Language anxiety and language motivation have been studied extensively by experts in foreign language （FL） learning. Both of these constructs have been found to be closely correlated to FL achievement. In this artic...Language anxiety and language motivation have been studied extensively by experts in foreign language （FL） learning. Both of these constructs have been found to be closely correlated to FL achievement. In this article, the author has reviewed foreign language anxiety, language motivation and the relationship between language motivation and language anxiety.展开更多
Pragmatics has gotten more and more attention since its decades'long history. As a branch of studying linguistics, the studying of pragmatics is focusing on how to understanding and using language in special conte...Pragmatics has gotten more and more attention since its decades'long history. As a branch of studying linguistics, the studying of pragmatics is focusing on how to understanding and using language in special context, and to achieve the purpose that using foreign language to communicate. Pragmatics makes a new road to solve this problem. This paper is focusing on the relationship between pragmatics and foreign language teaching, the using and the enlightenment. Then we can get more methods to improve the foreign language teaching.展开更多
English learning involves listening,speaking,reading and writing,and each aspect of them can not be ignored.What matters in improving reading ability is to cultivate English reading interest of high school students at...English learning involves listening,speaking,reading and writing,and each aspect of them can not be ignored.What matters in improving reading ability is to cultivate English reading interest of high school students at first.Interest is the best teacher,and also an indirect way to improve high school students’ability of English reading.As a high school student,I put forward some views and opinions on the cultivation of high school students'interest in English reading which are based on my own learning experience.Hoping to help the peers in English reading.展开更多
The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China has issued three guideline documents to encourage inquiry teaching to help students develop their ability to question,which is a defining feature of critica...The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China has issued three guideline documents to encourage inquiry teaching to help students develop their ability to question,which is a defining feature of critical thinking.Two of the documents have clearly stated that English subject teaching should focus on building students’thinking capacity.Critical thinking is an essential feature of building thinking capacity and a key element of the core competencies the English subject seeks to cultivate.This research measures the performance of students of two high school classes in the exams conducted at the beginning,in the middle,and at the end of the experiment period during which inquiry teaching was applied to enhance students’critical thinking ability.The experiment results show that inquiry teaching can improve students’academic performance in English study and help them better develop their language skills.The implementation of the inquiry design in teaching listening,reading,and writing conforms to the law that governs the development of critical thinking,and the adoption of inquiry teaching can promote the development of critical thinking.展开更多
More prominence is given to cultural awareness as a general objective in modem language curriculum. But in the implementation of cultural content and assessment within the curriculum raise issues： How the language te...More prominence is given to cultural awareness as a general objective in modem language curriculum. But in the implementation of cultural content and assessment within the curriculum raise issues： How the language teachers integrate the cultural awareness into the language classroom or outside class and how it is assessed effectively？ This paper first reviews the content of cultural awareness and assessment approaches at different stages in the curriculum. And then, some teaching cultural skills are mentioned on the base of making some observations on the cultural element of the curriculum. Finally, the author thinks that the assessment approach： cultural portfolios and projects should be advocated to help students in gaining insights into the target culture.展开更多
In this paper, we conduct research on the college English teaching innovation methods based on the theory of multiple intelligence and language cognitive. Gardner Suggestions to teaching points out: “the relevant con...In this paper, we conduct research on the college English teaching innovation methods based on the theory of multiple intelligence and language cognitive. Gardner Suggestions to teaching points out: “the relevant content can be shown by a variety of ways, such as teachers, books, software, hardware, or other media. In many cases, the choice of the above shows patterns, lead to the success of education experience. History can have language, logic, space, or the general pattern of personal understanding to teaching, and even can also use the space geometry teaching classroom, logic, the language and digital methods such as ability to implement teaching.” This paper combines primary theories of the corresponding issues to propose the novel understanding of the modern college English education mode that will be benefi cial for the education mode optimization.展开更多
