冬奥外交:新中国体育外交的赓续与发展

北京冬奥会成为中国围绕冬奥平台展开外交、团结应对国际社会共同挑战、践行真正的多边主义、共同建设和谐合作国际大家庭的闪光点。“冬奥外交”是新中国体育外交的赓续与发展。新中国体育外交生动反映了在新中国赢得生存、谋求发展和走向强大的连续过程中体育外交在维护国家主权、展示国家形象、构建命运共同体中的卓越贡献。始终坚持党中央的集中统一领导,始终坚持国际国内一盘棋,始终坚持服务于国家关系的建立,始终坚持维护国家核心利益和参与国际体育治理,新中国体育外交促进中国外交实现了服务发展的使命。新时代中国体育外交将践行人类共同价值、推动构建人类命运共同体,完善体制机制、建立现代体育外交制度,推进“一带一路”建设、提供全球体育公共产品,影响国际体育规范、主动推进全球体育治理,创新体育外交体系、探索建设体育外交学新学科。     

对外汉语教学中的跨文化意识

随着世界经济一体化的日益加深和汉语热的不断升温,对外汉语教学被推到了文化交际和文化传播的前台,其教学不单纯是语言能力的训练,还肩负着揭示汉语言的文化意义及跨文化传播的重大使命。这种跨文化意识是实现对外汉语教学价值"应然"与"实然"统一的途径。     

信息技术在幼儿园语言活动中的运用

信息技术的引入对于幼儿园语言教育有极大的帮助,能为幼儿创设轻松、愉悦的语言环境,促进幼儿语言能力和交际能力的发展.作为幼儿教师,应该充分认识到信息技术的优势,通过技术手段给幼儿带来多重感官刺激,使语言活动更加直观化和生活化,激发幼儿学习的积极性.本文通过分析幼儿语言教育的重要性,对信息技术在幼儿园语言活动中的运用策略进...     

Do early care and education services improve language development for maltreated children? Evidence from a national child welfare sample

Young children under 6 years old are over-represented in the U.S. child welfare system (CWS). Due to their exposure to early deprivation and trauma, they are also highly vulnerable to developmental problems, including language delays. High quality early care and education (ECE) programs (e.g. preschool, Head Start) can improve children's development and so policymakers have begun calling for increased enrollment of CWS-supervised children in these programs. However, it is not a given that ECE will benefit all children who experience maltreatment. Some types of maltreatment may result in trauma-related learning and behavior challenges or developmental deficits that cause children to respond to ECE settings differently. The current study uses data from a nationally representative survey of children in the U.S. child welfare system, the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being II, to assess whether young CWS-supervised children (N = 1,652) who were enrolled in ECE had better language development outcomes 18 months later than those not enrolled in ECE. We also explore whether the type of maltreatment that brought children to the CWS’ attention moderates the relationship between ECE and children's language development. After controlling for children's initial scores on the Preschool Language Scale (PLS-3), type(s) of maltreatment experienced, and child and caregiver demographics, we found that ECE participation predicted better PLS-3 scores at follow-up, with a positive interaction between ECE participation and supervisory neglect. ECE seems to be beneficial for CWS-involved children's early language development, especially for children referred to the CWS because they lack appropriate parent supervision at home.     

Developing narrative skills through case-studies

This article describes the adaptation of ‘story grammar’ to developing the subject understanding and literacy of 14–16-year-old students. ‘Story grammar” analyses the structure of episodes of a typical story and it was developed through research into the narrative development of younger, frequently language-delayed, children. Reasons for expecting this story grammar to provide a helpful basis for teaching older students are summarized. An application of story grammar in teaching business studies is described through the activities designed for students and evidence from students' work. Implications for understanding of literacy in a subject context are discussed.     

