This paper expounds on the importance of teaching cultural things in foreign language classroom. Some commonly seen ＂cultural mistakes＂ are probed in detail to reveal that cultural awareness plays a crucial role in ...This paper expounds on the importance of teaching cultural things in foreign language classroom. Some commonly seen ＂cultural mistakes＂ are probed in detail to reveal that cultural awareness plays a crucial role in cross-cultural communication and teaching culture can greatly boost students＇ interest in learning a foreign language.展开更多
The article holds that there is an urgent need to implement interest-activated communicative activities in English classes in accordance with the present situation of Shanxi. These activities, as illustrated in the ex...The article holds that there is an urgent need to implement interest-activated communicative activities in English classes in accordance with the present situation of Shanxi. These activities, as illustrated in the examples, are a means to activate the students＇ interest in English. Moreover, the significance of such activities is mentioned.展开更多
This paper analyses the experiment carried out by Peter S. Green and Karlheinz Hecht about criteria towards error-analysis in writing. In order to define what a good writing is, it further investigates the relation be...This paper analyses the experiment carried out by Peter S. Green and Karlheinz Hecht about criteria towards error-analysis in writing. In order to define what a good writing is, it further investigates the relation between accuracy and communicative effectiveness by examining the difference between Chinese teachers and English teachers＇ rating two university students＇ written works to find out the EFL learners＇ dilemma. By comparing the evaluation in written works from both non-native teachers and native teachers, it emphasizes the importance of composition teachers＇ role in providing feedback to their students, and proper suggestions have been given out to solve the problems of motivation in EFL learners.展开更多
With quantitative method, this paper attempts to figure out in L2 motivation perspective the factors that affect the classroom oral participation of the teacher-learners in their further education. The findings obtain...With quantitative method, this paper attempts to figure out in L2 motivation perspective the factors that affect the classroom oral participation of the teacher-learners in their further education. The findings obtained after a correlation study of the relationship between the learners＇ oral participation and the factors in the levels of language, learner and learning situation indicate that self-perceived competence and desire to communicate display greater correlation with participation. This paper also puts forwards some suggestions on how to improve learners＇ self-perceived competence and promote their desire to communicate in class.展开更多
文摘This paper expounds on the importance of teaching cultural things in foreign language classroom. Some commonly seen ＂cultural mistakes＂ are probed in detail to reveal that cultural awareness plays a crucial role in cross-cultural communication and teaching culture can greatly boost students＇ interest in learning a foreign language.
文摘The article holds that there is an urgent need to implement interest-activated communicative activities in English classes in accordance with the present situation of Shanxi. These activities, as illustrated in the examples, are a means to activate the students＇ interest in English. Moreover, the significance of such activities is mentioned.
文摘This paper analyses the experiment carried out by Peter S. Green and Karlheinz Hecht about criteria towards error-analysis in writing. In order to define what a good writing is, it further investigates the relation between accuracy and communicative effectiveness by examining the difference between Chinese teachers and English teachers＇ rating two university students＇ written works to find out the EFL learners＇ dilemma. By comparing the evaluation in written works from both non-native teachers and native teachers, it emphasizes the importance of composition teachers＇ role in providing feedback to their students, and proper suggestions have been given out to solve the problems of motivation in EFL learners.
文摘With quantitative method, this paper attempts to figure out in L2 motivation perspective the factors that affect the classroom oral participation of the teacher-learners in their further education. The findings obtained after a correlation study of the relationship between the learners＇ oral participation and the factors in the levels of language, learner and learning situation indicate that self-perceived competence and desire to communicate display greater correlation with participation. This paper also puts forwards some suggestions on how to improve learners＇ self-perceived competence and promote their desire to communicate in class.
