Games and foreign language teaching

Active spoken mastery of a foreign language all too often remains an illusive wish on the part of language learners. There is a tendency to seek the causes of non‐fluency and accurate speech outside the classroom, for example, too little involvement, interest and time investment on the part of learners. In this article Manuela Macedonia asserts that the problem is attributed primarily to the type of exercises that are employed to process foreign language input. Traditional transmission of morphology and syntax by way of rules, and practising such rules via written exercises, does not lead to spoken language, for with this type of practice the retrieval of learned material is too slow and often incomplete to enable successful speech. While games in language and SEN instruction are not new, in this article their targeted usage based on cognitive/neurological evidence is proposed in order to proceduralise declarative knowledge and thereby to elevate accuracy and fluency to a level that enables real‐time speech.     

Foreign language learning and inclusion: Who? Why? What?— and How?

The presumption of mainstream schooling and the removal of core status for foreign language learning at Key Stage 4 are presenting new challenges to our ideal of foreign language learning for all. In the current climate, the case for including children with special educational needs in foreign language classes has to be made with greater clarity than ever. In this article Hilary McColl considers what foreign language learning is really for and how we can justify its inclusion in the curriculum of all our young people. She suggests that for all learners, whatever their ability, foreign language learning only makes sense if it is set within the context of the communities that use the language, and that for some learners these twin concepts of ‘communication’ and ‘community’ can only be understood if we make explicit links between what is distant‐and‐strange and what is close‐and‐familiar. She asks whether the courses we currently offer can achieve the outcomes we say we desire, and suggests what steps we need to take to make them more fit for purpose.     

笑坛争胜小议

本文以文艺史上各艺术种类间的竞争消长为引论,从两方面阐述了当代笑坛上相声与小品闻的激烈竞争:1.竞争的文化背景——荧屏感染效应的出现,给小品的发展带来了机遇,同时也向相声提出了挑战.2.小品与相声竞争所用的手段竟然借鉴于相声——语言的魔力.所以,若相声能在语言功力上,从纵向继承与横向借鉴中求新出异,依然可在笑坛上争春斗俏.     

Navigating Cyberspace: Vision, Textuality and the World Wide Web

This article is an examination of the language, structure and imagery of the World Wide Web. It argues that the Web is not just a rich source of information but offers new ways of seeing and engaging with the world. As well as a consideration of the nature of electronically mediated texts, it looks at the World Wide Web as a kind of meta-text itself which has mythopoeic resonances.     

从认知语用角度论广告语言的意境效果——一项实证研究

在关联理论的研究中，诗意效果是指言语的特别效果，它通过言语一系列弱隐含的实现，获得其最佳关联。诗意效果产生于大脑的一种特别的活动过程，它以广泛的一系列情景假设的启用和连接为基础，为人们在搜寻关联理论对它的解释过程中所触发。     

浅谈高校思想政治理论课教学语言的优化

教学语言是教师“传道、授业、解惑”的主要手段，语言表达直接关系到教学效果的好坏。根据思想政治理论课的学科特点，教师要充分展现本课程特有的教学语言魅力：严密的科学性、明确的思想性、高效的教育性、浓厚的情感性、恰当的生动性、灵活的启发性和强烈的感染性，以提高思想政治理论课的教学效果。     

二语习得的关键期假说及对外语教学的启示

本文回顾了20世纪60年代以来对二语习得关键期的研究,从赞成派和反对派两方面为此理论提供依据,并指出第三种可能:二语习得可能存在多重关键期,即存在多个关键期在不同时期影响语言习得的不同方面。指出成人外语教学应实施不同的教学策略,利用成人外语学习的优势采用相应的教学方法,以达到最佳的学习效果。     

论网络语言的语义构成

本文分析了以汉字为代表的网络语言符号在语义构成上的特点、规律及其成因。分析表明，理性意义在网络语言中仍然是完成交际目标不可或缺的，但附加意义的地位似乎更被看重。在各种附加意义中，形象色彩、情趣色彩、个性色彩等似乎尤为受到青睐，如果把网络表情符、图画、动漫等网络常用的其他符号也考虑在内，则更为显见。     

英语教学中文化教学的必要性和可行性

英语教学中文化教学的必要性体现在：国内外关于跨文化交际以及语言与文化之间关系的理论论述已不少见，但实际教学效果并不如人意。统一原则的缺失和具体策略的模糊是其主要原因。其可行性体现在：宏观上树立合理的．原则和微观上找到合适的策略。     

谈中华民族共同语的历史变迁(上)

中华民族共同语的形成与发展可分为先秦、两汉、魏晋南北朝、隋唐宋、元明清以及近现代六个时期;由于政治、经济、文化各方面因素的影响,各个历史时期的民族共同语呈现出不同的特点,从先秦雅言、两汉通语到六朝时期共同语的南北分化,以及中古时期的中原雅音(正音)、近古时的官话,再发展到现代汉语普通话,中华民族共同语经历了几千年的变迁;现代汉语普通话是在元明清以来官话的基础上逐步发展形成的。