‘Feeling bad’ or ‘being bad?’ The trapping effect of effort in academic failure in a Confucian cultural context

A predicament faced by students who fail academically in East Asian Confucian societies, such as Taiwan, is being obscured by students’ outstanding performances in international academic assessments. This article proposes that there is a trapping effect of effort for these students. They are trapped in a dilemma between ‘feeling bad’ (emotional distress) for exerting too much effort and ‘being bad’ (negative image) for making little effort. Such a dilemma may be worse in the domain of academic achievement than in non-academic domains like the arts, with the former being more directly related to children’s dutiful fulfilment of parental expectations. Two consecutive studies – a scenario experiment with 700 subjects and a survey on past experiences of failure with a sample of 190 – were conducted. The results supported our hypothesis that effort becomes a double-edged sword for students who failed. They are more likely to either ‘feel bad’ or ‘be bad’ after failing academically compared to performing poorly on non-academic activities. Implications of the findings are further discussed.     

英语教学中应注意母语负迁移对汉英翻译中多余词汇现象的影响

母语负迁移现象是二语学习者的障碍和二语习得研究的对象.以汉语为母语的英语学习者在翻译中出现的错译、误译大都是由于受到母语负迁移的影响.特别是汉英翻译中多余词汇的现象,是母语负迁移的明显表现形式.文章通过分析汉英翻译中出现的多余词汇现象,提出了相关的翻译方法、对策以及对大学英语教学的启示.     

高年级大学生负面心态及调整对策

高年级大学生面临着就业、学业、人际冲突等多方面的考验,现实的压力与内心世界的冲突易使他们产生各种负面心理。这些负面心态会对高年级大学生以及在校的其他大学生产生消极的影响。高校只有从理想建设、择业指导、科学管理、心理辅导等方面去培养学生应对挑战的勇气和能力,才能在一定程度上使高年级大学生将负面心态转化为积极心态,进而健康地生活与学习,顺利实现从学校到社会的过渡。     

浅议非常规否定句

通过对否定句研究的回顾和当今语言学界对否定句的认识，得出非常规否定句的定义，并重点研究了非常规否定句产生的原因、非常规否定句的理解及其语用含义。     

规训与交往——两种自由观念对现代道德教育的启示

文章在阐述规训与交往的理论基石即现代道德教育中“逻各斯中心主义”的基础上,从规训与交往的视角反思了现代的道德教育,认为现代的道德教育,正以“压迫”、“奴役”甚至是“暴力”的手段对学生的消极自由进行着“规训”,以“启发”、“诱导”、“灌输”等手段对学生的积极自由进行着不平等的交往,但大学校园的亚文化,学生的价值观念和道德准则却是在自由自主地阅读、上网等各种不同的交往途径中形成的。     

外语习得中母语文化的负迁移现象及对策

外语教学不仅是语言教学，也是化教学。不同化之间具有鲜明的民族性，呈现出不同的化形态，反映到作为化载体的语言上则表现为语言表达的差异。母语化的影响根深蒂固，对目的语的学习必然会产生一定的负迁移作用。由于母语化负迁移造成理解错误，或使交际陷入尴尬境地的例子不胜枚举。如何逐步了解目的语国家的化、增强化差异意识，克服母语化的负迁移现象，是外语学习中的一个重要课题。     

电视新闻报道正负效应的思考

负面报道是对新闻报道意识形态化倾向的反拨;正面报道中的不良手法致使产生负面效应;负面报道常常聚焦社会反常现象,客观上反映了现实矛盾;负面报道的取材更容易迎合受众收视需求,所以有较高的收视率。对负面报道要正面定位;报道宗旨应有破有立;注意报道民生内容要追求理性剖析;媒体应参与受众互动,实现功能延伸。     

Students’ achievement goals,emotion perception ability and affect and performance in the classroom: a multilevel examination

Performance at school is affected not only by students’ achievement goals but also by emotional exchanges among classmates and their teacher. In this study, we investigated relationships between students’ achievement goals and emotion perception ability and class affect and performance. Participants were 949 Greek adolescent students in 49 classes and their Greek language and mathematics teachers. Results from multilevel analyses indicated that students’ mastery-approach and performance-approach goals were positively related to positive affect whereas performance-avoidance goals were negatively related to positive affect. At class-level, relationships between achievement goals and affect were moderated by students’ emotion perception ability. These findings highlight the importance of emotion abilities and their role in motivational processes for class-level outcomes.     

试论先秦儒家道德教育特点、方法及其现实价值

先秦儒家道德教育从教育与自我教育两个方面突出强调一个“情”字,提倡道德教育要关心人的情感,要求道德主体从自己的内心体验,过渡到体贴对方的心情;强调道德主体“自德”精神和行为,对今天学校道德教育仍具有宝贵的借鉴意义。     

汉英中介语拙涩现象分析

本文从汉英两种语言的语言意识差异、句法取向差异以及交际表述习惯差异等方面入手,引用大量语言材料,分析了汉英中介语的一些拙涩现象,以期为中国英语学习者与教学者提供参考。