Chinese students tend to keep silent in class and bear in mind what has been taught passively rather than expressing their ideas actively like western students, which concerns Chinese teachers deeply because of the un...Chinese students tend to keep silent in class and bear in mind what has been taught passively rather than expressing their ideas actively like western students, which concerns Chinese teachers deeply because of the unsatisfactory class production. From the perspectives of "face" in Politeness Principle on the basis of cultural dimensions, this paper mainly focuses on class silence with a comparison between different cultures in the east and west, explores the true reasons for its happening in China and constructs a reference research for follow-up studies.展开更多
An analysis of Communicative English for Chinese Learners(CECL)Book Ⅳ,Unit 3, ’Entertainment’. Following an evaluation of the existing unit, the author explores ways of making the unit linguistically and culturally...An analysis of Communicative English for Chinese Learners(CECL)Book Ⅳ,Unit 3, ’Entertainment’. Following an evaluation of the existing unit, the author explores ways of making the unit linguistically and culturally more challenging for both the teacher and students, in order to achieve an intercultural, communication-based model of language teaching.展开更多
文摘Chinese students tend to keep silent in class and bear in mind what has been taught passively rather than expressing their ideas actively like western students, which concerns Chinese teachers deeply because of the unsatisfactory class production. From the perspectives of "face" in Politeness Principle on the basis of cultural dimensions, this paper mainly focuses on class silence with a comparison between different cultures in the east and west, explores the true reasons for its happening in China and constructs a reference research for follow-up studies.
文摘An analysis of Communicative English for Chinese Learners(CECL)Book Ⅳ,Unit 3, ’Entertainment’. Following an evaluation of the existing unit, the author explores ways of making the unit linguistically and culturally more challenging for both the teacher and students, in order to achieve an intercultural, communication-based model of language teaching.