Mental Representation of Literary Characters as a Distinct Aspect of Response to Literature

This article investigates mental representations of literary characters and their relations with other aspects of response to literature and age, gender, and expertise. A Saga chapter and the beginning of a contemporary novel were presented to 16 participants from each of three age groups (13 years, 17 years, adults) equally divided by gender and expertise level. After having evaluated the texts with rating scales, participants were interviewed on the main character of each text. The similarity between participants’ answers was computed and used for a cluster analysis. Four clusters (representation types) were identified for one character and five for the other. Character representation was affected by age but not by expertise and gender, and was unrelated to other aspects of response to literary text. Explicit ratings of the texts, instead, were affected by expertise. Theoretical and educational implications are discussed.     

高职高专大学英语阅读课读前活动策略探讨

阅读教学的成功与否在很大程度上取决于教学的策略性,教师在教学中尽早给学生传授阅读技巧和策略,是激发学生的阅读兴趣和动机,提高其阅读能力的重要手段之一。本文主要对大学英语阅读课读前活动策略进行探讨和研究,旨在激发学生的阅读兴趣和阅读动机,从而提高其阅读能力。     

Different influence of contextual educational factors on boys＇ and girls＇ reading achievement

The results of lEA （The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement） PIRLS 2006 （Progress in International Reading Literacy Study） has showed that Latvia has the 6th largest gender gap in reading literacy scores and that is an indication of a serious problem of education in this country. The purpose of the paper is to find out reasons behind boys＇ low achievement to help improve their reading literacy. The proposed hypothesis is that boys and girls are differently affected by the same factors. If that is so, teachers, parents and other education practitioners should be aware of this fact to adapt reading literacy studies for both genders at maximum efficiency. In this research, PILRS 2006 data are used and different structural equation models are created to find out which factors have the most influence on boys＇ reading achievement. Structural equation modeling （SEM） is based on achievement scores and student and parent questionnaire data. The model formed using all population data was applied to boys＇ and girls＇ data separately to observe different influence of the same factors on students reading achievement scores. The comparison of standardized coefficients of structural equation model among five countries （Spain, Russian Federation, Lithuania, Latvia and Trinidad and Tobago） has been performed. Running the same model over different boys＇ and girls＇ data of different countries has showed that the strengths of relationships among the variables are similar. It was expected to observe noticeable differences between SEM coefficients of boys＇ and girls＇ data, but it turned out that big gender differences in reading achievement does not mean big differences in standardized coefficients of structural equation model and vice versa. It is found that school environment has greater impact on boys reading literacy.     

元认知策略培训对高职英语专业学生阅读能力影响的实证研究

本文通过对本院商务英语专业学生的实证研究,探讨元认知策略培训对高职英语专业学生阅读能力的影响.实验证明元认知策略培训的确有助于提高学生的英语阅读能力,同时能够增强学生的自主学习能力,培养学生良好的学习习惯.本次实验为高职学生学习策略的研究以及教学改革的探索开辟了新的视野.     

论《红楼梦》阅读中的心理偏移

注重动机和结局 ,是人们的阅读习惯 ;同情受害者、迁怒受益者、原谅动机“善良”的作恶者 ,这都是造成阅读心理偏移的因素。盲从叙述者 ,也是阅读心理偏移的表现。《红楼梦》内涵丰富 ,人物形象丰满复杂 ,阅读中的心理偏移现象也就更加突出。     

IC理念与生物医学特色专题阅览室的构建

Information Commons是一种全新的信息服务模式,文章深入探讨了图书馆信息服务由传统的文献保障向学科化知识化特色化服务转移过程要充分运用IC服务理念,坚持学科特色、读者需求、空间结合、技术支持以及规范管理的原则,建设具有生物医学特色的专题阅览室。     

浅议任务型教学法在英语阅读教学中应用

从传统阅读教学的弊端出发引入任务型教学法,并对任务型教学法进行解释说明,阐述任务型教学法的意义,说明设计任务时应注意的问题,指出教师在任务教学活动中所扮演的重要角色,有助于学生语言能力的全面提高。     

The Beautiful and the Ugly: Reading Ability Modulates Word Spacing Effects in Chinese Children

There are no salient word spaces in Mandarin Chinese. Thus, it is unclear whether word spacing information differentially affects the reading speed of children with and without reading difficulties (RD). In the present study, native Chinese-speaking children of differential reading abilities were tested with Chinese text in un-spaced versus spaced versions at different time points during training. The results indicated that spaced texts slow down reading speeds in children without RD. In contrast, spaced texts improved reading speeds in children with reading difficulties after some training took place. These findings suggest that the effect of word spacing information on Chinese reading might vary as a function of individual differences in reading abilities. We argue that children with RD can accommodate to the spaced text better than children without RD and that they can take advantage of using bottom-up spacing information to segment and recognize words in text.     

外语教学策略在英语阅读课堂中的应用

叙述了外语阅读课堂教学的本质,并详细分析了英语阅读课堂教学中的两个核心因素——教师的教学策略和学生的学习策略及其在课堂教学中的具体操作和运用。     

合作学习在成人英语阅读教学中的运用

合作学习是以学生为中心,学习者以小组为形式,为共同的学习目标而进行高度结构化的学习。要充分认识合作学习在成人英语阅读教学中运用的必要性,强化成人英语阅读面授课堂教学,构建基于网络的合作学习。