In this paper, we conduct research on current situation of development of phenomenology and the influences on language cognition. Language is a part of human cognition, it not only by the group, including cultural typ...In this paper, we conduct research on current situation of development of phenomenology and the influences on language cognition. Language is a part of human cognition, it not only by the group, including cultural types and communication mode, objective social constraints, as also shared with human cognitive subject and the innate cognitive ability is closely related. Thus, the perspective of the cognitive linguistics and the cognitive introduced for expanding and deepening the research on cognitive linguistics has an important value. From the cognitive perspective and reveals language internalization mechanism is an important path to deepen the study of second language acquisition. So, with multidimensional research value and cognition, can provide important theoretical reference for language internalization. At the same time, the body cognitive is not the purpose of people, but merely a device methods or strategies. That is to say, those who have an information, experience and knowledge module, just as the main body of language cognition of raw materials, they need by the consciousness of main body of the higher order language system to filter, restructuring, deformation and consolidation, and language simulation of this new product for the secondary and experience.展开更多
Words are the basic material of language. Vocabulary is one of the important standards for measuring English levels. Mastering a certain amount of vocabulary is the key to learning English well. However, the obstructi...Words are the basic material of language. Vocabulary is one of the important standards for measuring English levels. Mastering a certain amount of vocabulary is the key to learning English well. However, the obstructions of learning vocabulary still exist. According to students＇ psychological features, the author discusses fresh and flexible ways of English vocabulary teaching. It makes vocabulary teaching vivid and easy to understand and memorize. This paper discusses some methods that how the teachers learn to teach words and how the students learn to grasp words, which based on the importance and the current situation of vocabulary teaching in middle school.展开更多
Interest in studying individual differences （IDs） is driven by a trend characteristic of educational psychology in general and of second language acquisition （SLA） research in particular. Language learning motivat...Interest in studying individual differences （IDs） is driven by a trend characteristic of educational psychology in general and of second language acquisition （SLA） research in particular. Language learning motivation and self-determination theory （SDT） and an SDT-sub theory framework termed cognitive evaluation theory （CET） are reviewed in this article.展开更多
As an important means of the internationalization of the nation’s literature,translation is also a process of transplanting and transmission of cultures.Tess of the d’Urbervilles is one of the masterpieces of Thomas...As an important means of the internationalization of the nation’s literature,translation is also a process of transplanting and transmission of cultures.Tess of the d’Urbervilles is one of the masterpieces of Thomas Hardy who was a brilliant realism writer in Victoria period.ZhangGuruo had been called“the professor of Thomas Hardy studies”whose translated version had received many great comments in other fields.The author is trying to explore the special identities and problems in the version translated by Zhang Guruo by the angles of domestication and foreignization,and their added questions about the translation strategies.展开更多
This paper argues for the need of the reappraisal of the formulaic aspect of language in second language acquisition by drawing insights from recent development in applied linguistics, psycholinguistics and corpus lin...This paper argues for the need of the reappraisal of the formulaic aspect of language in second language acquisition by drawing insights from recent development in applied linguistics, psycholinguistics and corpus linguistics. This library study begins by reviewing the dual-nature view of language in relation to formulaic aspect of language. Then, a brief survey of evidence from corpus linguistics is provided to demonstrate the formulaicity of language. What follows is the discussion of rehearsal and implicit learning vis-a-vis memory from the perspective of psycholinguistics. After that, the role of formulaic language in second language acquisition is examined by taking stock of empirical findings that have accumulated in this area. Finally, by way of conclusion, how the formulaicity of language can shed light on second/foreign language teaching theory is illustrated.展开更多
This study discusses English as an international language and English teaching in China. Concerning this subject, the paper elaborates the following seven aspects: the concept and features of English as an internation...This study discusses English as an international language and English teaching in China. Concerning this subject, the paper elaborates the following seven aspects: the concept and features of English as an international language, emergence of new varieties of Englishes, emergence of new varieties of Englishes, the impact of economic globalization on the scope of the English language, the controversy of English standardization and localization, English localization in China and the revelation of English globalization to English teaching.展开更多
With the purpose of having a better understanding,this article discusses the correlations between language, culture and thought as well their interactions. They not only correlate but also are different social phenome...With the purpose of having a better understanding,this article discusses the correlations between language, culture and thought as well their interactions. They not only correlate but also are different social phenomena. They are dependent and mutually influenced with Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis as its main points.展开更多
This paper discusses the transformation of art education in anticipation of the future school,and emphasizes the key role of art education in cultivating students’creativity,aesthetic ability,thinking ability,and mee...This paper discusses the transformation of art education in anticipation of the future school,and emphasizes the key role of art education in cultivating students’creativity,aesthetic ability,thinking ability,and meeting social needs.The shortcomings and delays in the traditional art education mode have become evident,prompting the need to explore innovative educational methods.Digital art education is emerging as a means to offer a more immersive art experience through virtual and augmented reality technologies while broadening students’cultural horizons.Interdisciplinary integration combines art with science,engineering,mathematics,and other disciplines to cultivate students’comprehensive literacy and innovative thinking.The innovative spirit and the application of educational technology help students overcome difficulties and continuously improve their work.The article also emphasizes the alignment between art education and social needs,the importance of social support and resources,and the training and development of teachers.展开更多
