Should I stay or should I go? Predictors and effects of studying abroad during high school

In an increasingly globalized and culturally diverse world, extended stays abroad during high school are considered important opportunities for acquiring and improving a variety of skills, most importantly, language achievement. This study examines both predictors and effects of studying abroad in an English-speaking country during high school, using population data from the second largest city in Germany (N = 5361; 13% went abroad). In order to determine the most central predictors of studying abroad, we employed logistic regression models in which students’ socioeconomic background emerged as the strongest predictor of studying abroad. To test the effects of studying abroad, we applied propensity score matching. Studying abroad had positive effects on standardized achievement, grades, and course choice in English, whereas it had hardly any effects on outcomes in math. Implications for studying abroad during high school and future research directions are discussed.     

Recording the war effort: immigrant communities in Latin America and the memory of the Great War

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to analyse the initiatives undertaken by some immigrant communities residing in Latin America to record their mobilisation around the First World War. After the armistice, European communities in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and other countries gathered detailed information about their activities during the conflict, published as profusely illustrated books of remembrance, offered to their governments as proof of their loyalty. The article intends to establish the peculiar nature of these publications as records of the war effort, and analyse the agents and processes of their elaboration, and their role as commemorative but also as archival documents.     

不同文化背景下体育文化的共性与个性分析

体育文化作为文化的一个分支，不可避免地会受到各自不同国家、民族和地区的文化背景的影响，而深深地打上各自极具国家、民族和地区鲜明特点的烙印，但与此同时，体育文化作为全人类共同的文化财富，它们之间存在着共性。     

Does the Model of Language in the National Literacy Strategy Create Failure for Pupils from Differing Language Backgrounds?

The National Literacy Strategy (NLS) was introduced by the government in the wake of the hotly debated issue of falling educational standards in the UK. All schools were required to adopt the NLS Literacy Hour unless they could show their preferred programme would result in raised levels of achievement. My experience of delivering the Literacy Hour has been a process of adaptation to the needs of my pupils, who are drawn mainly from groups whose language backgrounds differ from that which is dominant in school. I have found that the requirements of NLS, together with many of the commercial resources used to teach it, are not appropriate for pupils from these groups and a question arose: is it the pupils who are in some way deficient or is it the approach and the resources being used? This article takes a case study of the use of a commercially produced resource to explore the model of language implicit in NLS, the kinds of resources it generates and the ways in which this creates failure in pupils from different language backgrounds. It then considers the New Literacy Studies and their implications for an alteration in our approach.     

谈大学英语教学中的文化导入

近年来，外语界普遍认识到社会文化背蒂知识在语言教学中的重要性。为了正确理解英语，并能与英美人进行得体有效的交际，大学生应对英美社会文化背景有所了解。本文将就大学英语教学中文化导入的必要性以及文化导入的方法等问题提出自己的浅见。     

英汉动物词汇的对比研究

由于文化背景的不同,英汉动物词汇所表述的意义存在着较大的差异。就几种动物词汇在不同的文化背景中所体现的不同的文化内涵进行对比研究,以期对提高动物词汇的运用和语言的互译能力有所帮助。     

上党战役述评

上党战役是解放区军民在抗日战争胜利后,保卫胜利果实的第一次大规模自卫反击战,曾受到毛泽东主席的高度赞扬。本文对上党战役发生的历史背景、经过、影响进行了客观的分析。     

简论跨文化交际的失误

跨越不同文化背景的交际常会发生故障 ,使交际双方产生误解其原因不仅限于发音、语法和词汇等语言各方面 ,还有其它如文化背景的原因 ,影响了有效交际 ,本文就此进行了初步探讨     

从中西方文化传统比较谈创新教育

创新教育作为一种教育理念和行为,无可避免地带有文化传统的烙印。中西方文化传统在哲学上的殊源、思维上的差异、政治模式上的不同,以及文化背景上的反差,决定了我们的创新教育的艰巨性。为此,实施创新教育必须建立大人才观和长效性战略意识,注重创新精神和良好思维方式的培养,注重创新人格的塑造。     

和平崛起背景下的国防建设和军事体育

和平崛起是一个时代的话语，是新一届中央政府治国和外交的战略新思维。中国是一个历史悠久的明古国，有深厚的化底蕴，为和平崛起理念提供了坚实的化根基和历史依据。在和平崛起视野下，国防建设和军事体育要具有新的战略思路，体制创新，内涵发展，为民族之复兴和抵御外患，肩负起时代赋予的使命。