This paper which is directed to constructing the cognitive model of knowledge acquisition in view of the increasing need of globalization-oriented study, points out features of globalization-oriented study, and propos...This paper which is directed to constructing the cognitive model of knowledge acquisition in view of the increasing need of globalization-oriented study, points out features of globalization-oriented study, and proposes the importance and necessity for constructing the CMKAGS （cognitive model of knowledge acquisition in globalization-oriented study） which includes attention, background knowledge, and chunking memory that involves semantic chunking, information encoding as well as choice of information encoding. The cognitive model of knowledge acquisition in question aims at helping e-learners to memorize their learned knowledge and improve their studies effectively and efficiently, whether they study in enhanced conditions or in natural conditions展开更多
Employing one-to-one interviews,this study explores,from a poststructuralist view,how Chinese English Teachers(CETs)struggle to construct their professional identity within the dominant ideology and disempowering disc...Employing one-to-one interviews,this study explores,from a poststructuralist view,how Chinese English Teachers(CETs)struggle to construct their professional identity within the dominant ideology and disempowering discourses of native-speakerism in a globalizing China.Twenty-five CETs were interviewed,and the results have shown that applying human agency and subjectivity,CET participants manage to counteract the disempowering discourses and reach a relatively balanced power relationship with their native speaker(NS)counterparts mainly through four ways:Othering the NSs;exploring their own unique strengths;taking special roles in ELT;and establishing their credibility through hard work.The Chinese culture of learning,specifically,Confucian values,also plays an important role in CETs’professional identity construction.展开更多
文摘This paper which is directed to constructing the cognitive model of knowledge acquisition in view of the increasing need of globalization-oriented study, points out features of globalization-oriented study, and proposes the importance and necessity for constructing the CMKAGS （cognitive model of knowledge acquisition in globalization-oriented study） which includes attention, background knowledge, and chunking memory that involves semantic chunking, information encoding as well as choice of information encoding. The cognitive model of knowledge acquisition in question aims at helping e-learners to memorize their learned knowledge and improve their studies effectively and efficiently, whether they study in enhanced conditions or in natural conditions
文摘Employing one-to-one interviews,this study explores,from a poststructuralist view,how Chinese English Teachers(CETs)struggle to construct their professional identity within the dominant ideology and disempowering discourses of native-speakerism in a globalizing China.Twenty-five CETs were interviewed,and the results have shown that applying human agency and subjectivity,CET participants manage to counteract the disempowering discourses and reach a relatively balanced power relationship with their native speaker(NS)counterparts mainly through four ways:Othering the NSs;exploring their own unique strengths;taking special roles in ELT;and establishing their credibility through hard work.The Chinese culture of learning,specifically,Confucian values,also plays an important role in CETs’professional identity construction.
