Objective:To observe and analyze the application of the bedside rhetorical teaching method in teaching nursing interns.Methods:A total of 64 nursing interns in the gastroenterology department of our hospital from July...Objective:To observe and analyze the application of the bedside rhetorical teaching method in teaching nursing interns.Methods:A total of 64 nursing interns in the gastroenterology department of our hospital from July 2022 to May 2023 were randomly divided into two groups,32 cases in the control group and 32 cases in the intervention group.The control group was given conventional teaching methods,and the intervention group was given the bedside rhetorical teaching method on the basis of the conventional teaching.The differences in the methods of teaching between the two groups were compared after the end of the internship,and there was a statistically significant difference with P<0.05.Results:The scores of the interns in the intervention group were significantly better than those of the control group in theoretical knowledge,communication skills,and case analysis items(P<0.05).Conclusion:The bedside rhetorical teaching method transforms classroom education into bedside teaching,which enables the interns to apply the theoretical knowledge to clinical practice,and has a higher improvement in the three aspects of disease knowledge,communication skills,and case analysis,cultivates the interns’comprehensive clinical skills,and lays a good foundation for the future entry into the nursing field.展开更多
Lin Yutang’s English novel,The Vermilion Gate,whose story mainly focus on the social turmoil in Xi’an under the rule of warlords and the family conflicts within the Dafudi,depicts how Chinese people solve the intern...Lin Yutang’s English novel,The Vermilion Gate,whose story mainly focus on the social turmoil in Xi’an under the rule of warlords and the family conflicts within the Dafudi,depicts how Chinese people solve the internal and external conflicts with wisdom and how fragile women grows in the war.Basing on the analysis of rhetorical portrait of Xi’an and heroic Chinese people in this novel,this paper explores Lin Yutang’s rhetorical preference in constructing image of China and his unique cultural values behind the English writing.展开更多
English speech is a discourse delivered at an assembly or on formal occasions. As a variety of the English language, English speech has a unique presentation of its own. This paper, as its title indicates, is to analy...English speech is a discourse delivered at an assembly or on formal occasions. As a variety of the English language, English speech has a unique presentation of its own. This paper, as its title indicates, is to analyze and probe the linguistic and rhetorical features of famous English speeches with a view to improving the ability to appreciate English speeches on the part of Chinese learners of English.展开更多
Based on Rhetorical Structure Theory(RST),this study intends to investigate into the typical features of rhetorical relations in Chinese EFL learners’argumentative writing and their relationship with writing quality....Based on Rhetorical Structure Theory(RST),this study intends to investigate into the typical features of rhetorical relations in Chinese EFL learners’argumentative writing and their relationship with writing quality.A set of 60 essays(30 with the highest scores and another 30 with the lowest scores)were drawn from SWECCL(Spoken and Written English Corpus of Chinese Learners).These essays were then cut into elementary discourse units and manually annotated with rhetorical relations.Research findings show that there is no significant difference in terms of the total numbers and types of rhetorical relations between the two proficiency groups.However,comparisons of the rhetorical relations both at the intra-paragraph and at the inter-paragraph level indicate statistical differences between the two groups.展开更多
Currently,there has been a growing interest in the study of academic writing;focusing on the structural organization of academic text or specific linguistic features.However,very few studies have been done on the stru...Currently,there has been a growing interest in the study of academic writing;focusing on the structural organization of academic text or specific linguistic features.However,very few studies have been done on the structural organization of the Methods and the linguistic features link to each move.Thus,the purpose of this study is to identify rhetorical structure of the Methods of agricultural science research articles and to explore the linguistic features linked to each identified move,by analyzing thirty research articles based on Kanoksilapatham's2005 framework.Altogether,five moves were found in the Methods,showing that rhetorical structure of Methods in agricultural science has its own format.The moves and linguistic features realizing rhetorical functions may help novice researchers or learners write the Methods of science research articles effectively and professionally.展开更多
Stylistics is a scientific study of style. It's a mode of encoding and decoding language and can be associated with various fields. In this paper,we talk about the great significances of stylistic and rhetoric stu...Stylistics is a scientific study of style. It's a mode of encoding and decoding language and can be associated with various fields. In this paper,we talk about the great significances of stylistic and rhetoric studies. It refers to great help in expressing and understanding languages; in combining the linguistics and literary criticism and in foreign language teaching.展开更多
