Individual differences in foreign language learning have long been the concern of linguists and language teachers. Researches on this subject have been carried out in schools, universities and other educational instit...Individual differences in foreign language learning have long been the concern of linguists and language teachers. Researches on this subject have been carried out in schools, universities and other educational institutions and great achievements have been made. As it is, there are many individual differences which affect the learning of foreign languages, such as intelligence, aptitude, motivation, personality, attitude,展开更多
Individualized college English teaching is an important practice for colleges and universities to carry out college English teaching reform.Starting from the analysis of the connotation of individualized college Engli...Individualized college English teaching is an important practice for colleges and universities to carry out college English teaching reform.Starting from the analysis of the connotation of individualized college English teaching,this paper summarizes the significant characteristics of individualized college English teaching,and puts forward the idea of constructing an individualized college English teaching mode,in the hope that provides some reference for the comprehensive implementation of the current college English teaching reform.展开更多
The demand for individualized teaching from E-learning websites is rapidly increasing due to the huge differences existed among Web learners. A method for clustering Web learners based on rough set is proposed. The ba...The demand for individualized teaching from E-learning websites is rapidly increasing due to the huge differences existed among Web learners. A method for clustering Web learners based on rough set is proposed. The basic idea of the method is to reduce the learning attributes prior to clustering, and therefore the clustering of Web learners is carried out in a relative low-dimensional space. Using this method, the E-learning websites can arrange corresponding teaching content for different clusters of learners so that the learners’ individual requirements can be more satisfied. Key words rough set - attributes reduction - k-means clustering - individualized teaching CLC number TP 391.6 Foundation item: Supported by the National “863” Program of China (2002AA111010, 2003AA001032)Biography: LIU Shuai-dong (1979-), male, Master candidate, research direction: knowledge discovery and individualized learning techniques.展开更多
Students’ individual differences pose a challenge to language teachers and influence the way in which a foreign language is learned. We are therefore invited to consider the role of our students’ personalities,motiv...Students’ individual differences pose a challenge to language teachers and influence the way in which a foreign language is learned. We are therefore invited to consider the role of our students’ personalities,motivation and cognitive styles in the language classroom. LANGUAGE teaching would be much easier if all students were alike. The number of instructional decisions would be greatly reduced; teaching methods would be rather simpler; lesson designs would not have to be modified; teachers would not have to consider alternative procedures; teacher-student展开更多
文摘Individual differences in foreign language learning have long been the concern of linguists and language teachers. Researches on this subject have been carried out in schools, universities and other educational institutions and great achievements have been made. As it is, there are many individual differences which affect the learning of foreign languages, such as intelligence, aptitude, motivation, personality, attitude,
基金This article is one of the achievements of the school-level teaching reform research project of Yunnan Minzu university.
文摘Individualized college English teaching is an important practice for colleges and universities to carry out college English teaching reform.Starting from the analysis of the connotation of individualized college English teaching,this paper summarizes the significant characteristics of individualized college English teaching,and puts forward the idea of constructing an individualized college English teaching mode,in the hope that provides some reference for the comprehensive implementation of the current college English teaching reform.
文摘The demand for individualized teaching from E-learning websites is rapidly increasing due to the huge differences existed among Web learners. A method for clustering Web learners based on rough set is proposed. The basic idea of the method is to reduce the learning attributes prior to clustering, and therefore the clustering of Web learners is carried out in a relative low-dimensional space. Using this method, the E-learning websites can arrange corresponding teaching content for different clusters of learners so that the learners’ individual requirements can be more satisfied. Key words rough set - attributes reduction - k-means clustering - individualized teaching CLC number TP 391.6 Foundation item: Supported by the National “863” Program of China (2002AA111010, 2003AA001032)Biography: LIU Shuai-dong (1979-), male, Master candidate, research direction: knowledge discovery and individualized learning techniques.
文摘Students’ individual differences pose a challenge to language teachers and influence the way in which a foreign language is learned. We are therefore invited to consider the role of our students’ personalities,motivation and cognitive styles in the language classroom. LANGUAGE teaching would be much easier if all students were alike. The number of instructional decisions would be greatly reduced; teaching methods would be rather simpler; lesson designs would not have to be modified; teachers would not have to consider alternative procedures; teacher-student