通过"交际任务"学习单词的方法探讨

在“以任务为中心的教学法“中,学生在完成交际任务时,会碰到生词.遇到这种情况处理的方法.可分为三个阶段:任务前阶段、任务中阶段和任务后阶段.学习者能在没有教师帮助的情况下,理解、掌握生词并使用它们来完成交际任务.     

远程学习者的学习引导

加强对远程学习的学习引导，是由现代远程教育的性质、特点及培养目标所决定的。因为远程学习在以往传统学校教育影响下而形成的学习习惯，存在诸多不适应远程学习的现象，对他们的学习引导要侧重于学习动机、自主学习、合作学习等方面，以提高学习在现代远程教育条件下的学习能力。     

Imagining and Moving Beyond the ESL Bubble: Facilitating Communities of Practice Through the ELL Ambassadors Program

When educators do not facilitate English language learners’ (ELLs) social integration in schools, this can perpetuate ELLs’ marginalized status and the plateauing of ELLs’ English language development. This study highlights a program for secondary ELLs called the ELL Ambassadors program, which partnered ELLs with non-ELLs based on shared extracurricular interests. Comparing the stories, perspectives, and test scores of five newcomer ELLs from varied countries of origin, this article shows how program participants strengthened their English language skills and achieved academic success, demonstrating tremendous agency as they gained access to, and were socialized within, interest-based communities of practice. Further, this article documents how youth imagined and claimed new identities, moving beyond the insulation and isolation of the ESL bubble to gaining confidence through interest-based learning with other peers. Findings suggest that interest-based peer programs at schools may create important opportunities for ELLs’ academic, language, and identity formation.     

Preparing pre-service teachers for culturally diverse classrooms: a conceptual model

Society in the USA has become increasingly diverse, with schools across the nation serving student populations that are culturally and linguistically very different from the European-American majority of the past. It is imperative that pre-service teachers are effectively prepared for diverse learning environments. This article describes a conceptual framework that has been found to be invaluable towards achieving that end.     

开放教育网络环境下成人研究性学习模式的探析

文章从开放教育网络环境下研究性学习的概念和特点入手,探讨开放教育网络环境下研究性学习的要素、过程和模式,并以教学案例的形式阐述成人学习者如何在开放教育网络环境下开展研究性学习,如何在研究性学习下构建自身的知识体系。     

Considerations When Using Videos in Lamaze Classes

There are enough worthwhile videos available today so that a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator could literally teach an entire class series using only videos and feedback discussion. In this column, the author explores considerations in choosing videos for adult learners in Lamaze birth classes. Some things to consider when using videos should be the adult learner’s attention span, whether the video increases fear of birth or empowers the learner, and if the video is appropriate for the culture of the class participants. Finally, the author provides a list of some of the many wonderful videos available to Lamaze birth educators.     

基于语料库的中国英语学习者短语动词的使用调查——以短语动词的及物性为自变量

本研究基于中国英语学习者语料库,采用语料对比分析的方法,回答两个问题:1)PVs在两个子库中是如何分布的?2)及物性对短语动词使用的正确性是否有影响?如果有,这种影响是否随着英语水平的提高而有所弱化?研究结果表明:1)高水平英语学习者使用的及物PVs多于低水平英语学习者;2)在子库St2和St4中,及物性对PVs使用的正确性的影响均达到显著性水平;且随着英语水平的提高,这种影响有所弱化。     

A Needs Analysis Approach to Curriculum Design in Tertiary Education of English Majors

The paper describes language needs of English majors of tertiary education in NUDT through questionnaire with the aim to identify the needs of the target group of learners and introduce needs-based course design.Based on the statistical analysis and the results,the findings revealed that learners’ needs are of great significance in the whole process of teaching and learning,providing suggestions and references for teachers in future teaching using needs-based curriculum design.     

Negotiating diversity: an empirical investigation into family,school and student factors influencing New Zealand adolescents’ science literacy

The purpose of this study was to examine a factor triad consisting of family, school and student variables contributing to New Zealand adolescents’ science literacy performance on Programme for International Student Assessment 2006. Results indicated that the selected variables in our study explained 25% of total differences in New Zealand students’ science achievement. Family socio-economic status (SES) as well as adolescents’ motivation to learn science and general value of science were influential factors in students’ science achievement. Findings also revealed a statistically significant interaction effect between SES and first-generation immigrant students but not between SES and second-generation immigrant students. Although parents’ perception of general value of science showed a positive effect on adolescents’ scientific performance, its predictive power was relatively weak.     

Using early care and education quality measures with dual language learners: A review of the research

As the number of young dual language learners (DLLs) in early care and education (ECE) programs is increasing, it is critical to examine how well measures of the quality of practices in these settings reflect the needs of the diverse groups of children being served. This review of the research literature addressed these questions for ECE settings serving children birth-five: whether quality differs for settings serving high proportions of DLLs compared to typical samples, whether existing quality measures exhibit similar psychometric characteristics and associations with child outcomes in settings serving DLL and non-DLL children, and whether DLL-specific measures perform differently than general measures of quality. The search procedure produced 10 research studies that met the criteria for inclusion in the review out of approximately 3800 that were found initially and more than 300 that were reviewed. These studies included 10 out of 46 identified measures of ECE quality, including both general and DLL-specific measures. Findings suggested that widely used general ECE quality measures function similarly for DLLs compared to typical populations with regard to overall quality, psychometric characteristics, and child outcomes. Further research is needed to broaden the knowledge base for a wider variety of measures, beyond center-based settings, and beyond Spanish-speaking DLLs, as well as to enhance methodological approaches. There appear to be potential research opportunities through numerous existing studies that included DLL populations but had not analyzed their data in regard to these groups.