Reading and writing are input and output respectively. The relation between reading and writing is closely related. Reading is the preparation for good writing. And writing theory or law can provide readers some clues...Reading and writing are input and output respectively. The relation between reading and writing is closely related. Reading is the preparation for good writing. And writing theory or law can provide readers some clues for better understanding. The relation between reading and writing can help our English teaching in and out class. Also the way of thinking influences our reading and writing.展开更多
In this report, the author found out that the materials on hand imposed undue cognitive load on students. In order to maximize learning, the author changed her instructional design, kept a close eye on the whole proce...In this report, the author found out that the materials on hand imposed undue cognitive load on students. In order to maximize learning, the author changed her instructional design, kept a close eye on the whole process, and ultimately discovered that reducing the cognitive load of the learning materials is beneficial for the increase of learners' interest and the liven-up of the classroom atmosphere, which can finally maximize learners' language learning.展开更多
Krashen's Input Hypothesis, Swain's Output Hypothesis, and Schmidt's Noticing Hypothesis are the important theories related to SLA (Second Language Acquisition). A model based on the three is established in the p...Krashen's Input Hypothesis, Swain's Output Hypothesis, and Schmidt's Noticing Hypothesis are the important theories related to SLA (Second Language Acquisition). A model based on the three is established in the present paper and used to guide students' writing. Some specific task types are designed to help learners know how to use words correctly and appropriately in context and thus improve their overall word use in writing. The conclusion is drawn that through conscious reading (the so-called input) and conscious imitate use of the words and expressions in the reading (the so-called output), learners will improve the diction in writing.展开更多
The present study constitutes a critical appraisal of the deconstructive reading of Rousseau's Confessions that Derrida undertakes in the second part of Of Grammatology. In this examination, the author will first lis...The present study constitutes a critical appraisal of the deconstructive reading of Rousseau's Confessions that Derrida undertakes in the second part of Of Grammatology. In this examination, the author will first list some of the significations into which Derrida disperses (forced, as he asserts himself, by an "inassimilable residue" in the text itself) the meaning that he has already construed as apparently simple during the first moment of deconstructive reading (i.e., "the doubling commentary"); the author will then go on to enquire into the operations which enable Derrida to arrive at these self-conflicting significations. The main aim of this essay is to demonstrate that it is not language alone that disables the philosophy of Rousseau and enables the philosophy of Derrida. When Derrida attempts to support his philosophy through an analysis of Rousseau's theory of language and the alleged contradictions in Rousseau's texts, he misinterprets basic tenets of these texts in order to make them conform to the presuppositions of the deconstructive approach. The "reversal" and "displacement" of metaphysical conceptuality in the text of the Confessions is made possible after the text has had meanings transposed into it from a plurality of other texts. Derrida attributes to the text significations he discovers by construing, explicating and over-reading passages that occur elsewhere in Rousseau's total oeuvre (especially in the Essay on the Origin of Languages).展开更多
As a useful kind of writing, summarizing, aiming at improving students' ability to input information (reading) and output information (writing), and should be emphasized at the advanced writing level, especially ...As a useful kind of writing, summarizing, aiming at improving students' ability to input information (reading) and output information (writing), and should be emphasized at the advanced writing level, especially when postgraduates further their English studies. In order to have a deep understanding of the status quo of postgraduates' ability to summarize, this paper collected some data from the writing assignment and tried to give a detailed analysis of the problems, reasons and put forward some solutions.展开更多
WORI is the Production-Oriented Approach to reading in the TEFL context of China. It is intended to enhance English learners' proficiency in writing and reading. By asking questions to draw learners' attention to th...WORI is the Production-Oriented Approach to reading in the TEFL context of China. It is intended to enhance English learners' proficiency in writing and reading. By asking questions to draw learners' attention to the professional writers' choices concerning organization, development, style, and diction, teachers explicitly guide learners to observe, analyze, study, apperceive, so as to learn about their writing thinking and strategies. By designing a variety of reading-to-write tasks, teachers endeavour to activate learners' writing thinking developed in writing-oriented reading activities to have such writing thinking fixed in mind and internalized. The WORI also fosters English learners' autonomy of sustaining development in reading, writing, as well as their English learning.展开更多
