Authorial stance has attracted increasing attention in the study of second language writing. Many studies have focused on certainty in students’ academic writing, but little attention has been paid to generality in s...Authorial stance has attracted increasing attention in the study of second language writing. Many studies have focused on certainty in students’ academic writing, but little attention has been paid to generality in students’ academic stance. Employing a corpus-based approach, this study investigates features of generality in Chinese EFL students’ stance in academic writing through comparison with the writing of international scholars. Results show that the Chinese EFL students employed significantly more generalization markers than international scholars in their academic writing, while the international scholars used more qualified generalizations. Moreover, clear differences in the focus of generalization markers and in the distribution of qualified generalizations were found, though the two groups exhibit similar tendencies in the functions of these generalization features. The findings suggest that Chinese EFL students tend to generalize their claims to a larger scope in order to make their academic writing more persuasive, leaving an impression of exaggeration and overstatement, whereas international scholars are more likely to restrict the use of generality markers in their academic writing, making more circumscribed claims. The results have practical and pedagogical implications for second language academic writing instruction.展开更多
《中国应用语言学》（Chinese Joumal of Applied Linguistics，以下简称CJAL），2016年起被Clarivate Analytics（原汤森路透知识产权与科技事业部，以下简称Clarivate）的Emerging Sources Citation Index （ESCI）数据库收录，这是对...《中国应用语言学》（Chinese Joumal of Applied Linguistics，以下简称CJAL），2016年起被Clarivate Analytics（原汤森路透知识产权与科技事业部，以下简称Clarivate）的Emerging Sources Citation Index （ESCI）数据库收录，这是对CJAL办刊成绩的—种极大认可，也标志着期刊在国际化发展道路上实现了重大突破。展开更多
The involvement of rule-based computation is the focus of the past tense debate. The present masked priming study contributed to the debate by investigating how Chinese EFL learners processed regular English past tens...The involvement of rule-based computation is the focus of the past tense debate. The present masked priming study contributed to the debate by investigating how Chinese EFL learners processed regular English past tense forms. The results show that, for the past tense forms of relatively high frequency, at the early stage of processing, the highly proficient group can make use of morphological rule to decompose regular past tense forms. The lower proficiency level group, however, cannot decompose past tense forms. It is suggested that surface form frequency of past tense inflections and foreign language proficiency are the two factors that affect the way complex words are processed. Our data supports the dual-route model of Declarative-Procedural memory in the past tense debate.展开更多
This paper is an attempt to promote pragmatic competence of Higher Vocational College Students in fulfilling the task of foreign language teaching. The author argues for the assumption that students' pragmatic com...This paper is an attempt to promote pragmatic competence of Higher Vocational College Students in fulfilling the task of foreign language teaching. The author argues for the assumption that students' pragmatic competence varies consistently with their linguistic competence in most cases, but their high pragmatic competence seems to presuppose high linguistic competence. This paper also looks into how high-level learners differ from low-level learners in developing their pragmatic competence. The purpose of this study is to guide pedagogical attention to both pragmatic knowledge and linguistic knowledge in English teaching.展开更多
With the development of CALL applying in foreign languages teaching, it brings a new voice to thereform of EFL or FLT. We made a comparison between computer-based college English teaching and traditionEnglish teaching...With the development of CALL applying in foreign languages teaching, it brings a new voice to thereform of EFL or FLT. We made a comparison between computer-based college English teaching and traditionEnglish teaching. Through analysis of the experiment, we may find that computer-based college Englishteaching has great potential in traditional class.展开更多
In view of the increasing communicative needs on the EFL users, the author stresses the importance of classroom oral interaction based on the belief that the EFL classroom should provide learners' with maximum exp...In view of the increasing communicative needs on the EFL users, the author stresses the importance of classroom oral interaction based on the belief that the EFL classroom should provide learners' with maximum exposure to the target language to enhance their learning and develop their communicative competence. In this research efforts have been made recommend practical ways that can improve classroom communication and conduce effective learning. Suggestions on language input, teacher talk as well as student talk are also offered.展开更多
Since 198Os a great number of theoretical and empirical studies have claimed that autonomous learners must be successful foreign language learners.Consequently how to promote learner autonomy becomes a focal point of ...Since 198Os a great number of theoretical and empirical studies have claimed that autonomous learners must be successful foreign language learners.Consequently how to promote learner autonomy becomes a focal point of foreign language teaching.By taking an action research approach,this study identifies existing autonomous problems of the subjects and demonstrates some autonomous activities to solve these problems.Data collected through questionnaires,class observation and interviews show that students can become more autonomous in English learning only if the teacher may encourage them and create conditions for them to practice their autonomous skills.展开更多