Advertisements are penetrating into our daily life.Rhetorical strategies are always employed for persuasion in advertisements.The article analyzes the advertisements from the rhetorical angle mainly using the theory o...Advertisements are penetrating into our daily life.Rhetorical strategies are always employed for persuasion in advertisements.The article analyzes the advertisements from the rhetorical angle mainly using the theory of "communication triangle".It is very interesting to see how the advertisement applies the appropriate strategies to attain the proper targets.展开更多
Advertising, as an integrated art, has many unique features. It's vocabulary and syntax have own characteristics. In words, the advertising language to be simple, vivid, and emotional. At the same time, rhetoric i...Advertising, as an integrated art, has many unique features. It's vocabulary and syntax have own characteristics. In words, the advertising language to be simple, vivid, and emotional. At the same time, rhetoric is an important method, which is often used in advertising.展开更多
It is universally believed that Rhetoric is an expressive way of language, while pragmatic twist(Deliberate misinterpretation) isthe understanding phenomenon, which is not a rhetorical device but a cognitive activity ...It is universally believed that Rhetoric is an expressive way of language, while pragmatic twist(Deliberate misinterpretation) isthe understanding phenomenon, which is not a rhetorical device but a cognitive activity in nature. The two can't be placed on a par witheach other. However, we find that the two aren't incompatible at all. The second speaker(S2) captures the rhetorical device in the firstspeaker(S1)'s utterance, and distorts the original meaning to achieve S2's communicative goal.展开更多
This paper is organized into three main sections.In the first section,theories and related research on rhetorical patterns are reviewed.The second section analyzes and discusses the rhetorical patterns demonstrated in...This paper is organized into three main sections.In the first section,theories and related research on rhetorical patterns are reviewed.The second section analyzes and discusses the rhetorical patterns demonstrated in the essays of ESL learners in China and Canada.The paper is ended with a third section that discusses the implications of this research for the future studies and the teaching of ESL writing.展开更多
A learner’s stages of L2 development are connected by his or her L1 and culture.It is,accordingly,of paramount importance to understand the second language learners’culture and learning process and better assist the...A learner’s stages of L2 development are connected by his or her L1 and culture.It is,accordingly,of paramount importance to understand the second language learners’culture and learning process and better assist them through this process in the way of teaching them English.Similarly,inter-language theory(IL)and contrastive rhetoric are affected by factors,such as learner’s L1,learning experiences,and culture.This paper talks about these two theory’s characteristics,constructs,and importance,so language instructors may better understand the L2 learning phenomena and think out better methods to help language learners improve their language skills.展开更多
In the year 1946, the first computer came to the world in the USA. Later on, many countries devoted themselves to the researchof computer science, because advanced computer was also an important symbol of development ...In the year 1946, the first computer came to the world in the USA. Later on, many countries devoted themselves to the researchof computer science, because advanced computer was also an important symbol of development of science and technology. Naturally, ex-changes among countries became more and more frequent because of that. Meanwhile, English, as the most influential international language,has become increasingly important. This paper focuses on the rhetorical features of computer English. Before starting these topics, it introduc-es rhetoric briefly.展开更多
Rhetorical devices are kinds of literal form of expressions.Their application is to make the idea more striking and effective,for they have the strength to express and illustrate.An appropriate rhetorical device appea...Rhetorical devices are kinds of literal form of expressions.Their application is to make the idea more striking and effective,for they have the strength to express and illustrate.An appropriate rhetorical device appeals to the imagination,gives us vivid pictures and makes the written English impressive and interesting.For this reason,written English often uses various rhetorical devices to improve the readability and attract readers' attention and to arouse readers' interest of reading their materials.This paper mainly discusses common rhetorical devices in written English so as to help readers understand the written materials better.展开更多
