建构主义语境下《英美概况》数字化教学模式研究

信息化时代中《英美概况》课程教学应该以培养学生思辨能力和跨文化交际能力为核心,充分利用数字新媒体,从师生教学主体入手,共同建构内在的文化知识体系,在对西方文化现象了解和理解的基础上进行反思与借鉴。本文依据主体认知建构论和社会、文化建构思想,结合教学主体、内容、过程和手段,探讨《英美概况》课程的数字化教学模式,从而充分利用信息化平台所营造的互动交流空间,调动认知主体的能动性、思辨性和创造性,更有利于培养学生处理文化差异的敏感性、宽容性、灵活性和跨文化交流能力。     

Creating pretence and sharing friendship: modal expressions in children's play

Friendships and play provide children with opportunities for mutual engagement, which both require and facilitate children's language use. Modality is a semantic system in the language associated with children's learning. One way in which modality is realised is through linguistic expressions which allow speakers to moderate the degree of certainty about the truth of propositions (expressions of possibility) and the degree of necessity with respect to proposals (expressions of obligation). No research has explored the relationship between friendship and children's use of modality. This paper reports on the use of both types of modal expression during play between five- and six-year-old children in two friendship contexts. Results showed that possibility expressions occurred at similar rates in both contexts while obligation expressions occurred significantly more often in play in high-level friendships than in low-level friendships. Findings suggest that in high-level friendships modality was used cohesively to create and extend pretend play, whereas in low-level friendships it was used to regulate behaviour. Because modal expressions are important resources for managing interpersonal relationships, for talking about ideas and situations beyond the here and now and for writing for a non-present audience, our findings provide valuable insights for educators of young children.     

浅谈中国英语对中学英语教学的启发

随着中国经济的飞速发展,中国在世界发展的舞台上扮演着愈加重要的角色。中国在吸收外来文化的同时,也急需将将自己文化介绍出去,而世界也需要也解中国的文化。中国英语,渗透着中国独有的文化传统,将有效地解决国人在跨文化交际中所遇到的尴尬问题,即文化“失语”现象。     

性别及生源地与高校非英语专业全英班学员跨文化意识的关系探究--以海南医学院全英班为例

全英班全英文授课的教学方式源自国外,其为外语教学中跨文化教学的融合提供了诸多便利,是近几年诸多高校提升教学质量,提高学生素质,扩大国际交流的一种教学形式,因此目前大多数高校非英语专业全英班皆已融入跨文化意识的培养内容。而从全英班入学选拔开始,教育决策者就必须考虑不同背景的生源对今后跨文化教学所带来的影响。本文就笔者所就职院校---海南医学院近年开设的临床专业全英班性别及生源地调查分析,就教学前期的招生准备工作进行实证研究,探讨非英语专业全英班性别及生源地差异对全英班先前的跨文化意识积淀及后期实施跨文化意识培养所可能带来的影响,并讨论这种影响与后期跨文化教学可能存在的联系,继而提出后期教学环节上的改良建议。     

浅谈大学生跨文化非言语交际能力培养对策

如今,大学生跨文化交际能力受到越来越多的重视,然而对于非言语交际能力的培养往往容易被忽视。非言语交际是以文化为基础,同样承载着各种文化内涵,非言语交际能力作为跨文化交际的重要一部分,对跨文化交流的顺利进行起着举足轻重的作用。本文主要从对大学生尤其是非英语专业学生非言语交际能力培养的现状入手,来浅谈大学生跨文化非言语交际能力培养的对策,从而使外语教师在此方面的教学能够得到些许启发,使大学生们能够更顺畅地与异文化交际者进行沟通交流。     

普华永道中美网站英文简介文体对比分析

随着全球化和互联网的发展越来越多的中国企业依靠电子商务走出国门，企业英文简介是公司利用网络对外宣传的重要媒介。此文从文体学视角运用个案对比分析方法，从词汇，语法，修辞手段三个层面探究了普华永道企业在美国网站和中国网站上的企业英文简介文本的异同，从中得出跨文化商务沟通启示以建议中国企业在编写企业英文简介时顺应外国文化。分析表明两篇文本均使用了大量及物动词，多次使用现在时和主动语态并且多次应用重复和平行结构修辞手法，但是在难度指数，阅读难易程度，情感表达和正式程度方面表现出不同。     

Balancing Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion in Education: The Potential of Shared Education in Divided Contexts

This article considers how the education systems of divided societies have been shaped in response to the experience of ethnic and religious conflict. The analysis identifies two competing priorities in such contexts – the development of social cohesion and the protection of cultural, ethnic and religious identities – and explores how these may be reconciled through a model of ‘shared education’. Drawing on research evidence and recent experience of shared education in Northern Ireland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Cyprus, we reflect on the advantages and challenges of this model in areas experiencing conflict and division.     

Face-to-face contact in blended learning for intercultural education: the role of teachers

In societies experiencing or emerging from conflict, teachers often deliver educational programmes designed to build community cohesion. We report on research which examined teachers’ views of the implementation of a programme involving both face-to-face and online contact between pupils. Findings suggest that this blended approach is highly motivational, enhancing online work and relationship building. The research underlines the importance of the political, educational and historical context for work of this sort and the impact this has on the particular blend of online and face-to-face interaction. Implications for policymakers and teachers include value for money and sustainability of blended intercultural education in similar contexts.     

Shaping global teacher identity in a short-term mobility programme

This article explores the shaping of Australian and Malaysian pre-service teachers’ possible selves in a short-term mobility programme. With the theory of possible selves, individuals imagine who they will become based on their past and current selves. The focus of the research was on pre-service teachers’ possible selves as global and culturally responsive teachers. The experiential learning through participation in the programme allowed participants to consider their future possible selves as teachers with a deeper understanding of diverse learners’ needs and how they might strive to address these needs in their own classrooms. The scaffolding of reflections in the programme encouraged the pre-service teachers to take on multiple perspectives, to step outside their comfort zones and in many ways to see the world from different eyes. The research found that through experiential learning in the short-term mobility programme both the Australian and Malaysian pre-service teachers gained in positioning their cultural selves currently and as future teachers, suggesting that there is merit in utilising the theory of possible selves in future research in the area of shaping teacher identity.