"A driving instructor can teach people driving without knowing anything about car mechanics. So why should a language teacher know anything about linguistics? "To answer the question, this paper discusses th..."A driving instructor can teach people driving without knowing anything about car mechanics. So why should a language teacher know anything about linguistics? "To answer the question, this paper discusses the relevance of linguistics to language teaching, analyses the value of linguistics to a language teacher and ends up with a conclusion that a language teacher should learn something about linguistics.展开更多
The meaning of the term“reduction”in Double Reduction Policy implores teachers to reflect on their teaching process and improve teaching efficiency.Not only should the quantity be reduced,but so should the behavior....The meaning of the term“reduction”in Double Reduction Policy implores teachers to reflect on their teaching process and improve teaching efficiency.Not only should the quantity be reduced,but so should the behavior.Having a comprehensive understanding of the students’learning process is actually a form of science.Therefore,we need to study and enhance its development[1].In order to reduce the learning burden and increase the efficiency of classroom teaching,we must clearly identify the inefficient and ineffective behaviors in classroom teaching,so as to avoid the following situations:a lack of deep thinking,a lack of ability in lesson preparation,fragmentation of questions and answers,a lack of questions that highlight the key points,anticlimax teaching process,and the habit of running over time in class[2,3].On this basis,this paper elaborates the current education state and clarifies the basic requirements of effective classroom teaching.Meanwhile,to reduce students’workload and increase the efficiency in carrying out assignments,much attention should be paid to optimizing assignment design and refining homework review and feedback.The purpose is to assign homework with an appropriate amount(achievable),precision(targeted),and suitability(personalized).Putting an end to the repetitious and unified training is not enough to improve the effect.展开更多
Reading, as an important part of primary school Chinese teaching activities is of great help to the improvement of students comprehensive Chinese literacy. Through reading, students can enrich their knowledge reserves...Reading, as an important part of primary school Chinese teaching activities is of great help to the improvement of students comprehensive Chinese literacy. Through reading, students can enrich their knowledge reserves, expand their horizons, and cultivate their thinking ability. More importantly, through reading, it is of great help to the development of students physical and mental health and the cultivation of correct values and outlook on life. Therefore, it is very important to carry out reading teaching efficiently in primary school Chinese reading teaching. In primary school Chinese teaching in China, the teaching standard of the new curriculum clearly stipulates that students should be helped to understand the meaning of works, feel the characters in articles, and taste the authors language writing style, so that students can resonate with the author from the heart. "Text intensive reading", as a term of Chinese criticism of western literary theory in the 20th century, means to analyze the characteristics of the text from the perspective of semantics, so as to have a deeper understanding of the article, which fits well with the purpose and significance of Chinese teaching in primary schools in China. In the teaching of Chinese reading in primary schools, careful reading of texts can not only improve the reading effect and make students have a deeper understanding of the article, but also cultivate students good reading habits through careful reading of texts, which is of great benefit to students future reading. How to carry out text reading in primary school Chinese reading teaching is described in detail below.展开更多
In junior high school music teaching, teachers tend to neglect the teaching of music appreciation. In the "Compulsory Education Music Curriculum Standard 2011 Edition", it is pointed out: "Feeling and a...In junior high school music teaching, teachers tend to neglect the teaching of music appreciation. In the "Compulsory Education Music Curriculum Standard 2011 Edition", it is pointed out: "Feeling and appreciation are important areas of music learning, the basis of the whole music learning activity, and an effective way to cultivate students musical aesthetic ability. The formation of good music feeling ability and appreciation ability is of great significance for students to enrich their emotions, improve their cultural quality and improve their physical and mental health." So, how to achieve high precision and make students happy to participate in music appreciation teaching? The author believes that if students can accurately grasp the theme of music, they will also be able to feel the focus of the work, which plays an important role in the understanding of the work. According to the authors own practice, the author divides the appreciation repertoire in the junior high school textbooks of Jiangsu Childrens Publishing House into three ways to appreciate. In the actual teaching, the author effectively improves the appreciation ability on the basis of guiding the students to master the music theme.展开更多
文摘Language anxiety and language motivation have been studied extensively by experts in foreign language （FL） learning. Both of these constructs have been found to be closely correlated to FL achievement. In this article, the author has reviewed foreign language anxiety, language motivation and the relationship between language motivation and language anxiety.