Second language learners make errors in both comprehension and production in their Inter-language, and learners' errors have all along been one of the main focuses on language pedagogy. Based on the theoretical study...Second language learners make errors in both comprehension and production in their Inter-language, and learners' errors have all along been one of the main focuses on language pedagogy. Based on the theoretical study of Inter-language, transfer, Contrastive Analysis and Error Analysis as well as the correlations among them, this paper concentrates on some production errors caused by negative transfer. Some typical inter-lingual errors made by Chinese-speaking English learners are categorized and analyzed from the syntactic perspective and lexical perspective. Hopefully by such an analysis of language transfer, the characteristics of Chinese-speaking English learners' Inter-language will be revealed, and it might be helpful for English teaching and enhancing learners' English proficiency.展开更多
This research project analyzes the reading and writing practices used in five first and second year undergraduate courses of different disciplines at a Colombian university. During one semester, we conducted polls, cl...This research project analyzes the reading and writing practices used in five first and second year undergraduate courses of different disciplines at a Colombian university. During one semester, we conducted polls, class observations, and interviews with teachers. The data collected contain information about the strategies that teachers use to guide, clarify, and evaluate the readings they assigned. It also informs about the ways in which teachers classify texts and participate in the process of composing, editing, and evaluating the students' writing. Finally, the data inform about the role that teachers assign to the practices of reading and writing in their courses. The results of the study prove that there is a misconception based on the idea that there is a unique way of understanding and practicing reading and writing in the academia, and that there is a set of unique strategies that are transferable to any discipline or field of study. The cases analyzed in this study suggest that it would be much more effective to incorporate intensive reading and writing strategies in disciplinary courses, than to concentrate on first year writing courses.展开更多
This study aimed at investigating the effect of using a Web Quest program on developing some EFL critical reading and writing skills of the first year experimental secondary school students. The participants of the st...This study aimed at investigating the effect of using a Web Quest program on developing some EFL critical reading and writing skills of the first year experimental secondary school students. The participants of the study were 60 students from one of the Experimental Secondary Schools in Egypt. Instruments of the study were EFL critical reading and writing tests. Students in both the experimental and the control groups were pre-tested using the critical reading test and the writing test. Then, students of the experimental group were using Web Quest. Finally, students in both groups were post-tested using the same instruments. The study showed that there was statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the pre and the post critical reading test and writing test of the experimental group in favor of the post tests. This difference can be attributed to using Web Quest.展开更多
It is increasingly important for students to develop reading and writing abilities. Teachers should focus on the teaching of English textual patterns, which plays an important part in sending writers' messages. The p...It is increasingly important for students to develop reading and writing abilities. Teachers should focus on the teaching of English textual patterns, which plays an important part in sending writers' messages. The patterns used in the text help readers unfold the writer's message positively and actively. Students can write texts following textual patterns and using appropriate discourse signaling vocabulary. The importance of teaching the lexical signals and specific vocabulary is emphasized here. And the common core patterns in English texts are also analyzed. Besides, some instructional activities are discussed to develop students' reading and writing abilities, including raising awareness of textual patterns, focusing on signaling factors, reformulating and making a frame or a diagram.展开更多
The reform of college English should focus on the ways to improve the practicing ability. This ability should be based on the improvement of students, which is the fundamental aim of reform on the college English. In ...The reform of college English should focus on the ways to improve the practicing ability. This ability should be based on the improvement of students, which is the fundamental aim of reform on the college English. In order to cope with this problem, "flipped classroom"has many advantages. By Giving definitions to the "flipped classroom", this dissertation analyzed the differences between the regular class and the "flipped classroom" and carried out a new way to improve the reading and writing course: we can take advantage of multimedia and new internet technology.展开更多
