“见字如见人”——大学生EFL写作比赛辅导中声音形象面具意识的培养

近十年来,外研社每年举办的大学生英语写作比赛是国内最具分量的EFL写作比赛。这种常模参考性写作测试与常见的标准参考性写作测试相比,既考查学生的语言能力和批判性思维能力,更考查创造力。声音形象是创造力的语言外壳,它具有多形态性。教师可以通过帮助学生找到声音、模仿声音、找到新的声音,以一套渐进式的辅导方式培养学生的声音形象面具意识,让学生面对不同场合以合适的身份角色完成相应的写作任务。

基于EFL学习者心理表征模式的一词多义教学研究

文章运用认知语言学相关理论如隐喻及转喻等,基于EFL学习者一词多义的心理表征模式,实施教学实验。实验前实验组和对照组对一词多义的表征都不分明;在实验组进行教学实验后,其词汇测试成绩优于对照组;实验后实验组的表征模式更加清晰。结果表明:实验组掌握隐喻及转喻方式对单词进行识解,能够使其对一词多义的心理表征模式更加分明。

人工智能对话系统对EFL大学生互动能力的影响——基于系统综述的研究

研究表明,利用人工智能(AI)对话系统进行英语作为外语(EFL)教育能够有效提高大学生的阅读、写作和听力能力。基于PRISMA流程,从多个数据库中筛选关于EFL大学生互动能力方面研究论文,确定了影响人工智能对话系统在EFL学习中应用的6个维度和25个子维度,通过系统综述探讨人工智能对话系统对提升EFL大学生互动能力的影响。研究发现,在AI对话系统设计中未充分考虑嵌入文化背景、情感识别和幽默元素的重要性,忽视了辩论和解决问题能力的培养。未来研究应开发适用且用户友好的口语活动,以完善大学教育中对话系统的框架。

The Emergence of Loving Pedagogy in the L2 Affective Domain:How Affective Pedagogy Accounts for Chinese EFL Teachers’Professional Success and Job Satisfaction?

The success of teachers in professional environments has a desirable influence on their mental condition.Simply said,teachers’professional success plays a crucial role in improving their mental health.Due to the invaluable role of professional success in teachers’mental health,personal and professional variables helping teachers succeed in their profession need to be uncovered.While the role of teachers’personal qualities has been well researched,the function of professional variables has remained unknown.To address the existing gap,the current investigation measured the role of two professional variables,namely job satisfaction and loving pedagogy,in Chinese EFL teachers’professional success.To do this,three validated scales were provided to 1591 Chinese EFL teachers.Participants’answers to the questionnaires were analyzed using the Spearman correlation test and structural equation modeling.The data analysis demonstrated a strong,positive link between the variables.Moreover,loving pedagogy was found to be the positive,strong predictor of Chinese EFL teachers’job satisfaction and professional success.The findings of the current inquiry may help educational administrators enhance their instructors’professional success,which in turn promotes their mental and psychological conditions at work.

Towards Lessening Learners’Aversive Emotions and Promoting Their Mental Health:Developing and Validating a Measurement of English Speaking Demotivation in the Chinese EFL Context

While a plethora of studies has been conducted to explore demotivation and its impact on mental health in second language(L2)education,scanty research focuses on demotivation in L2 speaking learning.Particularly,little research explores the measures to quantify L2 speaking demotivation.The present two-phase study attempts to develop and validate an English Speaking Demotivation Scale(ESDS).To this end,an independent sample of 207 Chinese tertiary learners of English as a Foreign Language(EFL)participated in the development phase,and another group of 188 Chinese EFL learners was recruited for the validation of the scale.Exploratory Factor Analysis(EFA)and Confirmatory Factor Analysis(CFA)were employed to determine the factor structure of the scale.The EFA results revealed a six-factor solution with Teacher-related Factors in Learning Spoken English(TFLSE),Interest and Valence in Learning Spoken English(IVLSE),Self-efficacy in Learning Spoken English(SELSE),Negative Peer Influence in Learning Spoken English(NPILSE),Undesirable Environment for Learning Spoken English(UELSE),and Negative Influence of Assessment and Learning Materials in speaking class(NIALM).In the validation phase,Confirmatory Factor Analysis(CFA)was performed to validate the internal structure of the scale.The CFA results showed that the model fits the data well.Overall,the ESDS is a robust and trustworthy psychometric tool that could be utilized to examine L2 speaking demotivation.Implications for diminishing EFL learners’demotivation,lessening their aversive emotions and promoting their mental health are also discussed.

