With growing tendency and widespread application, TBLT has attracted considerable attention from educator teachers,theorists and researchers. The paper commences by offering some influential definitions of‘task',...With growing tendency and widespread application, TBLT has attracted considerable attention from educator teachers,theorists and researchers. The paper commences by offering some influential definitions of‘task', varying classifications of differ-ent types of task, and criteria for judging a task. Then, compared with teaching approaches before the emergence of CLT, TBLT isnew and has many distinct merits. Meanwhile, since it is a newly-established approach, some problems and difficulties in comple-menting TBLT are inevitable. A number of genuine issues raised in Asian language teaching classrooms are examined.展开更多
It is assumed that men and women differ to some extent in using language in various social domains. Apart from distinctive physiological features, as a vehemently convincing symbol, the language one uses may mark his ...It is assumed that men and women differ to some extent in using language in various social domains. Apart from distinctive physiological features, as a vehemently convincing symbol, the language one uses may mark his gender with special labels.Based on the selection of thirty-two Chinese commercial ads from TV, the paper, from the perspective of sociolinguistics, especially the pertinence between language and gender, attempts to explore how gender identities are manifested and constructed throughqualitative analyses of advertising language. Then, the paper also tries to present some potential accounts for the different genderidentities and some suggestions for reducing sexism through advertising language.展开更多
文摘With growing tendency and widespread application, TBLT has attracted considerable attention from educator teachers,theorists and researchers. The paper commences by offering some influential definitions of‘task', varying classifications of differ-ent types of task, and criteria for judging a task. Then, compared with teaching approaches before the emergence of CLT, TBLT isnew and has many distinct merits. Meanwhile, since it is a newly-established approach, some problems and difficulties in comple-menting TBLT are inevitable. A number of genuine issues raised in Asian language teaching classrooms are examined.
文摘It is assumed that men and women differ to some extent in using language in various social domains. Apart from distinctive physiological features, as a vehemently convincing symbol, the language one uses may mark his gender with special labels.Based on the selection of thirty-two Chinese commercial ads from TV, the paper, from the perspective of sociolinguistics, especially the pertinence between language and gender, attempts to explore how gender identities are manifested and constructed throughqualitative analyses of advertising language. Then, the paper also tries to present some potential accounts for the different genderidentities and some suggestions for reducing sexism through advertising language.