Student-based education is a teaching method targeted in students' willingness to learn. Teachers must not only know how to change their teaching philosophy, more importantly, to explore the specific implementation m...Student-based education is a teaching method targeted in students' willingness to learn. Teachers must not only know how to change their teaching philosophy, more importantly, to explore the specific implementation methods in practice. "Reading and Writing Assessment" can effectively reflect this teaching philosophy. Students, in the whole learning process, through independent reading, writing, communication and evaluation, can achieve active learning and creative learning, It is proved that this is a good way of teaching.展开更多
This paper mainly completed the design of hardware and software of RFID to read write system. Including selection and easy transplantation of open source μC/OS-Ⅱ operating system, completed the transplant in the emb...This paper mainly completed the design of hardware and software of RFID to read write system. Including selection and easy transplantation of open source μC/OS-Ⅱ operating system, completed the transplant in the embedded module, the task to create work; Analyze the system software level and concrete structure from the hardware layer, driver layer, operating system layer and user layer; and analyzes the influence of the actual the power consumption of the system running in different modes and the read-write distance, the influence of moving speed of chip on read and write time.展开更多
The difference between the college English reading and writing class which is supported by network and the traditional courses is that teachers and students use information technology to complete the study task and ac...The difference between the college English reading and writing class which is supported by network and the traditional courses is that teachers and students use information technology to complete the study task and achieve the teaching objectives in the process of teaching and learning. The role of the teacher is a guider and organizer, the teaching is student-centered teaching. This paper takes the teaching practice in reading and writing class as an example, explain how to use video file, screen demonstration, chat rooms, BBS, E-mail and other different multimedia network technology and approach, how to make full use of multimedia network resources in teaching college English reading and writing, how to improve the teaching effect.展开更多
The main objective of this paper was to investigate the test method effect of two writing tests on the performances of sixty sophomore English majors from China University of Mining and Technology, who were divided ra...The main objective of this paper was to investigate the test method effect of two writing tests on the performances of sixty sophomore English majors from China University of Mining and Technology, who were divided randomly into two experiment groups and took a reading-integrated writing test and a timed impromptu essay test respectively. Their essays were rated anonymously by two independent raters using the same rating scale with categories that measured content, organization, accuracy and vocabulary. Besides examination of the reliability, Many-Faceted Rasch analysis was applied to probe into the influence of domain difficulty and rater severity. Results of the comparison revealed four important findings. First, both two tests were reliable to be fair measures for assessing writing abilities. Second, significant difference was found between two groups in content, organization, and vocabulary, but no difference was observed in accuracy. Third, the reading tasks facilitated participants in generating ideas, organizing essays and using vocabularies. Finally, compared with the participants in the reading-integrated writing test, participants in the timed impromptu essay test met difficulties in using their vocabularies in the writing process. Findings implicated that 1) a reading-integrated writing test could be an alternative to a timed impromptu essay test in academic contexts, and 2) much more investigation was still needed to probe into the writing process and read-to-write process.展开更多
文摘Reading and writing are input and output respectively. The relation between reading and writing is closely related. Reading is the preparation for good writing. And writing theory or law can provide readers some clues for better understanding. The relation between reading and writing can help our English teaching in and out class. Also the way of thinking influences our reading and writing.
文摘In this report, the author found out that the materials on hand imposed undue cognitive load on students. In order to maximize learning, the author changed her instructional design, kept a close eye on the whole process, and ultimately discovered that reducing the cognitive load of the learning materials is beneficial for the increase of learners' interest and the liven-up of the classroom atmosphere, which can finally maximize learners' language learning.