文摘Pragmatics has gotten more and more attention since its decades'long history. As a branch of studying linguistics, the studying of pragmatics is focusing on how to understanding and using language in special context, and to achieve the purpose that using foreign language to communicate. Pragmatics makes a new road to solve this problem. This paper is focusing on the relationship between pragmatics and foreign language teaching, the using and the enlightenment. Then we can get more methods to improve the foreign language teaching.
文摘English learning involves listening,speaking,reading and writing,and each aspect of them can not be ignored.What matters in improving reading ability is to cultivate English reading interest of high school students at first.Interest is the best teacher,and also an indirect way to improve high school students’ability of English reading.As a high school student,I put forward some views and opinions on the cultivation of high school students'interest in English reading which are based on my own learning experience.Hoping to help the peers in English reading.
基金funded by 2021 Hunan Educational Science 14th-Five-Year Plan Project:Research on the Critical Thinking Ability Assessment Reform of English Subject under the New College Entrance Examination(Approval No.:XJK21BKS001)2022 General Funded Project of Hunan Social Science Achievement Review Committee:Research on the Development and Diagnostic Assessment of Critical Thinking Competence Rating Scale for English Learners based CSE(Project Approval No.:XSP22YBZ086)。
文摘The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China has issued three guideline documents to encourage inquiry teaching to help students develop their ability to question,which is a defining feature of critical thinking.Two of the documents have clearly stated that English subject teaching should focus on building students’thinking capacity.Critical thinking is an essential feature of building thinking capacity and a key element of the core competencies the English subject seeks to cultivate.This research measures the performance of students of two high school classes in the exams conducted at the beginning,in the middle,and at the end of the experiment period during which inquiry teaching was applied to enhance students’critical thinking ability.The experiment results show that inquiry teaching can improve students’academic performance in English study and help them better develop their language skills.The implementation of the inquiry design in teaching listening,reading,and writing conforms to the law that governs the development of critical thinking,and the adoption of inquiry teaching can promote the development of critical thinking.
文摘More prominence is given to cultural awareness as a general objective in modem language curriculum. But in the implementation of cultural content and assessment within the curriculum raise issues： How the language teachers integrate the cultural awareness into the language classroom or outside class and how it is assessed effectively？ This paper first reviews the content of cultural awareness and assessment approaches at different stages in the curriculum. And then, some teaching cultural skills are mentioned on the base of making some observations on the cultural element of the curriculum. Finally, the author thinks that the assessment approach： cultural portfolios and projects should be advocated to help students in gaining insights into the target culture.
文摘In this paper, we conduct research on the college English teaching innovation methods based on the theory of multiple intelligence and language cognitive. Gardner Suggestions to teaching points out: “the relevant content can be shown by a variety of ways, such as teachers, books, software, hardware, or other media. In many cases, the choice of the above shows patterns, lead to the success of education experience. History can have language, logic, space, or the general pattern of personal understanding to teaching, and even can also use the space geometry teaching classroom, logic, the language and digital methods such as ability to implement teaching.” This paper combines primary theories of the corresponding issues to propose the novel understanding of the modern college English education mode that will be benefi cial for the education mode optimization.
