Group work has many advantages from language acquisition point of view. However, some teachers are unwilling to introduce group work in their own classroom because group work is very difficult to manage. The author of...Group work has many advantages from language acquisition point of view. However, some teachers are unwilling to introduce group work in their own classroom because group work is very difficult to manage. The author of this essay explores the discourse features of successful and unsuccessful group work using discourse analysis in the hope that the results of this language classroom research can help language teachers gain some insight into the use of group work and make more informed decisions about group work management.展开更多
Mulan,the cartoon rewritten by Disney based on the traditional Chinese folklore,won tremendous praises globally.Under the theoretical framework of the three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis proposed by...Mulan,the cartoon rewritten by Disney based on the traditional Chinese folklore,won tremendous praises globally.Under the theoretical framework of the three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis proposed by Norman Fairclough,this research tries to analyze the unique discourse features of Mulan.By the successive analyses of description,interpretation and explanation,this research studies the discourse strategies of Disney movies represented by Mulan,the transmitted ideologies,the causes of the discourse formation and the social effects of the discourse,providing a paradigm for the establishment of Chinese multicultural discourses.展开更多
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII.China's enormous sacrifices and significant contributions to the final victory have long been ignored by the West.Recently,however,they have featured in discour...This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII.China's enormous sacrifices and significant contributions to the final victory have long been ignored by the West.Recently,however,they have featured in discourse among certain conscientious scholars.In an interview with the media,director of the Dickson Poon University of Oxford China Center Rana Mitter said that although China was one of the first countries to fight展开更多
文摘Group work has many advantages from language acquisition point of view. However, some teachers are unwilling to introduce group work in their own classroom because group work is very difficult to manage. The author of this essay explores the discourse features of successful and unsuccessful group work using discourse analysis in the hope that the results of this language classroom research can help language teachers gain some insight into the use of group work and make more informed decisions about group work management.
文摘Mulan,the cartoon rewritten by Disney based on the traditional Chinese folklore,won tremendous praises globally.Under the theoretical framework of the three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis proposed by Norman Fairclough,this research tries to analyze the unique discourse features of Mulan.By the successive analyses of description,interpretation and explanation,this research studies the discourse strategies of Disney movies represented by Mulan,the transmitted ideologies,the causes of the discourse formation and the social effects of the discourse,providing a paradigm for the establishment of Chinese multicultural discourses.
文摘This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII.China's enormous sacrifices and significant contributions to the final victory have long been ignored by the West.Recently,however,they have featured in discourse among certain conscientious scholars.In an interview with the media,director of the Dickson Poon University of Oxford China Center Rana Mitter said that although China was one of the first countries to fight