文摘Krashen's Input Hypothesis, Swain's Output Hypothesis, and Schmidt's Noticing Hypothesis are the important theories related to SLA (Second Language Acquisition). A model based on the three is established in the present paper and used to guide students' writing. Some specific task types are designed to help learners know how to use words correctly and appropriately in context and thus improve their overall word use in writing. The conclusion is drawn that through conscious reading (the so-called input) and conscious imitate use of the words and expressions in the reading (the so-called output), learners will improve the diction in writing.
文摘The present study constitutes a critical appraisal of the deconstructive reading of Rousseau's Confessions that Derrida undertakes in the second part of Of Grammatology. In this examination, the author will first list some of the significations into which Derrida disperses (forced, as he asserts himself, by an "inassimilable residue" in the text itself) the meaning that he has already construed as apparently simple during the first moment of deconstructive reading (i.e., "the doubling commentary"); the author will then go on to enquire into the operations which enable Derrida to arrive at these self-conflicting significations. The main aim of this essay is to demonstrate that it is not language alone that disables the philosophy of Rousseau and enables the philosophy of Derrida. When Derrida attempts to support his philosophy through an analysis of Rousseau's theory of language and the alleged contradictions in Rousseau's texts, he misinterprets basic tenets of these texts in order to make them conform to the presuppositions of the deconstructive approach. The "reversal" and "displacement" of metaphysical conceptuality in the text of the Confessions is made possible after the text has had meanings transposed into it from a plurality of other texts. Derrida attributes to the text significations he discovers by construing, explicating and over-reading passages that occur elsewhere in Rousseau's total oeuvre (especially in the Essay on the Origin of Languages).
文摘As a useful kind of writing, summarizing, aiming at improving students' ability to input information (reading) and output information (writing), and should be emphasized at the advanced writing level, especially when postgraduates further their English studies. In order to have a deep understanding of the status quo of postgraduates' ability to summarize, this paper collected some data from the writing assignment and tried to give a detailed analysis of the problems, reasons and put forward some solutions.
文摘WORI is the Production-Oriented Approach to reading in the TEFL context of China. It is intended to enhance English learners' proficiency in writing and reading. By asking questions to draw learners' attention to the professional writers' choices concerning organization, development, style, and diction, teachers explicitly guide learners to observe, analyze, study, apperceive, so as to learn about their writing thinking and strategies. By designing a variety of reading-to-write tasks, teachers endeavour to activate learners' writing thinking developed in writing-oriented reading activities to have such writing thinking fixed in mind and internalized. The WORI also fosters English learners' autonomy of sustaining development in reading, writing, as well as their English learning.
文摘Second language learners make errors in both comprehension and production in their Inter-language, and learners' errors have all along been one of the main focuses on language pedagogy. Based on the theoretical study of Inter-language, transfer, Contrastive Analysis and Error Analysis as well as the correlations among them, this paper concentrates on some production errors caused by negative transfer. Some typical inter-lingual errors made by Chinese-speaking English learners are categorized and analyzed from the syntactic perspective and lexical perspective. Hopefully by such an analysis of language transfer, the characteristics of Chinese-speaking English learners' Inter-language will be revealed, and it might be helpful for English teaching and enhancing learners' English proficiency.
文摘This research project analyzes the reading and writing practices used in five first and second year undergraduate courses of different disciplines at a Colombian university. During one semester, we conducted polls, class observations, and interviews with teachers. The data collected contain information about the strategies that teachers use to guide, clarify, and evaluate the readings they assigned. It also informs about the ways in which teachers classify texts and participate in the process of composing, editing, and evaluating the students' writing. Finally, the data inform about the role that teachers assign to the practices of reading and writing in their courses. The results of the study prove that there is a misconception based on the idea that there is a unique way of understanding and practicing reading and writing in the academia, and that there is a set of unique strategies that are transferable to any discipline or field of study. The cases analyzed in this study suggest that it would be much more effective to incorporate intensive reading and writing strategies in disciplinary courses, than to concentrate on first year writing courses.