Thoreau expresses his love for nature and criticism of materialism in Walden,emphasizing the harmonious relationship between nature and human beings.Besides this significance,rhetorical devices like simile,metaphor,pe...Thoreau expresses his love for nature and criticism of materialism in Walden,emphasizing the harmonious relationship between nature and human beings.Besides this significance,rhetorical devices like simile,metaphor,personification,parallelism,overstatement,irony and pun contribute to unique charm of this masterpiece's language and thoughts.展开更多
As is known to all,headlines serve as a summary and advertisement for the main idea of the news so as to make the reader have a better understanding.Therefore,to some degree,we can say that the headline is the soul of...As is known to all,headlines serve as a summary and advertisement for the main idea of the news so as to make the reader have a better understanding.Therefore,to some degree,we can say that the headline is the soul of a news report.Rhetoric,in all kinds of writing in all kinds of languages,can be applied and make an efficient effect.As for an English news headline,it is usually formed with certain rhetorical device to embody its soul and to appeal to more readers.This paper is to introduce and discuss the rhetorical features of the news headlines with examples and analysis.展开更多
This paper analyzes some main rhetorical devices in Kate Chopin's short novel "The Story of An Hour" including symbolism,contrast and irony,which are benefit to promote the theme.
文摘Objective:To observe and analyze the application of the bedside rhetorical teaching method in teaching nursing interns.Methods:A total of 64 nursing interns in the gastroenterology department of our hospital from July 2022 to May 2023 were randomly divided into two groups,32 cases in the control group and 32 cases in the intervention group.The control group was given conventional teaching methods,and the intervention group was given the bedside rhetorical teaching method on the basis of the conventional teaching.The differences in the methods of teaching between the two groups were compared after the end of the internship,and there was a statistically significant difference with P<0.05.Results:The scores of the interns in the intervention group were significantly better than those of the control group in theoretical knowledge,communication skills,and case analysis items(P<0.05).Conclusion:The bedside rhetorical teaching method transforms classroom education into bedside teaching,which enables the interns to apply the theoretical knowledge to clinical practice,and has a higher improvement in the three aspects of disease knowledge,communication skills,and case analysis,cultivates the interns’comprehensive clinical skills,and lays a good foundation for the future entry into the nursing field.
基金This article is funded by Teaching Research Project-2022 in Wuhan University of Technology.
文摘Lin Yutang’s English novel,The Vermilion Gate,whose story mainly focus on the social turmoil in Xi’an under the rule of warlords and the family conflicts within the Dafudi,depicts how Chinese people solve the internal and external conflicts with wisdom and how fragile women grows in the war.Basing on the analysis of rhetorical portrait of Xi’an and heroic Chinese people in this novel,this paper explores Lin Yutang’s rhetorical preference in constructing image of China and his unique cultural values behind the English writing.
文摘English speech is a discourse delivered at an assembly or on formal occasions. As a variety of the English language, English speech has a unique presentation of its own. This paper, as its title indicates, is to analyze and probe the linguistic and rhetorical features of famous English speeches with a view to improving the ability to appreciate English speeches on the part of Chinese learners of English.
文摘Based on Rhetorical Structure Theory(RST),this study intends to investigate into the typical features of rhetorical relations in Chinese EFL learners’argumentative writing and their relationship with writing quality.A set of 60 essays(30 with the highest scores and another 30 with the lowest scores)were drawn from SWECCL(Spoken and Written English Corpus of Chinese Learners).These essays were then cut into elementary discourse units and manually annotated with rhetorical relations.Research findings show that there is no significant difference in terms of the total numbers and types of rhetorical relations between the two proficiency groups.However,comparisons of the rhetorical relations both at the intra-paragraph and at the inter-paragraph level indicate statistical differences between the two groups.
文摘Currently,there has been a growing interest in the study of academic writing;focusing on the structural organization of academic text or specific linguistic features.However,very few studies have been done on the structural organization of the Methods and the linguistic features link to each move.Thus,the purpose of this study is to identify rhetorical structure of the Methods of agricultural science research articles and to explore the linguistic features linked to each identified move,by analyzing thirty research articles based on Kanoksilapatham's2005 framework.Altogether,five moves were found in the Methods,showing that rhetorical structure of Methods in agricultural science has its own format.The moves and linguistic features realizing rhetorical functions may help novice researchers or learners write the Methods of science research articles effectively and professionally.
