Exploring inclusive pedagogical practices in Hong Kong primary EFL classrooms

Social diversity is now commonplace in many communities in today’s globalised world. This diversity can be seen in any classroom of learners, and international studies have shown the complex ways in which disabilities, race, ethnicity, gender and social class can determine a child’s opportunity to succeed or fail in the education system. In Hong Kong, like in many educational contexts around the world, teachers are grappling with increasing diversity amongst their students, including teaching students with special educational needs (SEN) and non-Chinese speaking students (NCS) living in Hong Kong. This paper examines how three primary TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) teachers are constructing identities as inclusive practitioners as they grapple with enacting the inclusive education policy recently introduced into Hong Kong schools. The data are drawn from a small-scale collaborative reflective inquiry for teacher professional development. Drawing upon a sociocultural and critical framing of identity theory, we trace the three teachers’ identity construction as EFL teachers and inclusive education practitioners. We view the role of discourse, self-positioning and social context as key processes in teacher identity formation. Implications for furthering the development of inclusive education in EFL classrooms are offered.     

语言教学环境中的话语标记语研究

语言教学环境中的话语标记语是确保师生言语交际得以顺利进行的一种有效手段具有组织话语、安排话题和表达情感等语用功能;它能从局部或整体上对语言学习者的认知起制约作用,并引导其对教师的课堂话语进行各种语用识别和后续处理。     

“They Even Speak Tsotsitaal with Their Teachers at School”: The Use (and Abuse) of African Urban Youth Languages in Educational Contexts

Abstract

African Urban Youth Languages (AUYLs) are increasingly coming under the spotlight of linguists and sociolinguists across the continent, who are investigating their relationship to standard and/or vernacular varieties. Simultaneously, they are being discussed by educators and education researchers, although little has yet been published in this critical area. The difficulties for educators posed by students speaking “non-standard” varieties has been highlighted by recent studies investigating literacy and language in the classroom. This article presents an overview of some of the challenges posed to education by AUYLs. It considers recent studies of AUYLs in educational contexts from around the continent. It then presents data from South Africa which highlights different orientations towards the South African AUYL “Tsotsitaal” in educational domains. The argument is made that the position of both teachers and pupils is vulnerable, and that the legitimacy of the distinction between standard language and urban vernacular language needs to be reconsidered.     

关于汉语语感教学的思考

语言教学的目的是培养学习者的语言能力,而语言能力的核心是语感能力。本文通过对少数民族学生学习汉语时对偏误的判断和纠错缘由的测试,以及笔者的教学实践,说明培养学生汉语语感应成为汉语教学的目标,并提出相应的教学建议。     

电视口述历史节目:口述历史新形态

口述历史作为一门科学产生于上世纪40年代的美国，我国于上世纪80年代引进这种方法。分析我国的电视口述历史节目，可知此类节目使用现代化的传播手段，具有一定的新闻性，是对历史的真实、形象、生动、深刻的再现；这类节目的广泛出现与受众的需要、现实生活提供的可能性、传媒人的社会责任感和素质以及传媒问的竞争有密切关系；这类节目在丰富电视的表现形态，补充完善中国当代史，以及传承历史知识方面具有重要的意义。     

交际法在外语教学中的应用

近30年来,交际教学法逐渐受到国内广大外语教师的青睐,且正在外语教学中发挥着积极作用。综述了交际教学法的特点、原则、内容、发展及在实践中应用该教学法所面临的困难,同时,讨论了实施交际教学法的11条途径。     

网络语言语码转换的功能和心理特点

网络语言语码转换涉及方面甚广, 其在功能和心理方面存在诸多特点。通过观察和分析网络会话中(主要是BBS 会话) 的汉英双语现象, 从功能和心理角度对其作初步探索。     

隐喻的消解--于坚诗歌创作片论

诗的语言多是隐喻语言,于坚却利用“口语化”等多种修辞手段,拒绝隐喻,以对“存在”作最大限度的敞亮。其意在反叛“朦胧诗”的诗歌艺术,凸显后现代主义精神和平民价值观。     

初探"松阳普通话"与"标准普通话"间的差异

以松阳人说普通话时所表现出的地方性现象为例，从松阳话的常用词汇语法中去寻找松阳普通话和标准普通话的差异点，探索解决方言普通话向标准普通话转化和提升的方法问题。     

书信、日记魅力管窥

本文从八个方面探讨书信、日记魅力之所在 :一、缘事而发 ,言之有物 ,有一定的目的、追求和意义。二、晓之以理 ,动之以情 ,有较强的感染力和说服力。三、巧用事实 ,铺陈有序 ,论证有力。四、结构严谨、跌宕多姿、形散而神不散。五、叙述、描写、议论与抒情的完美结合。六、富于哲理和思想意义 ,给人以启迪和教育。七、富于知识性、趣味性 ,给人以美的艺术享受。八、语言生动形象、声调谐和、参差错落、铿锵有声