Finding the common ground: Teachers' and employers' representations of English in an assessment context

There has been a long‐standing debate about how ‘English’ can be defined. Educational policy changes have typically been driven by differing representations of the subject, and have ranged from broad ‘aesthetic’ definitions to more narrow ‘functional’ views. The present study aims to analyse areas of consensus and contention in stakeholders' discourse regarding English. A questionnaire‐based survey and focus groups were used to explore how teachers and employers viewed English as a subject. Their views were conceptualised into three themes: the importance of functional English; English as atomistic versus holistic study; and English as critical thought. These themes are discussed in relation to historical definitions of ‘English’, and their implications for the future reform of English qualifications.     

Six into One: The Contradictory Art School Curriculum and how it Came About

This article reports historical research which sought to understand the present‐day post‐secondary art curriculum through analysing its history in terms of changes in conceptions of art. It found that there have been six distinctive curricula: Apprentice, Academic, Formalist, Expressive, Conceptual and Professional. As a new curriculum has been introduced, it has co‐existed with much contained in a previous one. Most of the curriculum changes have taken place in the past 65 years. During this time, there has been a massive expansion in the education of artists and at the same time art schools accommodated first modernism and then post‐Duchampian aesthetics. A conclusion is that this has made for a very crowded curriculum. Moreover, despite there being an ever increasing choice of things a student might learn, it appears that there is nothing which all students have to learn. It can be problematic that one part of the curriculum is in contradiction to another part, and moreover this lack of a core raises fundamental, ontological questions about what art as a discipline is.     

Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition

In the second language acquisition, the study focus of linguistics is the influence of age factors which has always been considered as one of the most controversial issues. Some experts hold that the y...     

新课程背景下师生教学行为的异化与矫正

新课改以来,由于对课改理念的僵硬化解读,学校精细化管理制度带来的压抑与控制,以及盲目模仿带来的伤根性移植,师生教学行为出现了异化现象:教学资源开发异化为材料的堆砌,教学方法选择异化为学生盲目的探究,教学环境营造异化为缺乏深度思维的"热热闹闹",教学评价异化为盲目赞扬。对课改理念进行个性化解读,学校积极营造创造性教学氛围,以及唤醒师生主体意识是教学异化行为矫正的重要路径。     

南朝诸家玄言诗批评发微

南朝玄言诗批评有别于两晋之时提出的"韵灵旨清"的审美标准。檀道鸾、沈约、江淹、刘勰、钟嵘等人物的批评,并非从其审美标准而言,而渐有以宗《诗》的儒家诗学标准评价玄言诗,且梁代前后稍有不同。     

Employ Game Teaching Method in the Primary School English Classroom

on the basis of linguistics, psychology and other related theory, we should carry out game teaching method to make students learn easily and happily because of the lack of interest and other problems i...     

The role of a digital engineering platform in appropriating the creation of new work-related mind-set and organisational discourse in a large multi-national company

This paper reports on a case study involving a strategic and innovative approach to creation of an in-house multifaceted digital engineering platform (the DEP) in overcoming a number of organisational problems at a multinational engineering company. The DEP was to be used strategically for simplifying the operational complexity and to create and appropriate new work-related mind-set and new organisational discourse to achieve homogenous working across the organisation, which is a huge challenge. The need for this system emerged from the need to resolve many organisational services related problems that carried phenomenal amount of processes, health and safety risks and to regulate, and, control the running of engineering project. Research data were collected using a longitudinal case study approach over a period of six months. In order to make sense of how the DEP helped the organisation, the study used certain elements of Extended Structuration Theory as a lens to assess the case study. This research discovered that the DEP succeeded in creating and appropriating work-related mind-set and organisational discourse. It also had real influence on working processes and employees at all levels while encouraging transparency, responsiveness, agility and accountability. It continues to help the organisation to govern, manage and maintain good standard of service but many barriers still remain.     

凸显理论观照下的汉译英翻译

以10道四级汉译英真题为例,分析考查了英汉两种语言在遣词造句等方面的凸显差异。以期在认知语言学凸显理论的观照下,汉译英翻译能够从大量练习、死记硬背的过程转化为思考、融入、知己知彼、百学不厌的语言习得过程,将中国传统文化更好地输送到世界文化当中。     

新公共管理理论视阈下的高校财务管理

高校财务是高校正常运转的最重要的保障,在整个的高校发展过程中发挥着重要的作用。当前高校在财务管理上还存在一些问题,因此,高校财务管理制度必须立足于新公共管理理论的视角,完善高校的财务管理体制；引入企业的专业化的财务管理的方法、提高财务管理人员的财务管理意识和能力；建立多元化的内部和外部监控机制和提高财务分析的能力,树立正确的风险观。     

关联理论视角下汉语言语礼貌的解读——以莫言的小说《蛙》为例

关联理论认为交际过程是一个明示-推理过程,但从听话人的角度来看,交际中的关联实际只是一个推理的过程。听话人的推理过程往往受到个人因素的影响,本文以莫言的长篇小说《蛙》为语料,分别从四个因素:先存经验的不同、对语境的不同评价、意向的动态变化性以及个体不同的凸显方法来分析汉语言语礼貌的理解机制。