功能。尽管进行多年的研究,但由于研究的方法及对数据的分析存在差异,对有氧耐力训练提高体育运动项目中多次、大强度、短距离跑运动能力生理上的认识仍存在不足。各种训练的策略和促进机能提高训练方法的效果需要进一步研究。     

Revisiting the integration hypothesis again: High heterogeneity complicates the interpretation of cross-sectional evidence

A recent meta-analytical paper (Bierwiaczonek & Kunst, 2021) sparked a controversy by demonstrating that cross-sectional associations between acculturation preferences and adaptation are weak and heterogenous, and approach zero when assessed over time. Some responses criticized the paper by arguing that small but robust effects can make a real-life difference if applied to millions of migrants. In this paper, we present additional analyses to illustrate how the heterogeneity of correlational integration effects complicates and potentially undermines this notion. We estimate that true effects of integration and heritage culture orientation are negative almost 30 % of the time, and only true effects of mainstream culture orientation seem to be relatively homogenous. We conclude that the combination of a weak effect with high heterogeneity makes integration effects largely unpredictable, meaning that for some migrant groups, adopting the integration strategy will be associated with positive outcomes, and for others with negative outcomes, with no evidence that any of those outcomes are caused by integration.     

Negative side effects of music listening during cross-cultural transitions: Exploring how music hinders cross-cultural (re)adaptation among student sojourners

Although media use has been shown to have benefits in many contexts, including study abroad, it may also hinder cross-cultural transitions in academic sojourns. This study examines how music (as a form of communication media) may interfere with adaptation to the host culture and readaptation to the home culture. Focus groups and interviews with a total of 23 college students (twelve U.S. students and eleven international students) revealed that music hindered sojourners’ ability to interact in social settings, as well as amplified negative feelings while abroad and during reentry. Participants experienced these temporary side effects in conjunction with (or as part of) their purposeful and functional use of music to escape from the social environment and alleviate negative emotions.     

Perceptions of Bosnians in St. Louis

Perceptions and attitudes towards immigrants shape their adaptation and acculturation experiences. For immigrant youth, these perceptions also influence their developing sense of self and how they navigate different social contexts. Considering the growing diversity of immigrants and their places of settlement in the U.S., however, the empirical focus on native Whites’ perceptions of immigrant newcomers does not adequately reflect the range of potential in-group/out-group configurations. We know very little, for instance, about native minorities’ perceptions of White newcomers in different receiving contexts. The experience of Bosnian youth in St. Louis provides a unique case for examining perceptions of White newcomers in a nontraditional immigrant gateway, characterized by a sharp racial binary in its native population. Data for the present study includes i) qualitative interviews with 62 s-generation Bosnian youth and ii) a quantitative survey of non-Bosnian adult residents in St. Louis. Results show that overall, St. Louisians have positive views of Bosnians. This finding is complicated, however, by somewhat less favorable perceptions among Blacks than among Whites and the fact that most respondents indicated limited contact with Bosnians. In their interviews, Bosnian youth revealed that they use subtle cues such as mannerisms and shared cultural knowledge that are largely invisible to natives, to differentiate between groups. While our findings indicate that Bosnian youth may simply pass as Whites in their daily interactions with non-Bosnians, the results raise important questions about the extent to which these perceptions influence actual social networks and socialization patterns.     

The role of student–university value alignment in international student acculturation in Australia

This study integrates acculturation and person–environment fit theories to investigate the role of student–university value alignment in international student cross-cultural adjustment to host universities in Victoria, Australia. The study used a mixed methods design with the quantitative data collected from a student survey and the qualitative data generated from interviews with university staff. Structural equation modelling and thematic analysis were employed to analyse the quantitative and qualitative data respectively. The results of the study indicated that international students who possess similar values to their host university, adjust better, both psychologically and socially into the university environment as well as feel satisfaction with their host university. The study also confirmed the mediating role of international student social adjustment in the relationship between student–university value fit and student overall satisfaction with their host university. The findings highlight the key role of international student–university value alignment in contributing to the success of students’ cross-cultural adjustment to the new cultural environment they experience. Therefore, universities should constantly communicate and deliver on their values during both the promotional stage of international student recruitment and the student journey with the university.