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...     

形成性评价在英语教学中的应用研究综述

在回顾和总结迄今为止国内形成性评价在英语教学中应用研究的基础上,笔者简要勾勒了这一领域的基本发展趋势,从研究方法和多项研究内容等方面分析了其研究现状和存在的主要问题,并为该领域今后的发展方向提出一些建议。     

English in Education: the first fifty years

On the fiftieth anniversary of the first publication of English in Education, this article reviews the journal's contribution to research and practice in the teaching of English. A thematic analysis based on close study of a sample of volumes is arranged chronologically (to show the development of ideas and practices) and thematically in terms of language mode (speaking; writing; reading, including new technologies). The article argues that the journal archive can shed light on the educational past in ways that can effectively inform the educational present and help to set agenda for the future.     

高职大学英语真实性课程评价方案的设计

真实性课程评价是近十几年来国际流行的课程评价方式,其能力本位的评价特点,决定其可以在高职大学英语能力培养方面起到重要作用。为实施高职大学英语真实性评价,需要根据高职各专业的英语能力需求,在英语课程评价各个环节进行真实性的设计,其中文化演练部分的评价设计是真实性评价设计的核心。     

‘Operating on a Basis of Student Consent’: Peter Medway’s Work in Finding a Language

Written nearly 40 years ago, Peter Medway’s Finding a Language continues to be an arresting read, which offers a powerful vision of what might be possible in education. In this brief introduction, I set the work in context, referring to ideas that Pete engaged with and recalling a little of the times.     

非英语专业学生口语自我修订情况调查

本文研究非英语专业学生口语自我修订情况,发现大部分学生在口语表达时都有自我修订的习惯,其中包括内容修订和自我纠错。内容修订表明学生在口语表达时逻辑思维能力还需要提高,紧张情绪需要克服。在自我纠错方面,学生对语法错误的纠正多于对词汇和语音错误的纠正,其中,对语音错误的纠正最少。     

Creative Potential within Policy: An Analysis of the 2013 English Literature Curriculum

This article takes as its focus Lefebvre's trialectic of conceived, perceived and lived spaces as a lens through which to scrutinise the 2013 English Literature Curriculum, and to explore the extent to which creative spaces might exist within that curriculum. The article analyses how the curriculum is envisaged by policymakers and how it might be expected to be translated into practice, utilising the wording of the policy document to facilitate an exploration of what its underlying intentions might be. The author's experience of teaching a poem from the new curriculum is used in order to provide illustrative examples of the ways in which teachers’ and learners’ experiences of the curriculum might, in practice, diverge from the direction envisaged by policymakers as teachers negotiate creative spaces within their classrooms.     

让德育之花盛开在英语教学中

英语教学不仅要注重知识的传授,而且要注重德育教育,只有把二者有机地结合起来,文道统一,才能达到教书育人的目的。     

Challenges of assuring the development of graduate attributes in a Bachelor of Arts

All universities in Australia are asked to develop various attributes in their degrees. From 2011, the Australian Qualifications Framework has stipulated some of these attributes for the various levels of qualifications. There are many challenges that face assuring the development of graduate attributes in a Bachelor of Arts as the degree typically has very few core units (if any), a wide choice of subjects, a limited prerequisite structure and, unlike many professional degrees, the BA does not have an external accrediting body. This paper describes an approach used to identify the pathway undertaken by each individual student in a History major of the Bachelor of Arts. This pathway was used to identify the graduate attributes that each student should have developed, as articulated by the lecturers. Student perceptions were then compared with the graduate attributes that were intended to be developed through each individual's combination of units studied. In summary, through analysing the two methods (student perceptions and unit pathway) we found that they concurred with respect to only three-quarters of the graduate attributes. Possible reasons for the discrepancies and future research are discussed. The need for multiple methods of providing evidence of the development of graduate attributes is confirmed.