A Reconsideration of Communicative Language Teaching in Vocational College English Instruction for Non-English Majors

This thesis investigates vocational college English teachers’perceptions and attitudes toward CLT,revealed the obstacles and difficulties teachers encountered in the application of CLT in vocational English classroom.Meanwhile,this research attempts to explore how the apply CLT effectively in China.     

Racism and citizenship education in Northern Ireland

Racist attitudes towards, and attacks on, the minority ethnic populations in Northern Ireland (NI) have increased dramatically over the last number of years. Despite the increased media attention regarding racist attacks, the fallacy that racism is not a major problem in NI is an enduring one. However, there is a growing recognition that minority ethnic communities experience a diverse range of racial harassment. Education is a mode promoted by national and European governments as the vehicle in which anti-racism programmes can be delivered. This article suggests the impending introduction of a statutory citizenship education (CE) component to the revised NI curriculum from September 2007 can play an important role in tackling the high levels of racism being experienced by the minority ethnic population in NI.     

项目教学在C语言教学中的应用

本文论述了在C语言教学实践中,针对C语言教与学现状,改革传统教学模式和教学内容,采用"案例式"课堂教学方法,以"项目驱动式"实践教学为核心,激发了学生的学习积极性。     

The effects of first language orthographic features on word recognition processing in English as a second language

This study investigated the possible effects of first language (L1) orthographic characteristics on word recognition in English as a second language (ESL). Case alternation was used to examine the impact of visually distorted words of different types on fluent ESL readers' word recognition in naming. Visual distortion of word shape (i.e., cAsE aLtErNaTiOn) was utilized because, although visually distorted words have lost word-shape cues, they preserve the cue value of words (i.e., spelling patterns). It, therefore, was hypothesized that if one is sensitive to alphabetic orthography, or if one's inner mechanism of processing an alphabetic word is efficient, then the visual disruption of word-shape cues should not affect one's sensitivity to sequences of letters in words. In other words, this study focused on the magnitude of the effect of case alternation in word recognition as an index of the sensitivity to alphabetic words. Results showed that the magnitude of the case alternation effect in a naming task was significantly larger for the ESL participants whose L1 is not alphabetic (i.e., Chinese and Japanese) than the ESL participants whose L1 is alphabetic (i.e., Iranians -- Persian as L1). This result seems to indicate that the Persian speakers, due to the facilitating influence of their L1 orthography, were less influenced by case alternation than the Chinese and Japanese speakers, whose L1 orthographies are not alphabetic. This finding suggests that the first language orthographic features affect the orthographic coding mechanisms (i.e., word recognition mechanisms) in a second language.     

中介语研究及其在外语教学中的应对策略

中介语是第二外语学习者在第二语言习得过程中构建出来的一种独立的语言体系,在结构上处于母语和目的语的中间状态。文章试对中介语的产生、特点及成因进行阐述,就大学外语教学中如何应对中介语现象提出了建议。     

5-6岁幼儿故事复述能力研究——以西安市4所幼儿园为例

幼儿故事在幼儿发展和幼儿园教学中起着非常重要的作用,不同的幼儿在不同的故事呈现方式中表现出不同的复述特点。本文采用多彩光谱语言评估标准,对从西安市市区4所不同类型幼儿园中获得的126份语言样本进行了分析。研究结果显示,图书组和录音组幼儿的故事复述能力差异不显著,视频组幼儿在故事复述能力测试中总体得分较低。尽管从总体上看,许多幼儿的复述能力处于同一水平,但构成复述能力的要素却存在较大的个体差异。不同幼儿在同一语言活动中复述故事的字数和语言特点各不相同。     

探讨消费者对包装设计的情感

本文首先阐述了包装设计的定义,进而引出井分析了消费者对包装设计的情感,最后倡导包装设计者如何有效地设计包装。     

基于XML/RDF的元数据描述在数字图书馆的应用

介绍了数字图书馆中基于XML/RDF的两种元数据描述技术,一种是传统的机读格式MARC元数据,一种是DC元数据。通过对比发现,DC元数据描述的数字资源信息更为直观、灵活、易读,但DC元数据并不能完全取代MARC元数据,二者各有优点和不足,并相互补充。     

毛泽东诗词的美学特征

毛泽东诗词有着独特的艺术魅力,而这种艺术魅力来源于毛泽东诗词独特的美学特征。具体表现为：以阳刚之美为主;典雅与通俗相结合;乐观主义与进取精神;现实主义与浪漫主义并存;诗史结合、哲理入诗。一言以蔽之：毛泽东诗词极具崇高美。     

提高语文素质 发展学生个性

提高语文素质，发展学生个性是实现学生自我存在与社会存在的双重需要，是摆脱教育功利主义的束缚，遵循语文学科教育自身发展规律的必然反映，我们应该正确理解语文素质和个性发展的涵义以及二者的统一性。