EFL学习者跨语境写作中的语用能力研究

在英语作为外语(EFL)教学研究领域,语用能力是备受关注的焦点,但以往研究多评估学习者的口语语用表现,其语用能力在书面语体中的研究尚显不足。以74名英语专业学生为研究对象,通过分析他们在不同语境下撰写的请求信来深入探究其书面语用能力,并特别关注语用能力与英语语言水平之间的关联性。实验采用Kruskal-Wallis检验和Wilcoxon Signed-Rank检验方法进行数据分析。结果显示,尽管语言水平与语用能力之间存在一定程度的正相关关系,但在实际交际情境中,学习者在选择恰当的语用策略以实现礼貌且得体交流时仍面临挑战。

ChatGPT在高校EFL视听课程中的应用与效果评估

听力和口语表达一直以来是大多数大学生普遍薄弱的环节。在人工智能时代,尽管高校英语教学在多个方面进行了探索,但针对视听课教学实践的创新相对较少。本研究基于MUSIC动机理论模型以及学习者投入度相关理念,利用ChatGPT优化EFL视听课的教学设计。本研究结合问卷调查、课堂教学观察及个人访谈,从课前、课中和课后三个阶段着手,并运用动机理论模型中的策略,旨在激发学生的学习动机,增加学生投入度,进而强化学生的听辨能力和口语表达输出能力。

A Study on the Application of Peer Feedback among EFL Students in Blended Teaching

Recent years have witnessed the rise and popularity of blended teaching for EFL students,yet the lack of face-to-face communication and insufficient interaction lead researchers and educators to explore methods of improving the effectiveness of teaching.Peer feedback,a teaching strategy used to raise the bars by exposing instructions to a new teaching perspective to enhance students’online and offline collaboration,has received the lion’s share of attention in recent studies.On the basis of literature review,class records,and interviews,this paper,in hope of supporting advances in teachers’practice and field researches,examines the possible approaches to effectively implementing the application of peer feedback in blended teaching mode with a special focus on teachers’roles.

EFL写作教学背景下大学生如何看待翻转课堂模式的实施

翻转课堂模式在教育领域的普及越来越广泛。在这种学习模式中,大学生在课下观看慕课等视频资料,在课堂上充分展示并验证课前所学。尽管国际和国内有关翻转课堂的研究众多,但翻转课堂在英语(EFL)写作课背景下的实施还需要更多的实例论证。本文以30名非英语专业大一学生对实施翻转课堂模式的看法为研究对象。通过使用问卷调查、即时访谈和观察来收集数据。研究结果显示,学生们发现翻转课堂模式的应用能帮助他们更好地写作。他们在写作课前观看的视频以及教师和同学的评价都有助于提高他们的写作能力。这项研究也为翻转课堂模式在大学英语写作课程中的应用提供了参考。

ESL学习者与EFL学习者逻辑连词使用对比分析——基于ICNALE书面语语料库的研究

本研究调查了非母语英语学习者在书面语中使用逻辑连词的情况,重点比较了ESL学习者和EFL学习者的差异,并分析了影响逻辑连词使用的因素。研究结果表明,ESL学习者更善于运用复杂逻辑连词,而EFL学习者更倾向于使用简单逻辑连词。此外,ESL学习者更常用逻辑连词表达因果关系,而EFL学习者更多地使用逻辑连词表示转折和对比等关系。影响逻辑连词使用的因素包括年龄、学历和英语水平。研究结果有助于英语教师更好地了解学习者实际需求,改进教学方法,促进跨文化交流和语言习得水平的提高。

外语学习风格探究——评《ESL/EFL英语课堂上的学习风格》

外语教学研究者对外语学习者的主体地位和个体差异方面表示出强烈的兴趣,学生个体差异中的学习风格直接影响到整个学习过程,对学习者学习表现有着持续、积极的作用。对教师而言,进行教育研究和开展个性化教学,注重学生个人特点,了解和研究学生的学习风格是十分关键的。因此,开展外语学习风格的研究,对推进真正意义上的以学生为中心和个性化教学,使有差异的学习风格的学生适应相应的教学环境来获得满意的教学效果有积极的作用.

Research on College Studentst'Autonomous EFL Learning Affer Course Exemption

By analyzing the English learning logs of 12 students in a provincial university in south-west China after they had been exempted from taking college English courses,this study investigated college students’autonomous EFL(English as a foreign language)learning after course exemption,including the use of mediational means in EFL learning,EFL learning hours,and other factors affecting EFL learning,in the hope of giving new perspectives on college ELF curriculum design,teaching,and education management.

基于语料库的EFL学习者动词MAKE对比研究

本研究基于ETS语料库,从使用频数、类联接结构和名词搭配三个方面对中、法EFL学习者在动词MAKE上的使用情况进行对比分析。通过数据统计和分析发现,中、法学习者在使用动词MAKE时存在着一些共性与差异。两者都存在过度使用该动词的情况,并且在词形变化和语法结构上比较单一,而中国学习者的问题更为突出。在类联接结构方面,中、法学习者的使用习惯与本族语者类似,但是仍存在使用不当的情况。在名词搭配方面,中、法学习者都倾向于使用其虚化用法。

中国EFL学习者书面语中的逻辑连词使用研究

为厘清不同水平等级的中国EFL学习者书面语中逻辑连词使用情况,基于ICNALE语料库,通过描述性统计、t检验和方差分析等方法展开研究。研究发现,较低水平学习者在逻辑连词使用方面普遍存在不足之处,尤其是在表达因果关系、条件关系和让步关系时容易混淆词义,使用不恰当的逻辑连词。学习者的逻辑连词使用存在一定的差异,这与他们的英语水平、学习经验及个人语言习惯等因素有关。

