图示理论下的英语专业听力教学策略研究

英语听力能力的培养是英语教学改革的重要目标,而作为外语教学重要理论之一的图示理论,在外语教学理论的探讨中受到人们的重视。鉴于此,文章首先对图示理论进行陈述。接着,通过探讨图示理论在英语专业听力理解过程中的重要作用,进一步提出如何在听力教学中运用其行之有效的策略,旨在帮助学习者提高听力理解能力。     

多媒体阅读前导对中国学生ESP阅读理解水平的影响

文章基于图式理论和现代教育技术相结合的视角,采取随机试验设计方法,考察多媒体“视听说型”和“文本型”课件两种阅读前导对学生ESP专业文献阅读理解水平的影响。实验结果显示：1）“视听说型”和“文本型”阅读前导不仅能弥补专业背景知识缺省对阅读理解造成的不利影响,而且能帮助学生建立ESP阅读理解的概念框架,提高学生的专业文献阅读理解水平;2)在提高ESP阅读理解效果方面“视听说型”阅读前导显著地优于“文本型”阅读前导。     

女性话语权的建构--从福柯的话语理论分析《女勇士》

汤亭亭的小说《女勇士》是当代美国华裔文学的代表作品之一,反映了美国华人尤其是女性在美国社会找寻自身归属的过程中的挣扎与奋斗。文本中的五位女性在男权的压迫和支配下,打破沉默,发出了自己的声音,颠覆男性话语中心。该文将从福柯的话语理论出发,重构“女勇士”这一复杂形象,探讨女性是如何在多种冲突的社会环境中建构话语权,并在失声到发声的过程中于边缘徘徊,举步维艰。     

A Brief Research on Listening Comprehension in the Light of Effort Models in Interpreting

As English interpreting majors,we know that listening comprehension is the fundamental element of interpreting,but we still encounter a lot of listening problem,such as missing some words,misunderstanding some sentences,and so on.This paper endeavors to analyze some main problems with Daniel Gile’s Effort Models in Interpreting.     

《国语》八论--对《国语》一书的认识

《国语》是司马迁写作《史记》重点依据的一部书,《国语》的史料素材,对《史记》具有史源性价值和意义,这种记言性典籍早出,表明中华民族自古就有重视思想、言论的传统,《国语》具有典型的“语”体模式,人物对话有保持“语”体性质的作用,把握并反映了那个时代思想与精神的真实面貌,其所记不止于“邦国成败,嘉言善语”.     

教育学的坏理论研究之三：教育学的陈述体系

由于教育学没有创造出关于教育世界的新知识,因此教育学对于教育世界本无话可说。无话可说却非要说些什么,由此教育学的陈述体系表现出各种与严肃理论不相符的话语风格。这些话语风格包括：（1）说得对却说不准,具体表现为同义反复、含混用词和用“真正的X”来分辨真伪。这种只说对的、不说准的思维方式越来越不顾及教育学理论应该承担的理论功能,更不顾及教育学应有的理论品性。（2）重解释和宣传、轻逻辑论证,具体表现为夸大其辞、自相矛盾和口号体。教育学对所提出的教育主张、原则、方式方法在说理时缺少足够的逻辑论证,教育学文本中很容易充斥过度的解释、冗余的说明和武断的规定,这使得教育学表现出话语风格缺陷。（3）把“历史事实”说成“逻辑必然”、把“应然”说成“实然”。如果教育的世界真是这样,缘何有那么多针对教育的批判,缘何有那么多的教育改革呢？这样的教育学是一种“不讲实情、只讲善意”的教育学。（4）顾左右而言他--大谈理论基础和实践成果而不是自身。这不是科学范式的成功,而是科学范式的失败。（5）习惯性地将问题倒推。教育学所提出的教育原则等规范并不彻底,只是将问题倒推一次罢了。对于教育学自身的元研究也是如此。教育学陈述体系的缺陷只是表层现象,究其根本乃是学术内容的问题。     

