浅析高职公共英语教师的职业发展

近年来,为了适应新形势的需要,各大高职院校都在进行教学改革。公共英语的教学改革也是大势所趋。公共英语教师面临着巨大的压力和挑战,必须迅速更新教育理念,充分发挥自己的主动性和积极性,主动思考和创新,不断充实完善自我来实现自身的职业发展。     

教研室管理视域下的大学英语教师素养提升

教研室工作的核心力量是教师。教师整体素养的提升，是教研室工作得以顺利展开的关键。在提升教师素养方面，大学英语教研室可以开展如下工作：引导探究大学英语教师素养的内涵；组织分析优秀教师个人素养提升的案例；保持团队的持续发展与影响。     

Increasing engagement of students with learning disabilities in mathematical problem‐solving and discussion

Engagement in problem‐solving and mathematical discussion is critical for learning mathematics. This research review describes a gap in the literature surrounding engagement of students with Learning Disabilities in standards‐based mathematical classrooms. Taking a sociocultural view of engagement as participation in mathematical practices, this review found that students with LD were supported towards equal engagement in standards‐based mathematics through multi‐modal curriculum, consistent routines for problem‐solving, and teachers trained in Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching. Using this small set of studies (7), we identify the need to deepen the engagement of students with LD in mathematical problem‐solving and discussion. This review concludes with implications for teaching and learning.     

Exposing the culture of silence: Inhibiting factors in the prevention,treatment, and mitigation of sexual abuse in the Eastern Caribbean

This article features a study that explored the presence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including childhood sexual abuse and neglect, among women associated with Partnership for Peace (PfP), the first and only culturally adapted domestic violence diversion program for men in the Eastern Caribbean. Within a multiyear evaluative study that assessed the impact of the PfP intervention in reducing domestic violence in Grenada in the West Indies, life-history interviews were collected from a subsample of women (N = 9) associated with men enrolled in the PfP program between 2009 and 2011. We found that the exposure to sexual abuse and neglect during childhood was evident in the histories of the women. Most perpetrators were trusted family or community members who suffered from a common set of behavioral patterns, most prominently alcohol use. Our findings reflect an evidence-based connection, as one causative factor, of a culture of silence that is related to child sexual abuse and its management. The apparent lasting effects of these traumatic childhood exposures reflect cycles of abuse in the life histories collected during the domestic violence evaluation study. Our study identified three key structural deficiencies (insufficient research, ineffective policy, and lack of public-health interventions) and one embedded cultural norm (the culture of silence) that together “inhibit current attempts to address ACEs as a means of curbing domestic violence in the Caribbean.”     

概念隐喻视域下探究英语笑话的生成

本文从系统功能的概念隐喻视域出发,通过实例分析,从及物性系统中的过程类型转换、环境成分转换、参与者转换来探讨英语笑话的生成,且分析得出,及物过程中各成分的不一致是大量英语笑话产生的主要原因,这不仅为英语笑话的研究提供了一个新的视角,而且也有助于英语习得者更好地掌握与应用英语语言,提高鉴赏英语笑话的能力。     

公共英语新版教材编写体验与认知

为了更好地配合和适应我国公共英语等级考试和教学的发展需要，新版公共英语教材经过重新编写即将面世。该系列教材在第一版的基础上无论从指导思想、内容、以及编排体例上都做出许多新的变化，内容选材上更加注重时代感、启发性、实用性和文化性，编排上追求系统性，科学性，开放性，以及可操作性。全书融入许多新的教学理念，必将更好地应用与服务于我国公共英语教学的实践。     

基于微信辅助下的成人本科阶段英语阅读能力提升实践

分析了成人本科阶段学生在英语阅读理解方面存在的问题,采用“微信打卡”小程序和“微信公众号”帮助学生每天坚持阅读技能训练。参与的学生可以进行文字、语音、图片等方式的打卡操作,分享自己完成该篇阅读的时长、答案、收获、困惑等,教师次日在“微信公众号”中发布阅读理解的答案、译文、解析、阅读技巧等,并根据学生的提问进行个别化的辅导。实践证明,基于微信辅助下的阅读方式能有效帮助成人学生坚持阅读训练,分享阅读心得,提高阅读技能,提升阅读兴趣。     

A Study on the Anxiety of Mongolian Undergraduates in Public English Class

Anxiety is a complicated psychological phenomenon in foreign language learning process, involving both cognitive and affective factors, especially for those with cross culture background. This essay fo...     

An Overall Study on Automated Writing Evaluation

Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) program is designed to provide instant scores based on automated writing scor?ing engine along with diagnostic feedback. Five main AWE programs are introduced, four i...     

Community sport and social inclusion: international perspectives

Abstract

This opening article examines the relationship between community sport and social inclusion in research and practice. We discuss the notion of community sport, its multifarious meanings and diverse applications in different parts of the world. We further explore the conceptual and practical links between community sport and different conceptions of social inclusion. In doing so, the article draws together key themes, issues and debates addressed in the collection of articles in this special issue. We conclude by formulating implications and directions for future research and practice.