Teaching Intercultural Competence Using Critical Incident and Cultural Story Telling

Intercultural literacy is attached increasingly great importance in this interconnected world.People from diversified cultural backgrounds need to interact with each other for various purposes.Schools and organizations offer courses to improve people’s intercultural competence.This paper examines two effective techniques to teach intercultural competence in the classroom setting:critical incident activity and cultural story telling.These two strategies can help achieve the desired objectives of Michael Byram’s intercultural communication model.

Truth telling for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Henan,China

Objective: This study aims to investigate the truth-telling status and the relevant factors of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) patients in Henan, China.Methods: A cross-sectional study from April to June 2015 using questionnaires was given to 301 family members of hospitalized ESCC patients based in three affiliated hospitals of Zhengzhou University(i.e., The First Hospital, The Second Hospital, and Tumor Hospital) and Anyang Tumor Hospital.Results: Among the 41.9%(126/301) hospitalized ESCC patients who knew of their true diagnoses, only 4.0% patients were informed by their corresponding responsible doctors, 39.7% by their family members, and 56.3% by themselves. Univariate analyses showed that disclosure of confirmed ESCC diagnosis to patients was correlated with gender, family history of cancer(FHC), education level, vocation, hospital administrative level, and attitudes of family members(P < 0.05). Furthermore,multivariate analysis indicated that attitude of family members was the most important and an independent factor for diagnosis disclosure. Those patients with a negative FHC, under-education, manual occupation, advanced stages, and hospitalized in municipal hospitals exhibited a low rate of truth telling.Conclusions: Truth telling for ESCC patients in Henan is not prevalent and may be improved through consultation with family members, particularly for patients with a negative FHC, poor education, manual occupation, and advanced stages.

Process of Patients Telling Children about Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Objective: This study aims to determine the process of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer in Japan telling their children about the disease, and how they have thought about it after the diagnosis. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer who had 3- to 14-year-old children. Narratives of participants about how they told their children about the disease were analysed by a qualitative and descriptive study design using the Modified Grounded Theory Approach (M-GTA). Results: In the process by which patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer tell their children about the disease, participants were [Maintaining mental balance in the face of the threat of the cancer] after the breast cancer diagnosis, and used the “Facing the cancer through the relationship with the children” as the core category in the process. The participants had [Determined to tell the children about the disease], while [Being worried about the influence of cancer on the children], [Thinking about the benefits of not hiding the cancer], and [Feeling difficulty in communicating the diagnosis of cancer to their children]. They were [Encouraged to tell about the disease to the children] by people around them, and did tell the children that they had a “disease” or “cancer”. The participants who told the children that they had the disease while [Determining the impact on the children] repeated the [Making herself look unconcerned] in the process. Those who told the children that they had cancer while [Determining the impact on the children] repeated [Talking openly about cancer and death] between parents and children. Conclusions: The participants came to face their own cancer by maintaining mental balance in the face of the threat of the cancer and telling their children about the disease. Nurses need to assist these patients to be able to deal openly with their children from the early stage of the diagnosis and solve problems by family members.

Globalization of China’s film industry through “telling China’s stories”

As is known to all,the globalization of China’s film industry plays as one important means in enhancing China’s national image and international voice.During the process of exporting externally,there exist some problems in its content production and marketing system.However,due to the"Belt and Road",the present film industry has ushered in new opportunities.In the essay,according to the author,only with strategies of ecological marketing in global market,China’s film industry could strengthen China’s cultural confidence through telling China’s stories,as so to shape China’s national image in the world.

Telling Their Own Story

Documentary gives a human face to the large African community living in Yiwu,east China

Classification of Sailboat Tell Tail Based on Deep Learning

The tell tail is usually placed on the triangular sail to display the running state of the air flow on the sail surface.It is of great significance to make accurate judgement on the drift of the tell tail of the sailboat during sailing for the best sailing effect.Normally it is difficult for sailors to keep an eye for a long time on the tell sail for accurate judging its changes,affected by strong sunlight and visual fatigue.In this case,we adopt computer vision technology in hope of helping the sailors judge the changes of the tell tail in ease with ease.This paper proposes for the first time a method to classify sailboat tell tails based on deep learning and an expert guidance system,supported by a sailboat tell tail classification data set on the expert guidance system of interpreting the tell tails states in different sea wind conditions,including the feature extraction performance.Considering the expression capabilities that vary with the computational features in different visual tasks,the paper focuses on five tell tail computing features,which are recoded by an automatic encoder and classified by a SVM classifier.All experimental samples were randomly divided into five groups,and four groups were selected from each group as the training set to train the classifier.The remaining one group was used as the test set for testing.The highest resolution value of the ResNet network was 80.26%.To achieve better operational results on the basis of deep computing features obtained through the ResNet network in the experiments.The method can be used to assist the sailors in making better judgement about the tell tail changes during sailing.

语篇视角下的初中英语词汇实践——以“Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?”一课为例

英语是义务教育过程中的主力学科,是学生必须学习的科目之一。英语学科的核心是词汇,但仅仅背诵词汇是不够的,学生需要在语境中正确使用这些词汇。而语篇是词汇的真实运用场景,因此,以语篇为视角研究词汇实践对学生的英语学习至关重要。

Telling China’s Story

Now 60, CIPG seeks a bigger role in engaging the world china International PublishingGroup (CIPG), the country’s leading publisher for international readers, is set to extend its

Telling Stories将数码照片编成故事

毕业了，翻捡随着时间堆积下来的数以千计的数码照片，一幕幕往事在记忆中又清晰起来。想起了生日那天被室友设计捉弄的尴尬，想起了夜晚在校园的草坪上抱着吉他坐拥星空……每一幅照片背后都有一个感人的校园故事，用Telling Stories将这些故事串起来吧，你就会发现一幅幅的数码照片“奏响”的是一首首的校园生活之歌。

解客双剑——Telling Stories脱壳＋破解

解客双剑。何谓解客?——Cracker是也！何谓双剑?——脱壳加破解也!

