This study explores the influence of after-school tutoring on reading comprehension skills of students with dyslexia(DD)in grades 3-5 in China and its participating factors.Using a mixed-methods design,the quantitativ...This study explores the influence of after-school tutoring on reading comprehension skills of students with dyslexia(DD)in grades 3-5 in China and its participating factors.Using a mixed-methods design,the quantitative data(GORT-4 reading test)of 50 public primary school students in Qingdao and their parents’feedback were collected through questionnaires,supplemented by semi-structured interviews with eight parents for qualitative analysis.The findings are as follows:(1)Family socioeconomic status and parents’awareness of DD are the key factors to participate in after-school counseling;(2)The students who participated in the after-school counseling performed significantly better in the GORT-4 comprehension test(P<0.05);(3)Counseling makes up for the lack of classroom learning through personalized strategies(such as multi-sensory teaching and phonological awareness training),but parents’psychological support is the core of successful intervention.The necessity of early targeted intervention was emphasized,and practical enlightenment was provided for the educational support system of DD students in China.展开更多
Referring expression comprehension(REC)aims to locate a specific region in an image described by a natural language.Existing two-stage methods generate multiple candidate proposals in the first stage,followed by selec...Referring expression comprehension(REC)aims to locate a specific region in an image described by a natural language.Existing two-stage methods generate multiple candidate proposals in the first stage,followed by selecting one of these proposals as the grounding result in the second stage.Nevertheless,the number of candidate proposals generated in the first stage significantly exceeds ground truth and the recall of critical objects is inadequate,thereby enormously limiting the overall network performance.To address the above issues,the authors propose an innovative method termed Separate Non-Maximum Suppression(Sep-NMS)for two-stage REC.Particularly,Sep-NMS models information from the two stages independently and collaboratively,ultimately achieving an overall improvement in comprehension and identification of the target objects.Specifically,the authors propose a Ref-Relatedness module for filtering referent proposals rigorously,decreasing the redundancy of referent proposals.A CLIP†Relatedness module based on robust multimodal pre-trained encoders is built to precisely assess the relevance between language and proposals to improve the recall of critical objects.It is worth mentioning that the authors are the pioneers in utilising a multimodal pre-training model for proposal filtering in the first stage.Moreover,an Information Fusion module is designed to effectively amalgamate the multimodal information across two stages,ensuring maximum uti-lisation of the available information.Extensive experiments demonstrate that the approach achieves competitive performance with previous state-of-the-art methods.The datasets used are publicly available:RefCOCO,RefCOCO+:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46475-6_5 and RefCOCOg:https://doi.org/10.1109/CVPR.2016.9.展开更多
The human beings can express the outside world and their mental feelings by languages, they know the materials＇ nature by comparing with their similarities. The languages are not only tools in understanding,communica...The human beings can express the outside world and their mental feelings by languages, they know the materials＇ nature by comparing with their similarities. The languages are not only tools in understanding,communication and thinking, but also one element of the cultures. Thinking is a kind of abstract skill, and the language is the vehicle of thinking, through which people can understand the human beings＇ thinking methods and cultural characters. The languages are decided by the culture. Reading comprehension is the readers＇ own behavior, during which the schema plays a key role and readers must combine the new information with their former cultural knowledge, rebuilding the new information so as to understand the deep meanings of the articles.展开更多
A variety of barriers to listening comprehension are illustrated in this paper. They are analyzed respectively and several effective strategies are also presented afterward. The barriers to listening are those of psyc...A variety of barriers to listening comprehension are illustrated in this paper. They are analyzed respectively and several effective strategies are also presented afterward. The barriers to listening are those of psychological quality, language knowledge, cultural background, Chinese interference and so on. The strategies should be as follows: training students' psychological quality,strengthening the teaching and learning of language knowledge,comparing cultural differences, using student-centered teaching method and combining intensive listening and extensive listening.展开更多
Correction to:Nano-Micro Letters(2026)18:10.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01852-8 Following publication of the original article[1],the authors reported that the last author’s name was inadvertently misspelled.Th...Correction to:Nano-Micro Letters(2026)18:10.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01852-8 Following publication of the original article[1],the authors reported that the last author’s name was inadvertently misspelled.The published version showed“Hongzhen Chen”,whereas the correct spelling should be“Hongzheng Chen”.The correct author name has been provided in this Correction,and the original article[1]has been corrected.展开更多
In the teaching of listening comprehension, teachers should be guided by a learner-centered philosophy. Decisions about what will be taught, how it will be taught, when it will be taught, and how it will be assessed w...In the teaching of listening comprehension, teachers should be guided by a learner-centered philosophy. Decisions about what will be taught, how it will be taught, when it will be taught, and how it will be assessed will be made with reference to the learner. With the assistance and guidance of the teacher, learners will develop the ability of learning and therefore enhance their listening comprehension.展开更多
