Teaching language is teaching culture. English is an international language with local and global significance.In"New Horizon College English", Chinese culture elements are deficient, which is not conducive ...Teaching language is teaching culture. English is an international language with local and global significance.In"New Horizon College English", Chinese culture elements are deficient, which is not conducive to our country's higher education and cross-cultural communication skills and to achieve the goal of innovation of Chinese culture. As an important part of world culture, Chinese culture should be integrated into college English education. College English teaching materials should include not only western cultural elements but also fully present Chinese culture elements.展开更多
With the help of Big Data and Citespace software, this research makes a statistical analysis of the journals anddissertations on College English teaching and learning materials collected by CNKI from 2011 to 2020. Thi...With the help of Big Data and Citespace software, this research makes a statistical analysis of the journals anddissertations on College English teaching and learning materials collected by CNKI from 2011 to 2020. This paper,based on the knowledge map drawn by the visualized analysis of literatures volume, authors, research institutions,and keywords clustering, analyzes the current research status and hotspots in the compilation of China’s CollegeEnglish textbooks.展开更多
Relative fi ndings about the evaluation of English textbooks in China are really rare. In this paper, the new edition college Englishtextbooks are analyzed and evaluated through drawing on the evaluation experience of...Relative fi ndings about the evaluation of English textbooks in China are really rare. In this paper, the new edition college Englishtextbooks are analyzed and evaluated through drawing on the evaluation experience of English textbooks of other countries. The conclusion wasdrawn through questionnaires that the multi-dimensional mode, as a mode of learning based on the multi-sensory experience of students, couldprovide students with broader space for free development and exploration. It could guide the compilation and improvement of textbooks.展开更多
As a required course at higher education level,English has permeated the everyday life of Chinese students from all so-cial backgrounds.Social class,deciding one’s access to various social and educational recourses,h...As a required course at higher education level,English has permeated the everyday life of Chinese students from all so-cial backgrounds.Social class,deciding one’s access to various social and educational recourses,has a great influence on thelearning process of college students inside and outside the classroom.However,few studies have placed their focus on social classand college English textbooks.Thus,this paper attempts to adopt a multimodal analysis to find how the speaking tasks in collegeEnglish textbook represents the social identity of Chinese college students and to offer pedagogic implications.展开更多
As we all know,in English teaching and learning,textbooks plays a very important role.In Central South University,Contempo-rary College English(henceforth CCE) is chosen as textbooks for freshmen and sophomores in gen...As we all know,in English teaching and learning,textbooks plays a very important role.In Central South University,Contempo-rary College English(henceforth CCE) is chosen as textbooks for freshmen and sophomores in general English class,and Subject-basedEnglish(henceforth SBE) for senior grade students in special English class.This study endeavors to evaluate each one of CCE and SBEpublished by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press on the basis of the theoretical foundation and statistical analysis.展开更多
In 1976,Halliday and Hassan put forward the concept of cohesion and coherence theory for the first time in their book English Cohesion and discussed five types of cohesion:reference,substitution,omission,conjunction a...In 1976,Halliday and Hassan put forward the concept of cohesion and coherence theory for the first time in their book English Cohesion and discussed five types of cohesion:reference,substitution,omission,conjunction and lexical cohesion.Some scholars enriched and expanded cohesion and coherence from the perspective of cohesion conditions,phonology,structural relations at the level of meaning and discourse.Predecessors pay much attention to the theoretical discussion,while from the perspective of the theoretical application,the cohesion and coherence theory is used for analyzing the advanced college English textbook to provide the guidance for teachers and students in teaching and learning-teachers can judge and adopt appropriate teaching methods according to the cohesion and coherence theory;Students can understand cohesion and coherence in the text as well as the influencing factors,and adequately use the cohesion and coherence mechanism in listening,speaking,reading and writing.展开更多
Beginning with the analysis of the problems that the College English Test （CET） in China has brought about in recent years, this paper aims to introduce its recent reform both in the test contents and the management...Beginning with the analysis of the problems that the College English Test （CET） in China has brought about in recent years, this paper aims to introduce its recent reform both in the test contents and the management system, administered by Ministry of Education of China.展开更多
The intent of this paper is to evaluate College English Test(CET)’s reliability,validity and washback effect in the con⁃text of language assessment by applying Brown’s framework of test usefulness.The result of lite...The intent of this paper is to evaluate College English Test(CET)’s reliability,validity and washback effect in the con⁃text of language assessment by applying Brown’s framework of test usefulness.The result of literature review and discussion shows that CET’s student-related reliability and rater reliability for writing section are unfavorable while its test administration reliability and rater reliability for CETSET has been increasing;CET’s content and construct validity are getting improved but its criterionrelated validity has been violated due to students’inappropriate learning attitude;CET’s negative washback has been caused due to the overemphasis on passing rate,but previous surveys shows positive washback in teaching and learning as students’reading and oral communication abilities have been improved.In the end,three suggestions for CET’s development are summed up:empha⁃sis less on test result;inform students with the significance of CET’s reform;the relationship among testing,teaching and learning should be built into a mutual promotion format.展开更多
Textbook evaluation is very important in both teaching and learning. The research of the English textbook evaluation in China develops relatively late, so study of the textbook evaluation theory is very important for ...Textbook evaluation is very important in both teaching and learning. The research of the English textbook evaluation in China develops relatively late, so study of the textbook evaluation theory is very important for the present college English teaching in China. The present study introduces some Influential textbook evaluation system and their theoretical characteristics at home and abroad, and points out researchers can detail the textbook evaluation theory in order to evaluate some special areas in English.展开更多
文摘Teaching language is teaching culture. English is an international language with local and global significance.In"New Horizon College English", Chinese culture elements are deficient, which is not conducive to our country's higher education and cross-cultural communication skills and to achieve the goal of innovation of Chinese culture. As an important part of world culture, Chinese culture should be integrated into college English education. College English teaching materials should include not only western cultural elements but also fully present Chinese culture elements.
