Reading English newspapers and magazines is an effective way to help the students get the latest information worldwide and improve English levels. The present article first analyzes the features of the English newspap...Reading English newspapers and magazines is an effective way to help the students get the latest information worldwide and improve English levels. The present article first analyzes the features of the English newspapers and magazines and then proposes making good use of them through such classroom activities as discussing the hot issue and role-playing to provide more authentic situations in which the students can have chances to practice four English skills, achieving the ideal teaching result.展开更多
What can be conveniently and effectively used as readingmaterials in our extensive reading classroom(ERC)?Now thatthey are living in an information era,students need to absorb allsorts of knowledge and information wit...What can be conveniently and effectively used as readingmaterials in our extensive reading classroom(ERC)?Now thatthey are living in an information era,students need to absorb allsorts of knowledge and information within the shortest possibletime.Compared with other reading materials,newspapers andmagazines published in China have their own unique advantagesto be recommended as a main reading source.This paperillustrates this idea in four parts:introduction,merits ofemploying English newspapers and magazines in the ERC,waysof making use of English newspapers and magazines at hand toorganize communicative activities,conclusion.展开更多
In recent 10 years, teaching English newspaper reading for English majors in China has got rapid development. At the same time, social demand for college students＇ English newspaper reading ability has also improved....In recent 10 years, teaching English newspaper reading for English majors in China has got rapid development. At the same time, social demand for college students＇ English newspaper reading ability has also improved. But the existing teaching effect of English newspaper reading course is not ideal. What is proposed in this paper is to apply the research-oriented teaching mode to the teaching of English newspaper reading and expound the three stages of pre-reading, reading, and after-reading respectively in order to subvert the teaching of reading class over which teachers dominate traditionally, to change the center of the double main bodies, to develop learners＇ intellectual and non-intellectual factors of comprehensive quality, and to improve their ability of discovering, researching, and solving the problems.展开更多
English newspaper reading course plays a positive effects on English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges. However it does not obtain enough attention at present. The application and problems of English newspaper re...English newspaper reading course plays a positive effects on English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges. However it does not obtain enough attention at present. The application and problems of English newspaper reading in English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges are discussed in terms of English teaching material selection＇s appropriateness, teaching 1 diversity and the major problems. The summary of experience lesson is made and teaching suggestions are put forward, which makes a constructive effect on English newspaper reading development in English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges.展开更多
This paper identifies metaphors in newspaper English, specifically the articles in China Daily, as the research object. Many linguists have studies metaphors in newspaper English, but research perspective is only limi...This paper identifies metaphors in newspaper English, specifically the articles in China Daily, as the research object. Many linguists have studies metaphors in newspaper English, but research perspective is only limited to the classification of metaphor, and not analyses the trends for each type of metaphor from the diachronic approach, therefore, this paper aims to make up for this deficiency. Thirty-six articles are randomly sampled from China Daily in the year of 2010, to make up a small corpus. Then the occurrence frequency of every kind of metaphor of recent years in this corpus is analyzed. Finally, it is found that the occurrence frequency of orientational metaphors shows a decreasing tendency, while those of the ontological and structural metaphors are relatively stable. We have found two reasons for this trend appears. Firstly, orientational metaphors are used less frequently, because they often appear when it comes to the description of numbers, and digital change itself has a lot of direct expression Secondly, structural metaphor and ontological metaphor are relatively stable, because the former helps the readers to understand the new things; the latter can expressed lively展开更多
This paper discusses the construction of multidimensional language settings for EFL students.Various settings can beconstructed to provide students enough linguistic input to ensure that they learn English better.
Newspaper English Reading is an important course in English departments of many universities in China. However, it has been taught only to junior and senior English majors. In light of the requirements of Syllabus for...Newspaper English Reading is an important course in English departments of many universities in China. However, it has been taught only to junior and senior English majors. In light of the requirements of Syllabus for College English and based on a survey conducted among English majors at University of Shanghai for Science and technology (USST), the author experimented in offering this course to non-English majors, and achieved some positive and encouraging results.展开更多
文摘Reading English newspapers and magazines is an effective way to help the students get the latest information worldwide and improve English levels. The present article first analyzes the features of the English newspapers and magazines and then proposes making good use of them through such classroom activities as discussing the hot issue and role-playing to provide more authentic situations in which the students can have chances to practice four English skills, achieving the ideal teaching result.
文摘What can be conveniently and effectively used as readingmaterials in our extensive reading classroom(ERC)?Now thatthey are living in an information era,students need to absorb allsorts of knowledge and information within the shortest possibletime.Compared with other reading materials,newspapers andmagazines published in China have their own unique advantagesto be recommended as a main reading source.This paperillustrates this idea in four parts:introduction,merits ofemploying English newspapers and magazines in the ERC,waysof making use of English newspapers and magazines at hand toorganize communicative activities,conclusion.
文摘In recent 10 years, teaching English newspaper reading for English majors in China has got rapid development. At the same time, social demand for college students＇ English newspaper reading ability has also improved. But the existing teaching effect of English newspaper reading course is not ideal. What is proposed in this paper is to apply the research-oriented teaching mode to the teaching of English newspaper reading and expound the three stages of pre-reading, reading, and after-reading respectively in order to subvert the teaching of reading class over which teachers dominate traditionally, to change the center of the double main bodies, to develop learners＇ intellectual and non-intellectual factors of comprehensive quality, and to improve their ability of discovering, researching, and solving the problems.
文摘English newspaper reading course plays a positive effects on English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges. However it does not obtain enough attention at present. The application and problems of English newspaper reading in English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges are discussed in terms of English teaching material selection＇s appropriateness, teaching 1 diversity and the major problems. The summary of experience lesson is made and teaching suggestions are put forward, which makes a constructive effect on English newspaper reading development in English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges.
文摘This paper identifies metaphors in newspaper English, specifically the articles in China Daily, as the research object. Many linguists have studies metaphors in newspaper English, but research perspective is only limited to the classification of metaphor, and not analyses the trends for each type of metaphor from the diachronic approach, therefore, this paper aims to make up for this deficiency. Thirty-six articles are randomly sampled from China Daily in the year of 2010, to make up a small corpus. Then the occurrence frequency of every kind of metaphor of recent years in this corpus is analyzed. Finally, it is found that the occurrence frequency of orientational metaphors shows a decreasing tendency, while those of the ontological and structural metaphors are relatively stable. We have found two reasons for this trend appears. Firstly, orientational metaphors are used less frequently, because they often appear when it comes to the description of numbers, and digital change itself has a lot of direct expression Secondly, structural metaphor and ontological metaphor are relatively stable, because the former helps the readers to understand the new things; the latter can expressed lively
文摘This paper discusses the construction of multidimensional language settings for EFL students.Various settings can beconstructed to provide students enough linguistic input to ensure that they learn English better.
文摘Newspaper English Reading is an important course in English departments of many universities in China. However, it has been taught only to junior and senior English majors. In light of the requirements of Syllabus for College English and based on a survey conducted among English majors at University of Shanghai for Science and technology (USST), the author experimented in offering this course to non-English majors, and achieved some positive and encouraging results.
