Story writing skills of adults with a history language-impairment

The purpose of this study was to investigate the story writing skills of adults with a history of oral language impairment. It was hypothesized that writing text would pose difficulty for adults with a history of language impairment (LI), and that this difficulty would manifest itself as reduced grammatical complexity and increased errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation. The story writing of 10 adults with a history of LI was compared to a group of 51 unimpaired individuals. Participants were asked to write the story of Cinderella. Stories were analysed for length, grammatical complexity and accuracy of grammar, punctuation and spelling. Data were analysed to determine group trends as well as individual profiles. As a group, the adults with LI showed no difference from the comparison group in the length of their stories as measured by total number of words. The LI group did, however, show reduced grammatical complexity in their writing, as measured by mean length of t-unit. The LI group made more errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation than the comparison group. Individual analyses indicated substantial variability within the LI group. It is concluded that LI in childhood is associated with writing difficulties in adulthood.     

The False Paths, the Endless Labors, the Turns Now This Way and Now That: Participatory Action Research, Mutual Vulnerability, and the Politics of Inquiry

Participatory Action Research (PAR) and its many variants are rapidly gaining prominence as viable research tools and methodological alternatives to address histories of exploitation, surveillance, and social exclusion, deeply embedded in mainstream research. However, it is at this transgressive intersection of theory, action, expertise, power, and justice that a host of new challenges to the conduct of research in collaboration with and not just on, or for subordinated people, emerges. This article attempts to intimately describe the challenges of using PAR methods to revise Paulo Freire’s notion of critical consciousness in the context of a parent organizing group and a youth research project, while taking seriously the speed bumps, multiple subjectivities, implicit racism, sexism, classism, and politics of knowledge production that are too often obscured behind published academic writing.

论蔡琰《悲愤诗》的叙事动机和叙事角度

《悲愤诗》的意义,不仅在于它是中国文学史上第一首由女人创作的长篇叙事诗,而且在于它是介于汉乐府和南北朝民歌之间的寥寥无几的文人叙事诗。本文对《悲愤诗》的叙事动机、叙事角度做具体的分析。     

女性的网络表达模式及其社会学解读

不少学者认为电脑网络因其匿名性与开放性成为一个超越性别、自由表达的平台。根据网络资料,通过类比的方法,可以将女性在网络的表达模式分为三种类别。剖析每种表达模式的实质以及由此折射出的女性现实处境及其存在的问题,可以说明网络中的女性表达如何受到来自性别的规制。     

精品课程,贵在参与,重在建设——来自国家精品课程“英语写作”团队的报告

2003年,教育部启动了国家精品课程建设项目;2007年,结合"质量工程"项目,继续推进精品课程建设工作。2010年,《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要》发布,明确提出提高教学质量,是高等教育未来十年的发展方向。在此宏大背景之下,文章采用回顾的视角,总结了清华大学外语系申报国家精品课程"英语写作"(1-4级水平)的情况,介绍了在建过程中取得的阶段性成果,旨在加强互相交流,体现"人文关怀"视角下的"技术精巧"路线,促进写作课程的改革,实现优质教学资源的共建共享。     

智能写作评分系统在大学英语写作中的实证研究

研究使用调查和定量研究方法对智能写作评分系统在大学英语写作教学中的运用进行反思性分析。结果表明,学习者对该新的写作教学方法有较好的期待。利用智能评分系统写作进行训练,对于改变学习者写作策略有一定的促进作用。其中,男性学习者在训练后写作策略的转变显著性大于女性学习者。低分组的参与者在经过系统写作训练后,写作过程中的策略使用和水平有显著性的提高。     

两篇佛教檄魔文作者考

降魔是佛教非常重要的修行法门。佛教弘扬这一观念的载体有多种,其中就包括降魔变文和檄魔文。相对于敦煌降魔变文,檄魔文较少受到学界的关注。本文经过详细的文献考辨认为,《弘明集》卷14《檄魔文》之作者当为十六国时期的释道安,《广弘明集》卷29《平心露布文》的作者是唐初沙门行友。这些檄魔文是研究东晋南北朝以至唐初佛教文化的重要文献。     

“神仙窟”的艳遇——唐人小说中另类仙境意象的民俗意义

唐人"有意为小说",关注和反映现实人生。唐人笔下的仙境和神仙意象是唐代特殊社会现实的曲折反映。唐人小说中的"神仙窟"的艳遇故事多是唐代文人狎妓冶游和交游女冠的时代风貌的曲折写照。     

试论高职商务英文书信写作影响因素

随着经济社会的发展,各高职院校都开设商务英语书信写作课程,目的是培养一专多能,适合当今经济发展趋势的全面型人才。本文通过分析高职院校在商务英语书信写作课程教与学中存在的影响因素,把学生、教师和学校的影响因素综合起来,给高职院校商务英语书信写作课程学习过程中学习方法选择,教师教学模式改进,学校辅助资源建设提供有益的参考。     

基于“人本主义课程理论”的教材评价研究——评新版《新视野大学英语读写教程》教材

＂人本主义课程理论＂强调＂以人为本,全人教育＂。本文研究了国内外相关教材评价理论,并基于＂人本主义课程理论＂,对新版《新视野大学英语读写教程》教材进行分析与评价,旨在今后的大学英语教学中充分发挥此教材的特长,改进教学方法和提高教学效果。