基金This research is based on the“Construction of Chinese Academic Translation Team Project”(ZP1823105)of the Characteristic Humanities and Social Science Discipline Construction in 2018,and“2019-2020 Postgraduate Teaching Book Project Translation and International Communication”,East China University of Science and Technology.
文摘With the help of Big Data and Citespace software, this research makes a statistical analysis of the journals anddissertations on College English teaching and learning materials collected by CNKI from 2011 to 2020. This paper,based on the knowledge map drawn by the visualized analysis of literatures volume, authors, research institutions,and keywords clustering, analyzes the current research status and hotspots in the compilation of China’s CollegeEnglish textbooks.
文摘Relative fi ndings about the evaluation of English textbooks in China are really rare. In this paper, the new edition college Englishtextbooks are analyzed and evaluated through drawing on the evaluation experience of English textbooks of other countries. The conclusion wasdrawn through questionnaires that the multi-dimensional mode, as a mode of learning based on the multi-sensory experience of students, couldprovide students with broader space for free development and exploration. It could guide the compilation and improvement of textbooks.
文摘As a required course at higher education level,English has permeated the everyday life of Chinese students from all so-cial backgrounds.Social class,deciding one’s access to various social and educational recourses,has a great influence on thelearning process of college students inside and outside the classroom.However,few studies have placed their focus on social classand college English textbooks.Thus,this paper attempts to adopt a multimodal analysis to find how the speaking tasks in collegeEnglish textbook represents the social identity of Chinese college students and to offer pedagogic implications.
文摘As we all know,in English teaching and learning,textbooks plays a very important role.In Central South University,Contempo-rary College English(henceforth CCE) is chosen as textbooks for freshmen and sophomores in general English class,and Subject-basedEnglish(henceforth SBE) for senior grade students in special English class.This study endeavors to evaluate each one of CCE and SBEpublished by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press on the basis of the theoretical foundation and statistical analysis.
文摘In 1976,Halliday and Hassan put forward the concept of cohesion and coherence theory for the first time in their book English Cohesion and discussed five types of cohesion:reference,substitution,omission,conjunction and lexical cohesion.Some scholars enriched and expanded cohesion and coherence from the perspective of cohesion conditions,phonology,structural relations at the level of meaning and discourse.Predecessors pay much attention to the theoretical discussion,while from the perspective of the theoretical application,the cohesion and coherence theory is used for analyzing the advanced college English textbook to provide the guidance for teachers and students in teaching and learning-teachers can judge and adopt appropriate teaching methods according to the cohesion and coherence theory;Students can understand cohesion and coherence in the text as well as the influencing factors,and adequately use the cohesion and coherence mechanism in listening,speaking,reading and writing.
文摘Beginning with the analysis of the problems that the College English Test （CET） in China has brought about in recent years, this paper aims to introduce its recent reform both in the test contents and the management system, administered by Ministry of Education of China.
文摘The intent of this paper is to evaluate College English Test(CET)’s reliability,validity and washback effect in the con⁃text of language assessment by applying Brown’s framework of test usefulness.The result of literature review and discussion shows that CET’s student-related reliability and rater reliability for writing section are unfavorable while its test administration reliability and rater reliability for CETSET has been increasing;CET’s content and construct validity are getting improved but its criterionrelated validity has been violated due to students’inappropriate learning attitude;CET’s negative washback has been caused due to the overemphasis on passing rate,but previous surveys shows positive washback in teaching and learning as students’reading and oral communication abilities have been improved.In the end,three suggestions for CET’s development are summed up:empha⁃sis less on test result;inform students with the significance of CET’s reform;the relationship among testing,teaching and learning should be built into a mutual promotion format.
文摘Textbook evaluation is very important in both teaching and learning. The research of the English textbook evaluation in China develops relatively late, so study of the textbook evaluation theory is very important for the present college English teaching in China. The present study introduces some Influential textbook evaluation system and their theoretical characteristics at home and abroad, and points out researchers can detail the textbook evaluation theory in order to evaluate some special areas in English.