Influenced by the traditional Chinese way of teaching, many teachers tend to believe that learning happens when students' mistakes are corrected by teachers.However,this paper tries to introduce the notion of'...Influenced by the traditional Chinese way of teaching, many teachers tend to believe that learning happens when students' mistakes are corrected by teachers.However,this paper tries to introduce the notion of'repair'to replace the generally accepted approach of'error correction'.Within this notion,classroom activity is regarded as a learning experience mutually beneficial to both teacher and students.Supported by the repair theory and analysis of authentic research data,the paper provides an in-depth discussion on how repair activity works in the Chinese EFL classroom.展开更多
The successive founding of ELT mailing lists since the mid-90s have provided language teachers worldwide with a cheap, ef-ficient and informative teaching tool. This paper offers an intro-duction to the major ELT list...The successive founding of ELT mailing lists since the mid-90s have provided language teachers worldwide with a cheap, ef-ficient and informative teaching tool. This paper offers an intro-duction to the major ELT lists and a discussion of the signifi-cance of the mailing lists to our teaching work, academic re-search and self-development. Advice is also given on how to takebetter advantage of this powerful educational instrument.展开更多
This paper stresses the significant pedagogical function ofintonation in spoken English.It also provides a brief review onits current application in teaching English as a foreign language(TEFL)in China.Effective inton...This paper stresses the significant pedagogical function ofintonation in spoken English.It also provides a brief review onits current application in teaching English as a foreign language(TEFL)in China.Effective intonation teaching not only has aneffect on facilitating an acquisition of"intelligiblepronunciation"but also has an underlying implication formaking a"whole-person learner involvement"in learningprocess.This paper outlines an approach practiced in Chinatoday.It is based on the basic nuclear tone patterns proposed byQuirk and others in order to promote oral English teachingthrough intonation awareness training.With the learners’attention transferred from segmental sound or meaning tosuprasegmental tone(intonation),the melodic feature of thelanguage is most salient,which greatly motivates the learner’sinterest,involvement and autonomy,therefore,accelerating anacquisition of oral communicative competence.展开更多
This article reports a study using a self-reporting questionnaire adapted from Reid (1987) toexamine the preferred learning styles of the students majoring in English in Hubei Three Gorges Univer-sity Humanities’ Col...This article reports a study using a self-reporting questionnaire adapted from Reid (1987) toexamine the preferred learning styles of the students majoring in English in Hubei Three Gorges Univer-sity Humanities’ College,Hubei,China.Based on the results the study generated,activities were createdthat could reflect the students’ learning style preferences.These activities were effective in motivatingour students and developing productive language skills.展开更多
This article describes an experiment involving an oral English programme conducted over a four-month period with a group of learners of ESL in Huizhou University.The programme wasdesigned to examine whether method in ...This article describes an experiment involving an oral English programme conducted over a four-month period with a group of learners of ESL in Huizhou University.The programme wasdesigned to examine whether method in the development of subjects’listening and speaking skills,with particular reference to speaking.展开更多
Teaching English in China(TEIC)is a journal aimed at all those who are professionally involved orinterested in the field of teaching English as a foreign language in China.The readership includesthose who teach at jun...Teaching English in China(TEIC)is a journal aimed at all those who are professionally involved orinterested in the field of teaching English as a foreign language in China.The readership includesthose who teach at junior and senior middle schools and in colleges and universities across thecountry.Thus TEIC is concerned with all the factors that influence the development of ELT in China,whetherthese be practical issues or theoretical issues that are relevant to it.Within this framework articles are welcomed on practical concerns such as the teaching of newmaterials,classroom techniques,methods,syllabuses and the development of new means of assessment.Such articles should have a strong experiential basis,be applicable or of interest to people working in awide variety of contexts and take account of articles previously published in TEIC.展开更多
IntroductionOf the four language skills many people feel that listening is the most difficult.Students can be goodat reading and writing,while their listening levels are elementary.Yet it is very important forlanguage...IntroductionOf the four language skills many people feel that listening is the most difficult.Students can be goodat reading and writing,while their listening levels are elementary.Yet it is very important forlanguage learners to improve their listening comprehension,because it greatly affects communicativeability.Anderson and Lynch pointed out,‘Listening is an essential skill for communication’(1988:60).So although the importance of teaching listing is gradually being recognised,there aremany problems.The teaching methods are dull,which inhibit students’ progress.The need to improvethe teaching of listening is a serious problem for teachers.展开更多