Development of German reading comprehension in two-way immersive primary schools

Two-way immersion (TWI) is a variant of the increasingly popular bilingual instruction. Most TWI research lacks longitudinal data or the consideration of background variables to control for possible selection effects. This article examines the development of German reading comprehension of TWI students (N = 984) from fourth to sixth grade compared to conventionally taught students (N = 992). The latent growth curve models showed that immersion students reached the same level of German reading comprehension over the three measurement points, even if background variables like first language, socioeconomic background, and cognitive ability were included. Despite reduced instruction in German, TWI students showed the same reading comprehension level as students in regular instruction while having the advantage of learning an additional language. Although the level of reading comprehension differed between language groups (L1 German speakers, L1 partner language speakers, simultaneous bilinguals), the learning trajectories of reading comprehension were similar.     

Gender differences in reading: Examining text-based interest in relation to text characteristics and reading comprehension

Reading is a key competence for knowledge acquisition and learning processes. One important source of reading motivation is interest. Even though students' text-based interest often differs by gender, it remains unclear which text factors underlie these differences and whether text-based interest relates to reading comprehension among boys and girls. In a sample of 514 elementary students (47.2% girls), this study examined whether text topic, protagonists' gender, and text difficulty affect boys' and girls' text-based interest and whether interest and reading comprehension are intertwined. Based on a repeated within-subject design using fourteen narrative texts, the results indicated that boys' interest was higher in texts with male-attributed topics, male protagonists, and in more difficult texts. In contrast, girls’ interest was only affected by text difficulty. Text-based interest and reading comprehension were significantly related, albeit stronger for boys than for girls. The findings are discussed regarding future implications for research and educational practice.     

Critical Discourse Analysis： A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Mathematics Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms？

The purpose of this article is to develop a framework that can be used to describe and explain how mathematics teachers construct a multilingual classroom and the discourse practices being produced in a mathematics classroom. It conceptualizes the discourse practices used by mathematics teacher educators as they prepare student teachers to teach mathematics. The framework developed here is shaped by Critical Discourse Analysis （CDA） drawn from Fairclough. This provides the theoretical and conceptual tools to examine the discourse practices of mathematics teacher educators and how the）＇ make available these discourse practices for student teachers to draw on. In broad terms, this article examines the discourse practices of the mathematics teacher educators and how they support the student teachers develop discourse practices relevant for teaching and learning school mathematics in multilingual classrooms. This article is broken down into several sections. The first section discusses what it means for student teachers to develop discourse practices for mathematics teaching. The second section provides an introduction to CDA, followed by its origins, key terms, and elements of Fairclough＇s CDA. Thereafter, the author outlines the strategies involved in doing CDA. The last section discusses why CDA is relevant to the mathematics classroom.     

A Grounded Practical Theory Reconstruction of the Communication Practice of Instructor-facilitated Collegiate Classroom Discussion

Instructor-facilitated collegiate classroom discussion (IFCCD) is a highly valued yet undertheorized instructional practice. Research examining the structure of classroom interaction, scholarship advocating rationales for discussion-based pedagogy, and an investigation of a related interactive classroom communication practice provide an informative backdrop for this study. The data in the study were collected using action-implicative discourse analytic techniques throughout a semester in three classrooms at the same university. Reconstructing the three levels of the practice through grounded practical theory—the problem/dilemma level, the normative situated ideals level, and the talk/discourse techniques level—provides some insight into why in two of these cases of IFCCD, engaged and participatory discussion was accomplished. The shared dilemma of the practice is reconstructed as the problem of engagement in which both individual engagement with curricular content and shared engagement in co-creation of the discussion are valued. The dilemmatic nature of the practice is explored specifically in terms of traditional and nontraditional teacher talk and associated participation structures. Significant similarities and differences across the three cases are found and examined in the reconstructions of instructor situated ideals and third-turn facilitation techniques. Initial conclusions are incorporated in the discussion of discourse-based applications for practitioners interested in facilitating discussion in college classrooms.