A Comparison between Deductive and Inductive Approaches for Teaching EFL Grammar to High School Students

This study had the purpose of testingtwo methods for teaching grammar in Englishasa Foreign Language(EFL)class:the deductive and inductive approaches in terms of effectiveness and rapport.This research was conducted in a public high school in Ecuador.Seventy students enrolled in the second year of senior high school participated.One in-service teacher taught the EFL classes during the process of intervention(10 weeks),and two EFL teachers observed all of these classes and recorded the information by filling in observation sheets.The students were administered grammar pretests and post-tests in order to assess their grammar knowledge.The results of the tests showed a significant difference in the scores in favor of the inductive approach.After the statistical analysis of the data obtained from the tests and observation sheets,we concluded that the inductive approach is more effective for teaching grammar in the EFL classroom in terms of instruction and rapport.

On Critical Thinking Skill Cultivation in EFL Teaching

Critical thinking has been recognized internationally as an essential skill for high-quality talents.This article analyzes what the experimental researches on cultivating critical thinking skills in EFL teaching have achieved and identifies the three weaknesses to be addressed in the future.Firstly,there are divergences among scholars on the concept and subskills of critical thinking.Secondly,the teaching modes and methods explored by the experimental researches are more personalized than systematic,which reduces their application and guidance value.Thirdly,the reliability and validity of the experiments need to be improved,and the cultivation practices tend to improve the critical thinking skills of some students,without considering the differences among students,especially the students with relatively poor language proficiency.

Relationships Between Chinese EFL Learners’IELTS Band Score and Motivated Strategies for Learning

EFL learners,who study English as a foreign language,often use different learning strategies in the learning process,with positive and negative results in their academic performance.Whether these learning strategies are effective or not are questions to be explored.So,the author examined the relationship between Chinese EFL learners’test results and the use of motivated strategies for learning in English learning.Participants are students who have taken a high-stake standardized English proficiency test:IELTS(International English Language Testing System)with band score obtained.The results show that students’performance on high-stakes assessment is significantly associated with the use of motivated learning strategies like internal value in sharp contrast to test anxiety,which bears no relevance.Interviews are then implemented to candidates with different levels of English proficiency to figure out other related factors contributing to the test results.

A Comparative Study on Verb-Noun Collocation Errors of Chinese EFL Learners with Different Language Proficiency

This study presents a comparative analysis of verb-noun collocation errors made by Chinese EFL learners with different language proficiency.Linguistic data from two sub-corpora of CLEC(Chinese Learner English Corpus,Gui&Yang,1999)consist of the compositions written freely by Chinese senior high school students(ST2)and the 3rd-and 4th-year English majors of Chinese universities(ST6).The study results show that four types of verb-noun collocation errors are frequently made due to incorrect L1 translation,misuse of relative synonyms,misuse of delexical verbs,and misuse of part of speech;the number of errors decreases with the development of language proficiency,especially errors by incorrect L1 translation and relative synonyms.And for both ST2 and ST6 EFL learners,errors resulted from incorrect L1 translation account for nearly a half with the same high-frequency words.It is also found that ST6 learners’competence in collocation and synonym identification doesn’t grow with the increase of their vocabulary,as is shown in the case of overusing delexical verbs in collocation,the same error made by ST2 learners,who have a significantly weaker command of delexical verbs.Implications of the findings are also discussed with the purpose of raising the awareness of collocation pedagogy and enhancing EFL learners’collocation competence.

Language Transfer Manifested in English Idiom Acquisition by Chinese EFL Learners

Idiom acquisition plays an important role in the process of second language learning and acquisition.Proper understanding of linguistic transfer in terms of English idiom acquisition is helpful for EFL learners to improve the efficiency of learning English and also facilitates the process of English teaching.This study examines the Chinese learner’s language transfer features manifested in their understanding of English idioms which are classified into five different types according to their linguistic forms and conceptual bases.The results suggest that equivalent linguistic forms and equivalent conceptual bases of idioms are helpful to cause positive transfer while different conceptual bases of idioms may result in negative cross-linguistic transfer.This article may contribute to the development of language transfer theory and provide pedagogical implications of how English idioms should be learned by students and taught by English teachers.

EFL教学中“中国文化失语”问题的成因分析及对策探究

我国的英语教育属于EFL(English as a Foreign Language)环境下的教育,在此背景下,学生的文化价值形成受到自身文化素养和教师文化观念的影响。我国高等教育“中国文化失语症”现象仍然存在,主要表现为关注语言教学超过文化教学,以及本土文化渗透不足的现象。教师作为课程的主要实施者,要有较强的文化意识才能在教学实践中处理好本国文化和英语国家文化的关系,从思想上和行动上引领学生走出难以用英语表达中国文化知识的困境,培养时代所需的英语人才。