《让子弹飞》：消费文化语境下文学电影改编的典型文本

电影《让子弹飞》的改编是消费文化语境下文学电影改编的典型案例,消费文化的各种要素深刻地影响了它的改编策略：充分发掘文学原著中故事元素,用电影的方式重写文学原著中的故事,保持流行艺术中＂大团圆＂的结构模式,对原著中的人物角色重新设置,突出丑角人物与理想人物,发挥电影的视觉文化功能,创制视觉奇观,变原著的评书体语言为戏谑化的对白。     

青少年前瞻适应现状研究

采用自编的《青少年前瞻适应问卷》,调查了13-19岁青少年的前瞻适应情况。结果表明：1.总体上,青少年前瞻适应水平呈正态分布。2.青少年前瞻适应与学习成绩有显著相关。3.青少年前瞻适应存在显著的年龄差异。在13-19岁青少年中,随着年龄的增长,前瞻适应总分以及两个维度的分数,均呈＂U＂型曲线。4.初中生无论是在前瞻适应总分还是在学习前瞻维度和发展前瞻维度上,均显著高于高中生。     

高职英语教学中“中国文化失语”现象浅析

当前高职英语教学中过多地强调“目的语”文化的学习,而忽略母语文化,造成“中国文化失语”现象。基于对“中国文化失语”现象的分析,认识到在高职英语教学中导入中国文化是十分必要的。应将中国文化融入高职教学,以便提高学生用英语表达中国文化的能力,从而进行有效的跨文化交际。     

政论文中模糊限制语的语用学研究

基于语料库数据对政论文中模糊限制语的使用频率统计,同时基于维氏顺应论分析说话人在政论环境下选择模糊限制语可能出现的顺应性因素,以期于对政论语言研究和模糊语言学的发展提供参考。     

从小说的叙事性到戏剧的小说性

小说的叙事性是小说的主要性质。小说的叙事性使其成为正宗的叙事文学或说是叙事文学的主体。戏剧有无小说性的问题实际上是戏剧有无叙事性的问题。戏剧客观上有许多叙事性。小说的叙事性与戏剧的叙事性在时间、空间、叙述、效果等方面有许多相同点。二者的契合,就产生了戏剧的小说性。中国戏剧的小说性,是在它长期发展过程中溶化、综合叙事艺术而生成的。如将一些经典戏剧改编成小说是一定不乏读者的。戏剧的小说性这种现象,不是戏剧对本体的背叛与变质,而是对周边艺术的浸润与互动。     

英汉委婉语的跨文化比较

就委婉语的使用、社会功能及其化内涵等方面进行跨化对比，指出委婉语是人类语言的普遍现象，就英汉委婉语而言，有雅化禁忌、礼貌、谈化和夸张等方面的相似性。同时，由于两种语言反映的民族特性、化传统、宗教礼仪、道德和价值观念等方面的差异，故其又呈现出民族的特殊性。     

称呼语的跨文化研究

称呼语是社交中的一个重要组成部分。不同的语言有着不同的文化特征，因而称呼语也不同。本文通过对英汉称呼语的比较．讨论了影响两种语言使用的因素和礼貌准则。     

跨文化美学的哲学基础

审美现象和审美活动是美学研究的核心内容,因此跨文化美学的核心问题也就是跨文化审美的问题。客体性的公共性是跨文化美学的物质基础,而主体性的公共性是跨文化美学的生理和心理基础。跨文化美学中还应考察符号和语言问题。     

Exercising a bounded autonomy: novice and experienced teachers’ adaptations to curriculum materials in an age of accountability

This study explores teachers’ first enactments of a set of theory-based curriculum materials designed to support academic language instruction. Specifically, this multiple case study looks at how six middle school English teachers in three US schools adapted the materials; each case includes a pair of teachers, one novice and one more experienced. All schools were located in the same district where a school performance measurement system was being used to publicly rank schools’ academic performance and growth. Multiple measures were used to look for evidence of adaptations and why teachers made adaptations. We found that all teachers adapted the curriculum, most often in response to either perceived student needs or district reform pressures. In two cases, patterns of adaptation differed by teacher experience; experienced teachers appeared better able to adapt curriculum materials to meet instructional goals. This pattern did not hold up at the third school, where teachers faced greater reform pressures. Taken together, these findings suggest that researchers should pay more attention to the role of school and district policy on teachers’ enactments of theory-based reforms. We conclude with guidance to researchers, instructional leaders and others interested in the potential of theory-based curricula as a lever for improving classroom instruction.     

Letting the village be the teacher: a look at community-based learning in Northern Thailand

ABSTRACT

Higher education in the U.S. sees global learning as critical to student development. Over the last seventy years, study abroad has emerged as the method of choice for teaching global knowledge and intercultural competence. In this context, community-based global learning programs are a type of program where students live in communities to learn directly from people and place. Looking at a field studies program in Northern Thailand, this paper explores the educational mobility of study abroad and impact on host communities. It shares findings on the experiences of two communities who have hosted study abroad students for almost twenty years. Best practices and recommendations for faculty and institutions running community-based global learning programs are shared, including the centrality of community voice in curriculum, benefits of applying a range of pedagogical methods on course, the critical nature of adequately preparing students for cultural immersion, and compensating communities justly for their work.