琉球天妃信仰状况及其嬗变

阐述琉球天妃宫的状况、天妃信仰传入琉球的主要途径,探讨天妃信仰在琉球受容的原因,并对天妃信仰在琉球的神祇功能、祭祀嬗变等方面进行考察。     

THE ZOMBIE STALKING ENGLISH SCHOOLS: SOCIAL CLASS AND EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY

ABSTRACT:  The aim of this article is to reclaim social class as a central concern within education, not in the traditional sense as a dimension of educational stratification, but as a powerful and vital aspect of both learner and wider social identities. Drawing on historical and present evidence, a case is made that social inequalities arising from social class have never been adequately addressed within schooling. Recent qualitative research is used to indicate some of the ways in which class is lived in classrooms. The article also raises concerns about the ability of the education system to positively address social class in the classroom when contemporary initial teacher training rarely engages with it as a relevant concern within schooling.     

浅析法治国家的构成要件

分析了古往今来“法治”的含义,阐述了建设法治国家是一个长期艰难的过程,是建立完善的法律体系、树立公众对法律信仰、实现依法行政和司法公正等法治国家构成要件的过程。     

《心灵史》:人格·信仰·本文

在这样一个人格失尊、信仰模糊的时代,《心灵史》的创作以及重被提起是很有必要的。本文试图从文本的生成角度以及其意义空间对《心灵史》进行分析,并探求其特殊的本文生成形式所开拓的本文的精神空间。     

近代拉萨地区的民间信仰与民间宗教

中国藏族地区的民间信仰繁多,由来复杂,对当地民众的生活产生了独特的影响,是中国民间文化、社会习俗的有机组成部分。近代西藏拉萨地区虽然号称“法区”,但仍然拥有多种藏传佛教之外的民间信仰,在众多的中国藏区信仰习俗中占有不可忽视的地位,与其他藏区并无重大差别。     

英汉委婉语与跨文化交际

本从跨化交际的角度出发，对英、汉语中委婉方法进行比较。指出：社会习俗；化背景、宗教信仰等引起英、汉委婉语在语言形式和思维模式方面的差异，以及对跨化交际的影响。     

Maintaining teachers’ face in the context of change: results from a study of Vietnamese college lecturers’ perceptions of face

Gaining and saving face are very important in Vietnam as a mechanism of social control, including the professional behaviour of teachers. Interviews with 15 lecturers (aged 24–37) at a teacher training college in a Central Coast province of Vietnam illustrated the relationship between their concepts of face and their beliefs about good teaching. Most were still strongly influenced by traditional Confucian beliefs about the role and position of teachers, the nature of teachers’ knowledge and the relationship between teachers and students. On the other hand, some teachers also were aware of, and to a limited extent open to, more modern ideas that seemed to be related to broad social changes and reforms in approaches to teaching and learning in recent decades in Vietnam. The findings suggest that some teacher educators are uncertain about the value of traditional professional wisdom in the context of critical changes in society and in education. The research also suggests that the concepts of face and saving face are important for teachers’ sense of agency, and that Vietnamese educational authorities could increase the effectiveness of innovations in teacher education by paying attention to the influence of concepts of face on the teachers’ beliefs and behaviours.     

Individual Learner Factors Affecting Second Language Acquisition

In Second Language Acquisition(short for SLA) research,the study of individual learner factors plays an important role.In this paper,discussion will be restricted to five general individual learner factors which have received the most attention in SLA research:age,cognitive style,personality,motivation and attitude.The research will,to some extent,not only develop the SLA theory,but also enhance learners’ judgments to their own individual learner factors.It can also shed light on the practical foreign language learning.     

The Role of the ESP Teacher

The paper considers the role of the ESP (English for Specific Purposes) teacher, in particular, to consider in what ways the ESP teacher’s lot differs from that of the General English teacher. And finally it provides information about resources to help the ESP teacher.     

A Survey on English Learner Autonomy at Postgraduate Stage

Language competence is the ultimate goal of language learning.As the development of globalization,the task of improving learners’ English competence becomes even more urgent.Context Approach is first introduced,and learner autonomy is brought in as a context approach in the specified teaching environment concerned.On the basis of that,a small-scale survey is conducted to investigate the status of English learner autonomy among some students at postgraduate stage.