This paper examines reading comprehensions in 2005 MET. Statistic analysis shows that the MET in 2005 have certain validity,but there are some problems existing in these tests. The paper lists the problems and suggest...This paper examines reading comprehensions in 2005 MET. Statistic analysis shows that the MET in 2005 have certain validity,but there are some problems existing in these tests. The paper lists the problems and suggests some methods. The writer hopes that test-designers can pay much attention to them so as to improve the tests quality.展开更多
The background knowledge has the stimulating function in English listening comprehension; it can reduce the psychological pressure before listening, strengthen the confidence and enhance the predictive ability. Theref...The background knowledge has the stimulating function in English listening comprehension; it can reduce the psychological pressure before listening, strengthen the confidence and enhance the predictive ability. Therefore, the paper mainly discusses the importance and influences of linguistic background knowledge and non-linguistic background knowledge in listening comprehension. The author also gives some suggestions on teaching English listening according to the analysis of significances of background knowledge in the paper.展开更多
This paper, with the training of the international talents possessing remarkable English listening and speaking ability,mainly discusses the specific application of the cognitive strategy in different stages of colleg...This paper, with the training of the international talents possessing remarkable English listening and speaking ability,mainly discusses the specific application of the cognitive strategy in different stages of college English listening comprehension.It is expected that the paper can bring some useful enlightenments on the international talents training.展开更多
Ministry of Education started the project of reform on College English teaching, part of the Project of Educational Quality and Reform of Higher Education at the end of 2012, in which the Ministry of Education emphasi...Ministry of Education started the project of reform on College English teaching, part of the Project of Educational Quality and Reform of Higher Education at the end of 2012, in which the Ministry of Education emphasized that the Mute English should be replaced by Practical English. This paper focuses on how to change the teaching mode of English Listening Comprehension, and how to make the lesson be more interesting, more interactive and more cultural via analyzing its current situation.展开更多
The course of any translation usually includes comprehension,expression and proofreading,no matter whether from mother language to a foreign language or from a foreign language to mother language,no matter what kind o...The course of any translation usually includes comprehension,expression and proofreading,no matter whether from mother language to a foreign language or from a foreign language to mother language,no matter what kind of translating method being adopted.Comprehending the original text accurately is the foundation and prerequisite.Incorrect comprehension of the original text will inevitably result in incorrect expression.Analyzing the causes of incorrect comprehension and the ways of getting correct comprehension of the original text can help expound the importance of comprehension in the course of translation with some examples of literature translation,technology translation,and business English translation,etc.展开更多
The ability to comprehend academic lecture is an important part of the necessary proficiency of tertiary level students for whom English is a second or foreign language. The purpose of this research is to investigate ...The ability to comprehend academic lecture is an important part of the necessary proficiency of tertiary level students for whom English is a second or foreign language. The purpose of this research is to investigate the lecture-perceived experience of one non-nativespeaking learner who attending her English medium lecture course in the first semester in New Zealand. It describes how the learner perceives the lecturing experience, the problems she encounters and the strategies she use to overcome these problems.展开更多
Discourse analysis has drawn great attention among linguistics since its birth.Besides its theoretical research,it has been highly valued in teaching fields.In recent years,researchers in China apply it to listening t...Discourse analysis has drawn great attention among linguistics since its birth.Besides its theoretical research,it has been highly valued in teaching fields.In recent years,researchers in China apply it to listening teaching.This paper presents a review of the relevant research in the following aspects:the processing of listening comprehension;the cohesion and coherence of listening texts,the analysis of context of listening texts,the analysis of textual structure of listening texts,and the analysis of topics of listening texts.For the future domestic research of the effective and efficient application of discourse analysis in listening comprehension,some problems and suggestions have been drawn on.展开更多
文摘This study explores the influence of after-school tutoring on reading comprehension skills of students with dyslexia(DD)in grades 3-5 in China and its participating factors.Using a mixed-methods design,the quantitative data(GORT-4 reading test)of 50 public primary school students in Qingdao and their parents’feedback were collected through questionnaires,supplemented by semi-structured interviews with eight parents for qualitative analysis.The findings are as follows:(1)Family socioeconomic status and parents’awareness of DD are the key factors to participate in after-school counseling;(2)The students who participated in the after-school counseling performed significantly better in the GORT-4 comprehension test(P<0.05);(3)Counseling makes up for the lack of classroom learning through personalized strategies(such as multi-sensory teaching and phonological awareness training),but parents’psychological support is the core of successful intervention.The necessity of early targeted intervention was emphasized,and practical enlightenment was provided for the educational support system of DD students in China.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62076032).
