Adrian Room编写的《英国社会与文化词典》(An A to Z of British Life)向读者提供了英国社会与文化各方面的最新信息与知识,内容详尽,释义简明扼要,是帮助学习英语的外国人了解英国的人民、社会、文化、语言、政治、宗教、风俗、教育...Adrian Room编写的《英国社会与文化词典》(An A to Z of British Life)向读者提供了英国社会与文化各方面的最新信息与知识,内容详尽,释义简明扼要,是帮助学习英语的外国人了解英国的人民、社会、文化、语言、政治、宗教、风俗、教育、地理等方面知识的一本很有参考价值的工具书。学习英语的人们常常由于不了解目的语国家的社会及文化而影响其对目的语的理解和使用,影响与讲英语的人进行交流。展开更多
This paper reports on a series of Consciousness-Raising (C-R) activities focusing on prefabricated verbs chunks and verb patterns. An 18-week experiment was carried out incorporating the C-R activities into a Compre...This paper reports on a series of Consciousness-Raising (C-R) activities focusing on prefabricated verbs chunks and verb patterns. An 18-week experiment was carried out incorporating the C-R activities into a Comprehensive English Course. A writing task and semi-structured interviews were administered after the experiment. Results indicated that (1) the frequency and accuracy of verb patterns used by Experimental Group (EG) were higher than those in the Control Group (CG); (2) C-R activities promoted the use of the students’ reference material and their ability to notice gaps in meaning, enhanced their interest and confidence in learning English, and guided their personal learning of vocabulary; (3) the EG generally liked the activities.展开更多
文摘Adrian Room编写的《英国社会与文化词典》(An A to Z of British Life)向读者提供了英国社会与文化各方面的最新信息与知识,内容详尽,释义简明扼要,是帮助学习英语的外国人了解英国的人民、社会、文化、语言、政治、宗教、风俗、教育、地理等方面知识的一本很有参考价值的工具书。学习英语的人们常常由于不了解目的语国家的社会及文化而影响其对目的语的理解和使用,影响与讲英语的人进行交流。
文摘This paper reports on a series of Consciousness-Raising (C-R) activities focusing on prefabricated verbs chunks and verb patterns. An 18-week experiment was carried out incorporating the C-R activities into a Comprehensive English Course. A writing task and semi-structured interviews were administered after the experiment. Results indicated that (1) the frequency and accuracy of verb patterns used by Experimental Group (EG) were higher than those in the Control Group (CG); (2) C-R activities promoted the use of the students’ reference material and their ability to notice gaps in meaning, enhanced their interest and confidence in learning English, and guided their personal learning of vocabulary; (3) the EG generally liked the activities.