文摘Stylistics is a scientific study of style. It's a mode of encoding and decoding language and can be associated with various fields. In this paper,we talk about the great significances of stylistic and rhetoric studies. It refers to great help in expressing and understanding languages; in combining the linguistics and literary criticism and in foreign language teaching.
文摘Advertisements are penetrating into our daily life.Rhetorical strategies are always employed for persuasion in advertisements.The article analyzes the advertisements from the rhetorical angle mainly using the theory of "communication triangle".It is very interesting to see how the advertisement applies the appropriate strategies to attain the proper targets.
文摘Advertising, as an integrated art, has many unique features. It's vocabulary and syntax have own characteristics. In words, the advertising language to be simple, vivid, and emotional. At the same time, rhetoric is an important method, which is often used in advertising.
文摘It is universally believed that Rhetoric is an expressive way of language, while pragmatic twist(Deliberate misinterpretation) isthe understanding phenomenon, which is not a rhetorical device but a cognitive activity in nature. The two can't be placed on a par witheach other. However, we find that the two aren't incompatible at all. The second speaker(S2) captures the rhetorical device in the firstspeaker(S1)'s utterance, and distorts the original meaning to achieve S2's communicative goal.
文摘This paper is organized into three main sections.In the first section,theories and related research on rhetorical patterns are reviewed.The second section analyzes and discusses the rhetorical patterns demonstrated in the essays of ESL learners in China and Canada.The paper is ended with a third section that discusses the implications of this research for the future studies and the teaching of ESL writing.
文摘A learner’s stages of L2 development are connected by his or her L1 and culture.It is,accordingly,of paramount importance to understand the second language learners’culture and learning process and better assist them through this process in the way of teaching them English.Similarly,inter-language theory(IL)and contrastive rhetoric are affected by factors,such as learner’s L1,learning experiences,and culture.This paper talks about these two theory’s characteristics,constructs,and importance,so language instructors may better understand the L2 learning phenomena and think out better methods to help language learners improve their language skills.
文摘In the year 1946, the first computer came to the world in the USA. Later on, many countries devoted themselves to the researchof computer science, because advanced computer was also an important symbol of development of science and technology. Naturally, ex-changes among countries became more and more frequent because of that. Meanwhile, English, as the most influential international language,has become increasingly important. This paper focuses on the rhetorical features of computer English. Before starting these topics, it introduc-es rhetoric briefly.
文摘Rhetorical devices are kinds of literal form of expressions.Their application is to make the idea more striking and effective,for they have the strength to express and illustrate.An appropriate rhetorical device appeals to the imagination,gives us vivid pictures and makes the written English impressive and interesting.For this reason,written English often uses various rhetorical devices to improve the readability and attract readers' attention and to arouse readers' interest of reading their materials.This paper mainly discusses common rhetorical devices in written English so as to help readers understand the written materials better.
文摘Thoreau expresses his love for nature and criticism of materialism in Walden,emphasizing the harmonious relationship between nature and human beings.Besides this significance,rhetorical devices like simile,metaphor,personification,parallelism,overstatement,irony and pun contribute to unique charm of this masterpiece's language and thoughts.
文摘As is known to all,headlines serve as a summary and advertisement for the main idea of the news so as to make the reader have a better understanding.Therefore,to some degree,we can say that the headline is the soul of a news report.Rhetoric,in all kinds of writing in all kinds of languages,can be applied and make an efficient effect.As for an English news headline,it is usually formed with certain rhetorical device to embody its soul and to appeal to more readers.This paper is to introduce and discuss the rhetorical features of the news headlines with examples and analysis.
文摘This paper analyzes some main rhetorical devices in Kate Chopin's short novel "The Story of An Hour" including symbolism,contrast and irony,which are benefit to promote the theme.