Introduction The traditional approach to English learning and teaching is increasingly being challenged by the communicative method. Not everyone accepts or agrees with this new trend, while others feel that it is not...Introduction The traditional approach to English learning and teaching is increasingly being challenged by the communicative method. Not everyone accepts or agrees with this new trend, while others feel that it is not radical enough. ELT is a field full of controversy, and there is no universally accepted conventional wisdom. My personal experience of foreign language teaching has been with both junior and senior middle school students. In recent years I have been trying to implement the communicative method with the texts in the current senior books. In this paper I shall discuss the traditional approach, my own way of teaching and an experiment with both the traditional and communicative approach.展开更多
INTRODUCTION As English teachers, we have devoted a lot of time to the teaching of listening comprehension using radio broadcasts. We began by using VOA news in special English with freshmen and a mixture of news in s...INTRODUCTION As English teachers, we have devoted a lot of time to the teaching of listening comprehension using radio broadcasts. We began by using VOA news in special English with freshmen and a mixture of news in special English and standard news broadcasts with sophomores. Later BBC news was used. We accumulated a considerable amount of experience and did some research into the design of listening comprehension exercises. This article discusses how listening ability may be improved by using such broadcasts.展开更多
Cultivation metaphors that compare teachers and students to gardeners and plants,respectively,have a long presence in the field of education.While such metaphors can be used to represent learner-centered pedagogies in...Cultivation metaphors that compare teachers and students to gardeners and plants,respectively,have a long presence in the field of education.While such metaphors can be used to represent learner-centered pedagogies in which a teacher fosters the growth of their students,there is also a darker side to cultivation metaphors.For instance,Zipory(2020)argues that characteristics of agriculture’s grain economy-like repetitiveness,coercion,and lack of diversity-can be imposed onto education.Following Zipory’s call for the forest to serve as a more apt metaphorical trajectory for education,I propose using the forest garden as a middle ground between the traditional garden and the natural forest.To highlight the potential usefulness of the forest garden metaphor in education,I explore its application as related to teacher professional development(PD),specifically content and language integrated learning(CLIL)PD.By reflecting on the design and outcomes of Project SCILLA,a CLIL PD program for Kazakhstani university instructors,as well as CLIL PD more broadly,I demonstrate how the forest garden metaphor conceptualizes the relationships and power dynamics between and across various stakeholders in education in response to global rhetoric,national and local policies,and interpersonal interactions.By emulating the sustainable forest garden’s principles of planning and intentionality,localization,interconnectedness,diversity,creativity,and growth from decay,stakeholders can(re)shape the policies and practices of multilingual,multicultural education systems.In addition,education researchers can use a metaphorical forest garden lens to better appreciate the complexities at play within dynamic educational landscapes.展开更多
Foreign language teaching practice is developing rapidly,but research on foreign language teacher learning is currently relatively fragmented and unstructured.The book Foreign Language Teacher Learning,written by Prof...Foreign language teaching practice is developing rapidly,but research on foreign language teacher learning is currently relatively fragmented and unstructured.The book Foreign Language Teacher Learning,written by Professor Kang Yan from Capital Normal University,published in September 2022,makes a systematic introduction to foreign language teacher learning,which to some extent makes up for this shortcoming.Her book presents the lineage of foreign language teacher learning research at home and abroad,analyzes both theoretical and practical aspects,reviews the cuttingedge research results,and foresees the future development trend,painting a complete research picture for researchers in the field of foreign language teaching and teacher education as well as front-line teachers interested in foreign language teacher learning.This is an important inspiration for conducting foreign language teacher learning research in the future.And this paper makes a review of the book from aspects such as its content,major characteristics,contributions and limitations.展开更多
基金funded by the National Social Science Fund of China(No.19BYY229)
文摘Authorial stance has attracted increasing attention in the study of second language writing. Many studies have focused on certainty in students’ academic writing, but little attention has been paid to generality in students’ academic stance. Employing a corpus-based approach, this study investigates features of generality in Chinese EFL students’ stance in academic writing through comparison with the writing of international scholars. Results show that the Chinese EFL students employed significantly more generalization markers than international scholars in their academic writing, while the international scholars used more qualified generalizations. Moreover, clear differences in the focus of generalization markers and in the distribution of qualified generalizations were found, though the two groups exhibit similar tendencies in the functions of these generalization features. The findings suggest that Chinese EFL students tend to generalize their claims to a larger scope in order to make their academic writing more persuasive, leaving an impression of exaggeration and overstatement, whereas international scholars are more likely to restrict the use of generality markers in their academic writing, making more circumscribed claims. The results have practical and pedagogical implications for second language academic writing instruction.