文摘This study aimed at investigating the effect of using a Web Quest program on developing some EFL critical reading and writing skills of the first year experimental secondary school students. The participants of the study were 60 students from one of the Experimental Secondary Schools in Egypt. Instruments of the study were EFL critical reading and writing tests. Students in both the experimental and the control groups were pre-tested using the critical reading test and the writing test. Then, students of the experimental group were using Web Quest. Finally, students in both groups were post-tested using the same instruments. The study showed that there was statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the pre and the post critical reading test and writing test of the experimental group in favor of the post tests. This difference can be attributed to using Web Quest.
文摘It is increasingly important for students to develop reading and writing abilities. Teachers should focus on the teaching of English textual patterns, which plays an important part in sending writers' messages. The patterns used in the text help readers unfold the writer's message positively and actively. Students can write texts following textual patterns and using appropriate discourse signaling vocabulary. The importance of teaching the lexical signals and specific vocabulary is emphasized here. And the common core patterns in English texts are also analyzed. Besides, some instructional activities are discussed to develop students' reading and writing abilities, including raising awareness of textual patterns, focusing on signaling factors, reformulating and making a frame or a diagram.
文摘The reform of college English should focus on the ways to improve the practicing ability. This ability should be based on the improvement of students, which is the fundamental aim of reform on the college English. In order to cope with this problem, "flipped classroom"has many advantages. By Giving definitions to the "flipped classroom", this dissertation analyzed the differences between the regular class and the "flipped classroom" and carried out a new way to improve the reading and writing course: we can take advantage of multimedia and new internet technology.
文摘Student-based education is a teaching method targeted in students' willingness to learn. Teachers must not only know how to change their teaching philosophy, more importantly, to explore the specific implementation methods in practice. "Reading and Writing Assessment" can effectively reflect this teaching philosophy. Students, in the whole learning process, through independent reading, writing, communication and evaluation, can achieve active learning and creative learning, It is proved that this is a good way of teaching.
文摘This paper mainly completed the design of hardware and software of RFID to read write system. Including selection and easy transplantation of open source μC/OS-Ⅱ operating system, completed the transplant in the embedded module, the task to create work; Analyze the system software level and concrete structure from the hardware layer, driver layer, operating system layer and user layer; and analyzes the influence of the actual the power consumption of the system running in different modes and the read-write distance, the influence of moving speed of chip on read and write time.
文摘The difference between the college English reading and writing class which is supported by network and the traditional courses is that teachers and students use information technology to complete the study task and achieve the teaching objectives in the process of teaching and learning. The role of the teacher is a guider and organizer, the teaching is student-centered teaching. This paper takes the teaching practice in reading and writing class as an example, explain how to use video file, screen demonstration, chat rooms, BBS, E-mail and other different multimedia network technology and approach, how to make full use of multimedia network resources in teaching college English reading and writing, how to improve the teaching effect.
文摘The main objective of this paper was to investigate the test method effect of two writing tests on the performances of sixty sophomore English majors from China University of Mining and Technology, who were divided randomly into two experiment groups and took a reading-integrated writing test and a timed impromptu essay test respectively. Their essays were rated anonymously by two independent raters using the same rating scale with categories that measured content, organization, accuracy and vocabulary. Besides examination of the reliability, Many-Faceted Rasch analysis was applied to probe into the influence of domain difficulty and rater severity. Results of the comparison revealed four important findings. First, both two tests were reliable to be fair measures for assessing writing abilities. Second, significant difference was found between two groups in content, organization, and vocabulary, but no difference was observed in accuracy. Third, the reading tasks facilitated participants in generating ideas, organizing essays and using vocabularies. Finally, compared with the participants in the reading-integrated writing test, participants in the timed impromptu essay test met difficulties in using their vocabularies in the writing process. Findings implicated that 1) a reading-integrated writing test could be an alternative to a timed impromptu essay test in academic contexts, and 2) much more investigation was still needed to probe into the writing process and read-to-write process.