动词“tell”的用法 tell/told/told/telling

The verb"tell"is similar to"say",but it is often used for commands(指令).This verb is also used for indirect speech and for providing information about an event.1.Before you hang up,I want to tell you again how much I love the flowers.("Tell"is often used in the form of the infinitive after"want"and"need".)

TESTING GROUNDS DUBIOUS DNA RESULTS MAKE A FORTUNE TELLING FORTUNES

Genetic screening has its uses:It helped A-list actor Angelina Jolie,for example,determine that she was at a high risk of breast cancer,leading to a preventative mastectomy.But what genetic screening can’t demonstrate is whether,broadly speaking,your child will have an aptitude for mathematics or sports.Certain specific health problems,yes;but sweeping statements about the future character of an adult?The scientific evidence for such tests was

GONG GU The fading folk art of storytelling

With folded fan poised in his hand and gravel crunching beneath his feet,a gong gu lou(讲古佬,male storyteller)is a portal into a world of bold heroes and magical spirits.Listed as one of Guangdongs intangible cultural heritages,the tradition of gong gu(storytelling)originally took place in temples and featured fables exhorting people to greatness.

寓言评论写作

文体概述寓言评论就是读者读完寓言的所感所想。这种文章主要以一般过去时介绍故事情节内容,对自己感兴趣的某些地方发表观点,表达自己的想法和感受,并且把故事推荐给他人等。Step 1文章结构Step 2经典模板Recently I read a small story from Aesop’s Fables whose name is____(故事的名字).What the story tells us is as follows.

关于韩国语说的教学见解

本文以活用story—telling增长韩国语学习者的口语教育为目的。story—telling研究现渐渐涉及以儿童及多文化家庭为对象的教育方案或学习外国语学习方法的各个方面。本文以韩国语口语教育为主题，在摸索有效的口语教育方案中了解到story—telling的接近性和相互作用性。对此，本文以延边大学经济管理专业学生为研究对象，在局限的空间里提示几个口语活动。第二章主要研究以活用story—telling的口语活动交流为中心的教育方法。

整合信息技术于高职IT职业英语之教学模式探究

21世纪的语言教学形式是多元化的教学模式,而现代信息技术则是多元化语言教学得以实现的关键所在。本文整合信息技术促进语言学习的观点,通过网络化学习方式与情境布置来设计高职IT职业英语课堂教学活动,研究者提出一套在网络化学习环境下整合语言学习的教学模式,如此可使教师和学生在生动的网络化场景中展现更好英语与IT操作的整合性学习,让学生掌握真正在IT行业学以致用的实用交际英语。

翻转课堂大学英语听说课程口语评估探析——以Tell Me More课程为例

"翻转课堂"即转变传统的教师统一授课,学生课后复习提高的教学结构,通过对教学模式的颠倒安排,课前有效监管和指导在线听说学习结合课上有目的小班面授,实现课程真正地个性化教学。TMM课程体系的混元英语教学模式是大学英语听说课程改革的新模式,而TMM教学体系下大学英语听说课程评估的实施是成功实施此模式的关键。该研究通过Tell Me More课程口语评估体系的建立,分析其对学生以语言智能为主的多种学习智能发展的影响,为高等院校大学英语听说教学改革拓展了一个崭新的思路。

从CALL到TELL看现代信息技术支撑外语教学的特点及发展趋势

探讨了信息技术和语言教学之间的关系,对现代信息技术在语言学习过程中发挥的作用、特点进行了分析和比较,提出了从早期以行为主义为基础的机算机辅助语言学习CALL发展到当前基于建构主义学习理论的计算机促进语言学习TELL,是现代信息技术与教育新理念融合而引发的语言学习的一次革命,其显著特点是外语教学的信息化、数字化和网络化。

Tell/inquire(告诉/打听)等动词的言语信息传递与语义认知结构研究

tell(告诉)和inquire(打听)是英汉语中两个基本的言语行为动词,有其独特的信息传递和语义认知结构。信息传递的认知特点主要反映在其信息传递过程中,语义认知的特点主要反映在词的内在含义和该词在句子里的句法、句义的表达方面。基于英汉言语行为动词的两种特点,我们试图为其构建相应的语义认知结构框架。

CD_(133)^+、TLR2和TLR4表达水平对老年陈旧性心肌梗死患者细胞心肌成形术早期预后的影响

目的探讨循环CD133+、Toll样受体2(TLR2)和Toll样受体4(TLR4)表达水平对老年陈旧性心肌梗死患者细胞心肌成形术早期预后的影响。方法采用流式细胞仪检测经皮冠状动脉介入治疗(PCI)+支架植入术患者和PCI+支架植入术+人脐带造血干细胞(hUCM-SCs)移植术患者循环CD133+、TLR2和TLR4的表达水平与心肌梗死面积和左心室射血分数(LVEF)的关系。评估CD133+、TLR2和TLR4对细胞心肌成形术早期预后的影响。结果 PCI+支架植入术后8周CD133+(0.05±0.02)%、TLR2(5.9±2.2)荧光强度(MFI),TLR4(3.7±1.8)MFI;PCI+支架植入术+hUCM-SCs移植后8周CD133+(0.07±0.01)%,TLR2(3.6±0.3)MFI,TLR4(2.2±1.3)MFI。2组患者治疗8周后CD133+、TLR2和TLR4水平比较均有显著性差异(P均<0.01)。结论 CD133+、TLR2和TLR4表达水平可能影响老年陈旧性心肌梗死患者细胞心肌成形术的早期预后。