Tall Stories: The Metaphorical Nature of Everyday Talk

This article questions some popular cultural assumptions about the nature of everyday discourse. It claims that such discourse is in fact richly metaphorical and that, through the operation of metaphor, we fictionalise ourselves as we talk. Because literary writing has dominated our culture and curriculum, English teachers have not been encouraged to explore an aspect of language that is at the core of how we think and behave.     

Applying a family systems perspective for understanding parent—professional relationships: a study of families located in the Anglo‐Jewish community

Under current government directives, parents, along with professionals, are ascribed a central role in contributing to the processes associated with meeting their children's special needs. Yet many obstacles continue to hinder the achievement of good working relationships between parents and professionals. For parents located within minority ethnic communities, however, it is known that the challenges to attaining partnership working are often further heightened. Drawing on the day‐to‐day experiences of six families located in one minority ethnic context ‐ the Anglo‐Jewish community ‐ the author uses family systems theory as a useful lens through which parents' understandings of, and responses to professionals can be further interpreted and understood. All the names used in this article are pseudonyms.     

抗战时期贵州苗族特种初等教育

抗战军兴,国民党的统治重心由东南沿海逐渐向相对落后的,少数民族聚居的西南、西北地区转移,如何发展边远少数民族地区经济？如何处理和少数民族的关系？凝聚各民族的力量支持抗战,成为当时必须面对的一个重要问题.贵州处于西南地区中部,地理位置重要,而苗族在贵州人口中占有很大的比例,因此发展贵州苗族地区社会经济问题,在西南地区建设中占有重要的地位.而教育的作用在战时更为突出,发展苗族特种教育成为解决这一问题的关键.本文就抗战时期贵州苗族特种初等教育快速发展的原因、特点、成效作一探讨,以期对今天的少数民族教育有一点启示.     

大学英语“情景模拟”教学法探析

＂情景模拟＂教学有利于提高学生的英语表达能力和交际能力,有利于调动学生学习英语的积极性、主动性,但是运用情景模拟教学法需要教师和学生转变教学观念,认真设置有关情景,建立一定的评估机制和奖惩机制,并遵循一定的程序,按照模拟前的工作、模拟中的工作、模拟后的工作三个环节展开教学。     

Student Evaluations as Effective Indicators of Learning Outcomes：Evi-dence from Japanese University Students in English Language Courses

The term“student learning outcomes”refers to the knowledge, skills, and abilitiesthat students achieve during a course, and is typically assessed based on student evaluations conducted at the end of th...     

A Study of English Euphemism under Politeness Principle

English euphemism is a rather polite and appropriate language expressions used for the avoidance of taboo and inappropriate language.Politeness Principle is an important Pragmatic theorywhich is a remedy of the Cooperative Principle,their existence can make communication and talking between people proceed as expected,euphemism is a typical application of these two principles in practical context.In this essay,euphemism and the Politeness Principle are combined under the background of practical use of euphemism,the effect of the melting of euphemism with Politeness Principleare explained in Pragmatics in order to illustratethat euphemism bears a close relationship with pragmatics.The conclusion is that there exist elements of politeness in euphemism.     

China English under the Circumstances of World English

With the spread of English,English becomes a world language.In the process of blending with various cultures of different countries,there are many varieties of English language. China English,as one of English varieties,conveys unique things to Chinese society in accordance with the way English native speakers use English,and plays a vital role in cross-cultural communication,translation and English teaching in China.     

A Study on the Application of the Pictographic Memorizing Method in Senior High School English Vocabulary Teaching

In this paper, upon the pictographic theory and the behaviorist theory, based on Xiang’s(2007) pictographic memorizing method, the author designs the corresponding procedure of the senior high school English vocabulary teaching. This research results show that, the application of the pictographic memorizing method in senior high school English vocabulary teaching is feasible and the teaching effect is relatively good.     

The Application of TBA in English Writing Teaching

The theory of Task-based Approach (TBA), an influential language teaching and learning theory, was put forward by lan?guage teaching scholars and the second language acquisition researchers based on lo...