2008年北京奥运会对当代中国青年的影响

2008年北京奥运会对当代中国青年有着极其重要的影响，主要表现为：能极大地提高当代中国青年的民族爱国、复兴热情；促进两岸青年的互相交往，有利于和平统一大业；使中国青年的精神文明建设和综合素质提升到一个新的高度；增进中国青年与世界青年的相互了解和友谊；为中国青年成功和实际利益的满足，提供机遇和舞台；强化中国青年的环保意识；使中国青年的健身意识普遍提高。     

Tweeting Facts,Facebooking Lives: The Influence of Language Use and Modality on Online Source Credibility

The present study examines how language use (e.g., personalized vs. depersonalized language) and modality (e.g., tweets vs. Facebook status updates) influence source credibility interdependently. A total of 257 participants read personalized or depersonalized health messages embedded in mock-up tweets or Facebook status updates. The results show that users perceive depersonalized tweets as more credible than depersonalized status updates posted on Facebook. On the other hand, personalized status updates on Facebook generate higher credibility judgments than personalized tweets. The findings are discussed in light of the MAIN model as well as the preconceived user expectations and communication norms of social media.     

The Development of the Olympic Narrative in Chinese Elite Sport Discourse from Its First Successful Olympic Bid to the Post-Beijing Games Era

Abstract

As a phenomenon exogenous to China, the Olympics have been proactively interpreted in the local context since China’s entry (and subsequent re-entry in 1984) into the Olympic movement. With China’s increasing involvement in promoting three bids to host the Olympic Games, two of which were successful, respectively, in 2001 and 2015, the nature of the discourse of key stakeholders in relation to Chinese elite sport has both reflected and reshaped the meaning of the Games to Chinese elite sport. This paper examines the discursive construction process of the Olympics in the Chinese elite sport system by key stakeholders through analyzing statements of political figures on sport and Olympic phenomena, Chinese elite sport policy documents, and the commentaries of leading Chinese sport academics. The analysis of discourse highlights two main features in the construction of the Games in official accounts during the period under investigation. The development of these two themes reflects the nature of the Chinese Olympic discourse, manifests the political power over the interpretation of the Olympics in Chinese context, and continues to characterize the on-going major themes in Chinese elite sport policy.     

The Development of Social Media and its Impact on the Intercultural Exchange of the Olympic Movement, 2004–2012

Abstract

The development of social media, in the form of Internet and mobile platforms, has rapidly flourished in the early twenty-first century. The changes in broadcasting forms of the first three Olympic Games of the twenty-first century, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012, have corresponded and reflected the speedy expansion of this social media. This phenomenon invites not only attention to the historical transformation of the roles of media for the Olympic Games but also reflection on the concept of culture and intercultural exchange based on this phenomenon. This paper studies the relationships between social media, cultural exchange and the Olympic Games in the context of globalization. It argues that the characteristics of social media as ‘participation; openness; conversation; communities; connectedness’ will meet up with the goal of the Olympic Movement and aid the realization of the Olympic Ideal.     

The History of the South East Asian Peninsular Games,1959–1975

After the Second World War the Southeast Asian countries of Burma (1948), Laos (1954), Cambodia (1955), South Vietnam (1955), Malaya (1957), and Singapore (1959) sought independence from the British, French and Japanese colonialists. The first post Second World War and post-colonial biannual multisport Southeast Asian Games was held in Bangkok in 1959 among these countries (and Thailand) although they were relatively poor developing countries. Referring to official reports of the eight bi-annual SEAP Games and other sources of information this research studies how the organization of the eight SEAP Games since 1959 contributed to the nation building process of each country and shaped the political landscape. This was carried out by creating a national identity through sports in each country as well as creating a sense of regional cooperation during periods of war, shifting boundaries and identities. This was done through rituals to legitimize newly ascended constitutional monarchies and heads of states, national flags and athletes' national identity during competition. The SEAP Games also gradually opened avenues for women's participation similar to female athletes in the Olympic Games. It also provided opportunities for promising athletes to shine, improve and compete at higher levels at the Asian and Olympic Games.