Shakespeare has been studied from many perspectives so far. However, his language style used in his literary works is still worth studying. First of all, this study explores changing sense of emblem and emblem languag...Shakespeare has been studied from many perspectives so far. However, his language style used in his literary works is still worth studying. First of all, this study explores changing sense of emblem and emblem language comparing Shakespeare's era and today. Secondly, it puts stress on the effects of emblem traditions on Shakespeare. Lastly, this article aims to shed light on his emblematical language in his Midsummer Night's Dream, which is one of his most leading works in terms of having highly visible emblematical interpretations.展开更多
The course of English and American literature plays an important role in ELT (English Language Teaching), however, English majors in class are tired of the conversationalist's introduction by the teacher of literar...The course of English and American literature plays an important role in ELT (English Language Teaching), however, English majors in class are tired of the conversationalist's introduction by the teacher of literary backgrounds, characters, plots, even the literary writing styles. Consequently, the course of literature goes into the bottleneck because of the null of cultural addition.The literature class seems out of moded, even CAI (Computing Aided Instruction) fails to motivate students. How to solve the problem? This paper takes teaching methodology of literature in the cultural perspective to solve the problem. It is feasible for teachers to improve students' intercultural communication competence in cultural content imput in the literature course.展开更多
For the purpose of tailoring language instruction to respond to students' diverse learning styles and enriching students' present learning styles, the present paper examines Chinese EFL majors' perceptiona...For the purpose of tailoring language instruction to respond to students' diverse learning styles and enriching students' present learning styles, the present paper examines Chinese EFL majors' perceptional learning style preferences (PLSP) from the following dimensions: visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, collaborative/independent, passive/active and modeling, and probes into the underlying socio-cultural factors which affect Chinese English majors' learning styles. Based on the style findings, some practical suggestions are provided to promote EFL teaching in China.展开更多
文摘Shakespeare has been studied from many perspectives so far. However, his language style used in his literary works is still worth studying. First of all, this study explores changing sense of emblem and emblem language comparing Shakespeare's era and today. Secondly, it puts stress on the effects of emblem traditions on Shakespeare. Lastly, this article aims to shed light on his emblematical language in his Midsummer Night's Dream, which is one of his most leading works in terms of having highly visible emblematical interpretations.
文摘The course of English and American literature plays an important role in ELT (English Language Teaching), however, English majors in class are tired of the conversationalist's introduction by the teacher of literary backgrounds, characters, plots, even the literary writing styles. Consequently, the course of literature goes into the bottleneck because of the null of cultural addition.The literature class seems out of moded, even CAI (Computing Aided Instruction) fails to motivate students. How to solve the problem? This paper takes teaching methodology of literature in the cultural perspective to solve the problem. It is feasible for teachers to improve students' intercultural communication competence in cultural content imput in the literature course.
文摘For the purpose of tailoring language instruction to respond to students' diverse learning styles and enriching students' present learning styles, the present paper examines Chinese EFL majors' perceptional learning style preferences (PLSP) from the following dimensions: visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, collaborative/independent, passive/active and modeling, and probes into the underlying socio-cultural factors which affect Chinese English majors' learning styles. Based on the style findings, some practical suggestions are provided to promote EFL teaching in China.