英语商务写作学习中模糊限制语使用特点

通过研究发现,在商务电子邮件写作中,不同英语水平学习者在使用模糊限制语的频数上存在显著差异。究其原因主要是产出的模糊限制语呈现出过度使用的倾向,副词性模糊限制语缺乏多样性并倾向口语化,缺乏表达可能性的副词性模糊限制语。这些构成了学习者中介语中模糊限制语使用特征,对国内相关语言研究及其教学有一定参照和启示作用。     

Guide on the Side and LibWizard Tutorials Side-By-Side: How Do the Two Platforms for Split-Screen Online Tutorials Compare?

Split-screen tutorials are an appealing and effective way for libraries to create online learning objects where learners interact with real-time Web content. Many libraries are using the University of Arizona's award-winning, open source platform, Guide on the Side. In 2016, Springshare released a proprietary alternative, LibWizard Tutorials. This article reviews the advantages and limitations of this kind of tutorial. It also examines the differences between each platform's distinctive characteristics. These platforms create similar split-screen tutorials, but have differences that affect diverse aspects of installation, administration, authoring and editing, student learning, data management, and accessibility. Libraries now have the opportunity to consider and compare alternative platforms, and decide which one is best suited to their needs, priorities, and resources.     

一项基于Blog的EFL写作实验研究

该文讨论了Blog在EFL写作教学中的特点和优势,介绍了班级Blog的建设及构思理念。通过问卷调查,作文评价及统计分析,发现经过一学期的实验,学生的写作态度更加积极;大部分学生对基于Blog的写作评价是肯定的;学生Blog上的作文质量也较高。     

网络资源模式下培养学生英语自主学习能力之探讨

本文介绍了信息时代的飞速发展以及给外语教学改革带来的新的契机.结合<新世纪高职高专英语综合教程>,论述了"自主学习"理论和网络资源相结合,合理利用网络资源实施自主学习式英语课堂教学.如何培养学生"自主学习"的能力.     

老一代优秀高校英语教师发展因素研究

为了进一步理解我国老一代优秀高校英语教师的发展因素,我们对我国某外语院校的30位优秀离退休教授进行了访谈.研究表明,老一代优秀高校英语教师的发展因素包括新教师选拔、新教师业务培训、老教师传帮带、教师自我反思等环节.对老一代优秀高校英语教师的发展因素进行研究,有助于挖掘和保护老一代教师留下的宝贵财富,并有效指导当前英语教师教育的改革与实践.     

运用元认知策略提高大学生英语阅读能力

元认知能力就是建立在一定的元认知知识和体验的基础上,对自身的认知活动进行调节和控制的能力,它对于大学生提高学习能力和保持心理健康等具有重大意义。本文旨在研究如何提高大学生英语阅读能力。笔者详述了元认知策略及其如何在教学中的使用。     

关于现代远程教育学习者对学习支持服务需求的调查分析

本文以中南大学网络教育学院2006年专升本应届毕业生为研究对象,设计了网上问卷调查以收集现代远程教育学习者对学习支持服务需求的相关数据,通过数据分析,我们对学习者进入现代远程教育学习之后的困难及需求有了一个比较清楚的认识。针对存在的问题,本文提出了相应的建议和对策,以期望学习支持服务能真正满足学习者个性化的自主学习需要。     

The affordances of teacher professional learning communities: A case study of a Chinese secondary school

This study investigates the learning experiences and the trajectories of EFL teachers' professional development in Chinese secondary schools under a socio-cultural framework. The findings indicate that social and individual affordances are both essential to individual teachers’ professional development, and to the sustainable growth of the teacher learning community (TLC). The former is prerequisite to the latter, whereas the latter determines the route and pace of development. This paper also demonstrates the usefulness of activity theory in analysing the affordances of TLC, and advocates that all parties involved should understand, identify and create positive affordances for teacher professional development.     

Silent pedagogy and rethinking classroom practice: structuring teaching through silence rather than talk

Classroom observations are an important source of information about teaching and about the practice of particular teachers. The paper considers the value placed on talk as opposed to silence in this context and suggests that a cultural bias towards talk means that silence is commonly perceived negatively. The paper is based on a qualitative research study involving interviews with 25 teacher participants. These participants identify different types of silence and report how they use various silences in the classroom, suggesting that many different types of silence may be used productively in teaching and learning. The paper provides examples of questions that might be asked when observing teachers' uses of silence rather than talk. It concludes by proposing that classroom observations should take into account the complex skills of ‘silent pedagogy’ where the teacher makes conscious decisions to abstain from intervention based on continuous sensitive readings of the learning environment.     

高中英语教师对英语教学法的认知、运用和态度

问卷调查、课堂观察和访谈的结果发现:高中英语教师对英语教学法的了解仍处于浅层,教法思想片段多,而形成体系的抽象思考少;教师对教法的运用缺乏较多的理论指导,模仿因素多于理性因素。这种认知状态也同时会降低课堂教学中理性选择的成分,不利于教师反思能力的培养,不利于教师由实践者向理论型教学专家转化的长远发展。因此,我们有必要对高校英语师范专业培养方案中教学法课程的改革进行新一轮的深入思考。