文摘《中国应用语言学》（Chinese Joumal of Applied Linguistics，以下简称CJAL），2016年起被Clarivate Analytics（原汤森路透知识产权与科技事业部，以下简称Clarivate）的Emerging Sources Citation Index （ESCI）数据库收录，这是对CJAL办刊成绩的—种极大认可，也标志着期刊在国际化发展道路上实现了重大突破。
基金supported by Lanzhou Jiaotong University Young Scholar Science Foundation(No.2012044)~~
文摘The involvement of rule-based computation is the focus of the past tense debate. The present masked priming study contributed to the debate by investigating how Chinese EFL learners processed regular English past tense forms. The results show that, for the past tense forms of relatively high frequency, at the early stage of processing, the highly proficient group can make use of morphological rule to decompose regular past tense forms. The lower proficiency level group, however, cannot decompose past tense forms. It is suggested that surface form frequency of past tense inflections and foreign language proficiency are the two factors that affect the way complex words are processed. Our data supports the dual-route model of Declarative-Procedural memory in the past tense debate.
文摘This paper is an attempt to promote pragmatic competence of Higher Vocational College Students in fulfilling the task of foreign language teaching. The author argues for the assumption that students' pragmatic competence varies consistently with their linguistic competence in most cases, but their high pragmatic competence seems to presuppose high linguistic competence. This paper also looks into how high-level learners differ from low-level learners in developing their pragmatic competence. The purpose of this study is to guide pedagogical attention to both pragmatic knowledge and linguistic knowledge in English teaching.
文摘With the development of CALL applying in foreign languages teaching, it brings a new voice to thereform of EFL or FLT. We made a comparison between computer-based college English teaching and traditionEnglish teaching. Through analysis of the experiment, we may find that computer-based college Englishteaching has great potential in traditional class.
文摘In view of the increasing communicative needs on the EFL users, the author stresses the importance of classroom oral interaction based on the belief that the EFL classroom should provide learners' with maximum exposure to the target language to enhance their learning and develop their communicative competence. In this research efforts have been made recommend practical ways that can improve classroom communication and conduce effective learning. Suggestions on language input, teacher talk as well as student talk are also offered.
文摘Since 198Os a great number of theoretical and empirical studies have claimed that autonomous learners must be successful foreign language learners.Consequently how to promote learner autonomy becomes a focal point of foreign language teaching.By taking an action research approach,this study identifies existing autonomous problems of the subjects and demonstrates some autonomous activities to solve these problems.Data collected through questionnaires,class observation and interviews show that students can become more autonomous in English learning only if the teacher may encourage them and create conditions for them to practice their autonomous skills.
文摘Influenced by the traditional Chinese way of teaching, many teachers tend to believe that learning happens when students' mistakes are corrected by teachers.However,this paper tries to introduce the notion of'repair'to replace the generally accepted approach of'error correction'.Within this notion,classroom activity is regarded as a learning experience mutually beneficial to both teacher and students.Supported by the repair theory and analysis of authentic research data,the paper provides an in-depth discussion on how repair activity works in the Chinese EFL classroom.
文摘The successive founding of ELT mailing lists since the mid-90s have provided language teachers worldwide with a cheap, ef-ficient and informative teaching tool. This paper offers an intro-duction to the major ELT lists and a discussion of the signifi-cance of the mailing lists to our teaching work, academic re-search and self-development. Advice is also given on how to takebetter advantage of this powerful educational instrument.
文摘This paper stresses the significant pedagogical function ofintonation in spoken English.It also provides a brief review onits current application in teaching English as a foreign language(TEFL)in China.Effective intonation teaching not only has aneffect on facilitating an acquisition of"intelligiblepronunciation"but also has an underlying implication formaking a"whole-person learner involvement"in learningprocess.This paper outlines an approach practiced in Chinatoday.It is based on the basic nuclear tone patterns proposed byQuirk and others in order to promote oral English teachingthrough intonation awareness training.With the learners’attention transferred from segmental sound or meaning tosuprasegmental tone(intonation),the melodic feature of thelanguage is most salient,which greatly motivates the learner’sinterest,involvement and autonomy,therefore,accelerating anacquisition of oral communicative competence.
文摘This article reports a study using a self-reporting questionnaire adapted from Reid (1987) toexamine the preferred learning styles of the students majoring in English in Hubei Three Gorges Univer-sity Humanities’ College,Hubei,China.Based on the results the study generated,activities were createdthat could reflect the students’ learning style preferences.These activities were effective in motivatingour students and developing productive language skills.