文摘Referring expression comprehension(REC)aims to locate a specific region in an image described by a natural language.Existing two-stage methods generate multiple candidate proposals in the first stage,followed by selecting one of these proposals as the grounding result in the second stage.Nevertheless,the number of candidate proposals generated in the first stage significantly exceeds ground truth and the recall of critical objects is inadequate,thereby enormously limiting the overall network performance.To address the above issues,the authors propose an innovative method termed Separate Non-Maximum Suppression(Sep-NMS)for two-stage REC.Particularly,Sep-NMS models information from the two stages independently and collaboratively,ultimately achieving an overall improvement in comprehension and identification of the target objects.Specifically,the authors propose a Ref-Relatedness module for filtering referent proposals rigorously,decreasing the redundancy of referent proposals.A CLIP†Relatedness module based on robust multimodal pre-trained encoders is built to precisely assess the relevance between language and proposals to improve the recall of critical objects.It is worth mentioning that the authors are the pioneers in utilising a multimodal pre-training model for proposal filtering in the first stage.Moreover,an Information Fusion module is designed to effectively amalgamate the multimodal information across two stages,ensuring maximum uti-lisation of the available information.Extensive experiments demonstrate that the approach achieves competitive performance with previous state-of-the-art methods.The datasets used are publicly available:RefCOCO,RefCOCO+:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46475-6_5 and RefCOCOg:https://doi.org/10.1109/CVPR.2016.9.
文摘The human beings can express the outside world and their mental feelings by languages, they know the materials＇ nature by comparing with their similarities. The languages are not only tools in understanding,communication and thinking, but also one element of the cultures. Thinking is a kind of abstract skill, and the language is the vehicle of thinking, through which people can understand the human beings＇ thinking methods and cultural characters. The languages are decided by the culture. Reading comprehension is the readers＇ own behavior, during which the schema plays a key role and readers must combine the new information with their former cultural knowledge, rebuilding the new information so as to understand the deep meanings of the articles.
文摘A variety of barriers to listening comprehension are illustrated in this paper. They are analyzed respectively and several effective strategies are also presented afterward. The barriers to listening are those of psychological quality, language knowledge, cultural background, Chinese interference and so on. The strategies should be as follows: training students' psychological quality,strengthening the teaching and learning of language knowledge,comparing cultural differences, using student-centered teaching method and combining intensive listening and extensive listening.
文摘Correction to:Nano-Micro Letters(2026)18:10.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01852-8 Following publication of the original article[1],the authors reported that the last author’s name was inadvertently misspelled.The published version showed“Hongzhen Chen”,whereas the correct spelling should be“Hongzheng Chen”.The correct author name has been provided in this Correction,and the original article[1]has been corrected.
文摘In the teaching of listening comprehension, teachers should be guided by a learner-centered philosophy. Decisions about what will be taught, how it will be taught, when it will be taught, and how it will be assessed will be made with reference to the learner. With the assistance and guidance of the teacher, learners will develop the ability of learning and therefore enhance their listening comprehension.
文摘This paper examines reading comprehensions in 2005 MET. Statistic analysis shows that the MET in 2005 have certain validity,but there are some problems existing in these tests. The paper lists the problems and suggests some methods. The writer hopes that test-designers can pay much attention to them so as to improve the tests quality.
文摘The background knowledge has the stimulating function in English listening comprehension; it can reduce the psychological pressure before listening, strengthen the confidence and enhance the predictive ability. Therefore, the paper mainly discusses the importance and influences of linguistic background knowledge and non-linguistic background knowledge in listening comprehension. The author also gives some suggestions on teaching English listening according to the analysis of significances of background knowledge in the paper.
文摘This paper, with the training of the international talents possessing remarkable English listening and speaking ability,mainly discusses the specific application of the cognitive strategy in different stages of college English listening comprehension.It is expected that the paper can bring some useful enlightenments on the international talents training.
文摘Ministry of Education started the project of reform on College English teaching, part of the Project of Educational Quality and Reform of Higher Education at the end of 2012, in which the Ministry of Education emphasized that the Mute English should be replaced by Practical English. This paper focuses on how to change the teaching mode of English Listening Comprehension, and how to make the lesson be more interesting, more interactive and more cultural via analyzing its current situation.
文摘The course of any translation usually includes comprehension,expression and proofreading,no matter whether from mother language to a foreign language or from a foreign language to mother language,no matter what kind of translating method being adopted.Comprehending the original text accurately is the foundation and prerequisite.Incorrect comprehension of the original text will inevitably result in incorrect expression.Analyzing the causes of incorrect comprehension and the ways of getting correct comprehension of the original text can help expound the importance of comprehension in the course of translation with some examples of literature translation,technology translation,and business English translation,etc.
文摘The ability to comprehend academic lecture is an important part of the necessary proficiency of tertiary level students for whom English is a second or foreign language. The purpose of this research is to investigate the lecture-perceived experience of one non-nativespeaking learner who attending her English medium lecture course in the first semester in New Zealand. It describes how the learner perceives the lecturing experience, the problems she encounters and the strategies she use to overcome these problems.
文摘Discourse analysis has drawn great attention among linguistics since its birth.Besides its theoretical research,it has been highly valued in teaching fields.In recent years,researchers in China apply it to listening teaching.This paper presents a review of the relevant research in the following aspects:the processing of listening comprehension;the cohesion and coherence of listening texts,the analysis of context of listening texts,the analysis of textual structure of listening texts,and the analysis of topics of listening texts.For the future domestic research of the effective and efficient application of discourse analysis in listening comprehension,some problems and suggestions have been drawn on.