文摘In this paper, we conduct research on current situation of development of phenomenology and the influences on language cognition. Language is a part of human cognition, it not only by the group, including cultural types and communication mode, objective social constraints, as also shared with human cognitive subject and the innate cognitive ability is closely related. Thus, the perspective of the cognitive linguistics and the cognitive introduced for expanding and deepening the research on cognitive linguistics has an important value. From the cognitive perspective and reveals language internalization mechanism is an important path to deepen the study of second language acquisition. So, with multidimensional research value and cognition, can provide important theoretical reference for language internalization. At the same time, the body cognitive is not the purpose of people, but merely a device methods or strategies. That is to say, those who have an information, experience and knowledge module, just as the main body of language cognition of raw materials, they need by the consciousness of main body of the higher order language system to filter, restructuring, deformation and consolidation, and language simulation of this new product for the secondary and experience.
文摘Words are the basic material of language. Vocabulary is one of the important standards for measuring English levels. Mastering a certain amount of vocabulary is the key to learning English well. However, the obstructions of learning vocabulary still exist. According to students＇ psychological features, the author discusses fresh and flexible ways of English vocabulary teaching. It makes vocabulary teaching vivid and easy to understand and memorize. This paper discusses some methods that how the teachers learn to teach words and how the students learn to grasp words, which based on the importance and the current situation of vocabulary teaching in middle school.
文摘Interest in studying individual differences （IDs） is driven by a trend characteristic of educational psychology in general and of second language acquisition （SLA） research in particular. Language learning motivation and self-determination theory （SDT） and an SDT-sub theory framework termed cognitive evaluation theory （CET） are reviewed in this article.
文摘As an important means of the internationalization of the nation’s literature,translation is also a process of transplanting and transmission of cultures.Tess of the d’Urbervilles is one of the masterpieces of Thomas Hardy who was a brilliant realism writer in Victoria period.ZhangGuruo had been called“the professor of Thomas Hardy studies”whose translated version had received many great comments in other fields.The author is trying to explore the special identities and problems in the version translated by Zhang Guruo by the angles of domestication and foreignization,and their added questions about the translation strategies.
文摘This paper argues for the need of the reappraisal of the formulaic aspect of language in second language acquisition by drawing insights from recent development in applied linguistics, psycholinguistics and corpus linguistics. This library study begins by reviewing the dual-nature view of language in relation to formulaic aspect of language. Then, a brief survey of evidence from corpus linguistics is provided to demonstrate the formulaicity of language. What follows is the discussion of rehearsal and implicit learning vis-a-vis memory from the perspective of psycholinguistics. After that, the role of formulaic language in second language acquisition is examined by taking stock of empirical findings that have accumulated in this area. Finally, by way of conclusion, how the formulaicity of language can shed light on second/foreign language teaching theory is illustrated.
文摘This study discusses English as an international language and English teaching in China. Concerning this subject, the paper elaborates the following seven aspects: the concept and features of English as an international language, emergence of new varieties of Englishes, emergence of new varieties of Englishes, the impact of economic globalization on the scope of the English language, the controversy of English standardization and localization, English localization in China and the revelation of English globalization to English teaching.
文摘With the purpose of having a better understanding,this article discusses the correlations between language, culture and thought as well their interactions. They not only correlate but also are different social phenomena. They are dependent and mutually influenced with Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis as its main points.
