The Importance of Cultural Understanding in English Study

Reading is a crucial tool in acquiring information and knowledge.Culture cannot be separated from language.College English reading should focus on the differences of culture.It is important to understand how to lay stress on the differences in the course of college English teaching and learning about reading for increasing students’ ability of reading.This thesis analyzes the influence of culture on English reading and tries to set up a principle of teaching English through culture.This thesis centers on cultural differences between China and Western countries and how to deal with that relationship in the English reading.     

Culture Differences and College English Reading

Cultural differences have a great effect on English learning,especially on college English reading.Reading is a crucial tool in acquiring information and knowledge.Culture cannot be separated from language.College English reading should focus on the differences of culture.It is important to understand how to lay stress on the differences in the course of college English teaching and learning about reading for increasing students’ ability of reading.This thesis analyzes the influence of culture on English reading and tries to set up a principle of teaching English through culture.To support my point of view,the relationship between language and culture is discussed first.Language is a part of culture and shaped by culture;it is also the carrier of culture and reflects cultural features of a community in which the language is spoken.Language and culture are closely related with each other.From the aspect of language teaching and learning,to teach a foreign language is to teach another culture;to learn a language is also to learn another culture.     

The Influence of Age in Learning a Foreign Language

Age is an important factor in foreign language learning. Different age groups have different characteristics. Knowing these characteristics may help the learners to increase their learning speed and achievement. This paper focuses on the similarities and differences of different age groups in learning a foreign language from physical, cognitive, affective, motivational and linguistic domains. Teachers can take corresponding methods in foreign language teaching in accordance with special characteristics of the age group being taught so as to obtain the best result in language classroom.     

The Application of The Top-down Approach in Teaching Extensive Reading

The top-down and bottom-up are two main approaches used in teaching extensive reading and both of them should be used alternatively so that students can not only understand the details but also the main ideas of reading materials.The importance of using top-down approach is emphasized and some suggestions are given on the problem that students pay so much attention on vocabulary and grammar rather than main idea in reading.     

A Study on the Readings of Imperfective Aspect in English and Chinese

Smith (1997) proposes three stages of a situation from the imprefective veiwpoints in English: preliminary, internal and resultant stage and three readings of imperfective aspect. In the essay, the different readings of imperfective aspect in English and Chinese will be explored.     

语言模因论与英语听力教学

报道一项旨在验证"语言模因论"对英语学习是否有促进作用的教学实验。受试者为35名英语教育专业2009级本科学生。他们在课堂内通过听说等渠道模仿、朗读、背诵和复述《听力教程》中的某些英语听力对话、段落和新闻材料并学习里面的生词和短语以及与之相关的文化背景知识,行动研究的时间为16周。结果表明:所有被试者英语听力理解能力得到了较大的提高,而且促进了师生对英语听力理解过程的反思能力。这说明在进行英语听力训练时,对学生提出模仿、朗读、背诵和复述等学习方法的要求,不仅能有效地促进英语学习,而且提高教学质量。     

英、汉语篇思维模式差异及写作教学策略探讨

该文主要分析了英、汉语篇思维模式、组织结构的差异,着重说明汉语对英语写作产生的负迁移影响,同时提出在大学英语写作教学中可采取的教学模式和策略的建议。     

An Analysis of Foreign Language Learning Styles from the Cognitive Perspective

From the 1970s,learning styles began to enter the domain of foreign language learning researches.Foreign language learning style is often regarded as a significant factor attributing to individual differences among language learners.Nowadays,many researchers begin studying individual learners’characteristics and exploring how different learners interact with external factors from cognitive perspective.The field-independence/dependence construct became a focus.Based on previous studies,the paper is committed to analyzing the nature of FID learners.It is expected that this research can establish a well-grounded basis for following studies.     

A Comparative Stylistic Analysis of King and Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

Public address is one of the study fields in the research of stylistics. For those public addresses made by most internationally influential characters, most of the public addresses are regarded as the literature classics and optimal resources for English learners as well. Acceptance speech, as one branch of public addresses, is much more representative and referential in some specified areas such as academics, entertainment, economy, society and so on. This paper will conduct a brief comparative analysis based on the acceptance speech made by Martin Luther King in 1964 and Barack Obama, the 44th president of United States, after their winning the Nobel Peace Prize by revealing their stylistic features in order to evoke the readers their more appreciations about the art of public address.     

现代汉语事务语体虚词分布研究

文章对现代汉语事务语体中虚词的分布、规律及原因作了研究。通过统计分析发现虚词中助词使用最多,其次是介词、连词,很少使用语气词。各虚词小类在使用中存在一定的差异性,这种差异性主要取决于事务语体的基本性质、基本特征。