文摘This article describes an experiment involving an oral English programme conducted over a four-month period with a group of learners of ESL in Huizhou University.The programme wasdesigned to examine whether method in the development of subjects’listening and speaking skills,with particular reference to speaking.
文摘Teaching English in China(TEIC)is a journal aimed at all those who are professionally involved orinterested in the field of teaching English as a foreign language in China.The readership includesthose who teach at junior and senior middle schools and in colleges and universities across thecountry.Thus TEIC is concerned with all the factors that influence the development of ELT in China,whetherthese be practical issues or theoretical issues that are relevant to it.Within this framework articles are welcomed on practical concerns such as the teaching of newmaterials,classroom techniques,methods,syllabuses and the development of new means of assessment.Such articles should have a strong experiential basis,be applicable or of interest to people working in awide variety of contexts and take account of articles previously published in TEIC.
文摘IntroductionOf the four language skills many people feel that listening is the most difficult.Students can be goodat reading and writing,while their listening levels are elementary.Yet it is very important forlanguage learners to improve their listening comprehension,because it greatly affects communicativeability.Anderson and Lynch pointed out,‘Listening is an essential skill for communication’(1988:60).So although the importance of teaching listing is gradually being recognised,there aremany problems.The teaching methods are dull,which inhibit students’ progress.The need to improvethe teaching of listening is a serious problem for teachers.
文摘Introduction The traditional approach to English learning and teaching is increasingly being challenged by the communicative method. Not everyone accepts or agrees with this new trend, while others feel that it is not radical enough. ELT is a field full of controversy, and there is no universally accepted conventional wisdom. My personal experience of foreign language teaching has been with both junior and senior middle school students. In recent years I have been trying to implement the communicative method with the texts in the current senior books. In this paper I shall discuss the traditional approach, my own way of teaching and an experiment with both the traditional and communicative approach.
文摘INTRODUCTION As English teachers, we have devoted a lot of time to the teaching of listening comprehension using radio broadcasts. We began by using VOA news in special English with freshmen and a mixture of news in special English and standard news broadcasts with sophomores. Later BBC news was used. We accumulated a considerable amount of experience and did some research into the design of listening comprehension exercises. This article discusses how listening ability may be improved by using such broadcasts.
基金funding from the U.S.-Kazakhstan University Partnerships program funded by the U.S.Mission to Kazakhstan and administered by American Councils[Award number SKZ100-19-CA-0149].
文摘Cultivation metaphors that compare teachers and students to gardeners and plants,respectively,have a long presence in the field of education.While such metaphors can be used to represent learner-centered pedagogies in which a teacher fosters the growth of their students,there is also a darker side to cultivation metaphors.For instance,Zipory(2020)argues that characteristics of agriculture’s grain economy-like repetitiveness,coercion,and lack of diversity-can be imposed onto education.Following Zipory’s call for the forest to serve as a more apt metaphorical trajectory for education,I propose using the forest garden as a middle ground between the traditional garden and the natural forest.To highlight the potential usefulness of the forest garden metaphor in education,I explore its application as related to teacher professional development(PD),specifically content and language integrated learning(CLIL)PD.By reflecting on the design and outcomes of Project SCILLA,a CLIL PD program for Kazakhstani university instructors,as well as CLIL PD more broadly,I demonstrate how the forest garden metaphor conceptualizes the relationships and power dynamics between and across various stakeholders in education in response to global rhetoric,national and local policies,and interpersonal interactions.By emulating the sustainable forest garden’s principles of planning and intentionality,localization,interconnectedness,diversity,creativity,and growth from decay,stakeholders can(re)shape the policies and practices of multilingual,multicultural education systems.In addition,education researchers can use a metaphorical forest garden lens to better appreciate the complexities at play within dynamic educational landscapes.
文摘Foreign language teaching practice is developing rapidly,but research on foreign language teacher learning is currently relatively fragmented and unstructured.The book Foreign Language Teacher Learning,written by Professor Kang Yan from Capital Normal University,published in September 2022,makes a systematic introduction to foreign language teacher learning,which to some extent makes up for this shortcoming.Her book presents the lineage of foreign language teacher learning research at home and abroad,analyzes both theoretical and practical aspects,reviews the cuttingedge research results,and foresees the future development trend,painting a complete research picture for researchers in the field of foreign language teaching and teacher education as well as front-line teachers interested in foreign language teacher learning.This is an important inspiration for conducting foreign language teacher learning research in the future.And this paper makes a review of the book from aspects such as its content,major characteristics,contributions and limitations.