基金This paper is one of the promotion achievements of the 2018 key project of the National Educational Technology Research Planning Project of the Central Audio-Visual Education Museum“Practical Research on Promoting High School Students’Art Performance Literacy by Information Technology”(Project number:184420013)One of the promotion achievements of Zhongshan Education and Scientific Research 2020 general project“Research on the Aesthetic Education Function of Famous Illustrations in Chinese Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Schools Published by People’s Education Press”(Project number:B2020175)One of the learning and training achievements of the“Guangdong Provincial Famous Principal Wan Fei Workshop.”This abstract is selected from author Yihong Li for the“National Training Program”early 2021 Middle School Art Backbone Teacher Workshop(A314)teaching topic“The Transformation of Art Education Towards the Future School.”。
文摘This paper discusses the transformation of art education in anticipation of the future school,and emphasizes the key role of art education in cultivating students’creativity,aesthetic ability,thinking ability,and meeting social needs.The shortcomings and delays in the traditional art education mode have become evident,prompting the need to explore innovative educational methods.Digital art education is emerging as a means to offer a more immersive art experience through virtual and augmented reality technologies while broadening students’cultural horizons.Interdisciplinary integration combines art with science,engineering,mathematics,and other disciplines to cultivate students’comprehensive literacy and innovative thinking.The innovative spirit and the application of educational technology help students overcome difficulties and continuously improve their work.The article also emphasizes the alignment between art education and social needs,the importance of social support and resources,and the training and development of teachers.
文摘"A driving instructor can teach people driving without knowing anything about car mechanics. So why should a language teacher know anything about linguistics? "To answer the question, this paper discusses the relevance of linguistics to language teaching, analyses the value of linguistics to a language teacher and ends up with a conclusion that a language teacher should learn something about linguistics.
文摘The meaning of the term“reduction”in Double Reduction Policy implores teachers to reflect on their teaching process and improve teaching efficiency.Not only should the quantity be reduced,but so should the behavior.Having a comprehensive understanding of the students’learning process is actually a form of science.Therefore,we need to study and enhance its development[1].In order to reduce the learning burden and increase the efficiency of classroom teaching,we must clearly identify the inefficient and ineffective behaviors in classroom teaching,so as to avoid the following situations:a lack of deep thinking,a lack of ability in lesson preparation,fragmentation of questions and answers,a lack of questions that highlight the key points,anticlimax teaching process,and the habit of running over time in class[2,3].On this basis,this paper elaborates the current education state and clarifies the basic requirements of effective classroom teaching.Meanwhile,to reduce students’workload and increase the efficiency in carrying out assignments,much attention should be paid to optimizing assignment design and refining homework review and feedback.The purpose is to assign homework with an appropriate amount(achievable),precision(targeted),and suitability(personalized).Putting an end to the repetitious and unified training is not enough to improve the effect.
文摘Reading, as an important part of primary school Chinese teaching activities is of great help to the improvement of students comprehensive Chinese literacy. Through reading, students can enrich their knowledge reserves, expand their horizons, and cultivate their thinking ability. More importantly, through reading, it is of great help to the development of students physical and mental health and the cultivation of correct values and outlook on life. Therefore, it is very important to carry out reading teaching efficiently in primary school Chinese reading teaching. In primary school Chinese teaching in China, the teaching standard of the new curriculum clearly stipulates that students should be helped to understand the meaning of works, feel the characters in articles, and taste the authors language writing style, so that students can resonate with the author from the heart. "Text intensive reading", as a term of Chinese criticism of western literary theory in the 20th century, means to analyze the characteristics of the text from the perspective of semantics, so as to have a deeper understanding of the article, which fits well with the purpose and significance of Chinese teaching in primary schools in China. In the teaching of Chinese reading in primary schools, careful reading of texts can not only improve the reading effect and make students have a deeper understanding of the article, but also cultivate students good reading habits through careful reading of texts, which is of great benefit to students future reading. How to carry out text reading in primary school Chinese reading teaching is described in detail below.
文摘In junior high school music teaching, teachers tend to neglect the teaching of music appreciation. In the "Compulsory Education Music Curriculum Standard 2011 Edition", it is pointed out: "Feeling and appreciation are important areas of music learning, the basis of the whole music learning activity, and an effective way to cultivate students musical aesthetic ability. The formation of good music feeling ability and appreciation ability is of great significance for students to enrich their emotions, improve their cultural quality and improve their physical and mental health." So, how to achieve high precision and make students happy to participate in music appreciation teaching? The author believes that if students can accurately grasp the theme of music, they will also be able to feel the focus of the work, which plays an important role in the understanding of the work. According to the authors own practice, the author divides the appreciation repertoire in the junior high school textbooks of Jiangsu Childrens Publishing House into three ways to appreciate. In the actual teaching, the author effectively improves the appreciation ability on the basis of guiding the students to master the music theme.
