The author tries to find how well the students master the new words the teachers teach in class. The result is some disappointing since many words are undergoing partial or complete attrition. The survey suggests that...The author tries to find how well the students master the new words the teachers teach in class. The result is some disappointing since many words are undergoing partial or complete attrition. The survey suggests that words of high frequency are not easily forgotten.展开更多
Professor Cheryl Hamilton of American Tarrant County divided speeches into two types： One is informative speeches, and the other is persuasive speeches. It is obvious that the speech to actuate should be more inspir...Professor Cheryl Hamilton of American Tarrant County divided speeches into two types： One is informative speeches, and the other is persuasive speeches. It is obvious that the speech to actuate should be more inspired and motive than the speech to convince. So the language of the speech to actuate should have some special features. Personal pronoun is one of the basic elements of language. It is widely used in our daily speaking, and for a speaker, it is also an effective way to control the emotion of listeners. Different personal pronouns have different effects in a speech, and this thesis has analyzed the effects of personal pronouns in the speech to actuate respectively with the examples of “I Have a Dream” made by Martin Luther King and “My Education, My Future” made by Barack Hussein Obama Jr., the president of America. From the analysis, we can see the concrete role every pronoun played in the speeches of different styles, and how it impacts the success of a speech. Such an analysis and probe leads to a better understanding on the art of English speaking, which can help the learners of English make these skills in their charge.展开更多
Dictionary use is a supplementary activity in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, butalso enhances independent learning and is one of the conscious learning strategies in foreign language learning.B...Dictionary use is a supplementary activity in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, butalso enhances independent learning and is one of the conscious learning strategies in foreign language learning.Based on the results of a questionnaire, this paper analyzes college students' skills and strategies in dictionaryuse. Suggestions are provided for Chinese foreign language teachers to give expert guidance in their students'dictionary use. The purpose is to develop students' independent language learning.展开更多
Change in approaches to vocabulary teaching and learning is widely advocated in China's EFL teaching. An experimenton teaching vocabulary in lexical approach has been carried out among freshmen in China University...Change in approaches to vocabulary teaching and learning is widely advocated in China's EFL teaching. An experimenton teaching vocabulary in lexical approach has been carried out among freshmen in China University of Political Science and Law. This paper gives a report on a survey of students' attitudes toward lexical approach to teaching and learning as well as strategies used to discover and consolidate phrases and expressions, which provides practical and meaningful experience to lexical teaching.展开更多
文摘The author tries to find how well the students master the new words the teachers teach in class. The result is some disappointing since many words are undergoing partial or complete attrition. The survey suggests that words of high frequency are not easily forgotten.
文摘Professor Cheryl Hamilton of American Tarrant County divided speeches into two types： One is informative speeches, and the other is persuasive speeches. It is obvious that the speech to actuate should be more inspired and motive than the speech to convince. So the language of the speech to actuate should have some special features. Personal pronoun is one of the basic elements of language. It is widely used in our daily speaking, and for a speaker, it is also an effective way to control the emotion of listeners. Different personal pronouns have different effects in a speech, and this thesis has analyzed the effects of personal pronouns in the speech to actuate respectively with the examples of “I Have a Dream” made by Martin Luther King and “My Education, My Future” made by Barack Hussein Obama Jr., the president of America. From the analysis, we can see the concrete role every pronoun played in the speeches of different styles, and how it impacts the success of a speech. Such an analysis and probe leads to a better understanding on the art of English speaking, which can help the learners of English make these skills in their charge.
文摘Dictionary use is a supplementary activity in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, butalso enhances independent learning and is one of the conscious learning strategies in foreign language learning.Based on the results of a questionnaire, this paper analyzes college students' skills and strategies in dictionaryuse. Suggestions are provided for Chinese foreign language teachers to give expert guidance in their students'dictionary use. The purpose is to develop students' independent language learning.
文摘Change in approaches to vocabulary teaching and learning is widely advocated in China's EFL teaching. An experimenton teaching vocabulary in lexical approach has been carried out among freshmen in China University of Political Science and Law. This paper gives a report on a survey of students' attitudes toward lexical approach to teaching and learning as well as strategies used to discover and consolidate phrases and expressions, which provides practical and meaningful experience to lexical teaching.
