Recent years, problems of the current college English courses, such as test-oriented teaching, wasteful duplication of language skills teaching, etc., have been criticized by educators and students in China. Thus, tur...Recent years, problems of the current college English courses, such as test-oriented teaching, wasteful duplication of language skills teaching, etc., have been criticized by educators and students in China. Thus, turning skill-based English courses into content-based ESP （English for Special Purposes） courses has become a tendency at colleges and universities in China. The purpose of this paper is to analyze factors influencing the design of such courses through the means of questionnaire, individual interviews, data survey （e.g., educational plans） etc.. We found the following factors throw light on the questions relating to curriculum design of ESP courses： （1） the learners＇ learning needs; （2） the social needs （esp. labor market needs）; and （3） the academic needs from the university. The analysis serves to reveal the gap between the school system and actual social and students needs. With these factors in mind, designers of such courses can adjust goals, contents, approaches, and assessments in the practical teaching. And thus these factors would enable content-based ESP courses to reflect learners＇ needs better and lead to more effective langrage learning in college English teaching field.展开更多
With the arrival of the era of personal auto consumption, residents are enjoying the convenience of travel; however, problems such as environmental protection, transportation, purchasing restriction are plaguing consu...With the arrival of the era of personal auto consumption, residents are enjoying the convenience of travel; however, problems such as environmental protection, transportation, purchasing restriction are plaguing consumers at the same time. As an effective alternative to conventional vehicle, electric vehicle in recent years has been widely concerned due to its characteristics of energy saving and environmental protection. To identify the key influential factors in the development of EV industry in China is conducive to formulating reasonable industrial development strategy and meeting market demand of consumers. In this paper, the key factors in the development of EV industry are obtained by analyzing Baidu Index in each time period.展开更多
文摘Recent years, problems of the current college English courses, such as test-oriented teaching, wasteful duplication of language skills teaching, etc., have been criticized by educators and students in China. Thus, turning skill-based English courses into content-based ESP （English for Special Purposes） courses has become a tendency at colleges and universities in China. The purpose of this paper is to analyze factors influencing the design of such courses through the means of questionnaire, individual interviews, data survey （e.g., educational plans） etc.. We found the following factors throw light on the questions relating to curriculum design of ESP courses： （1） the learners＇ learning needs; （2） the social needs （esp. labor market needs）; and （3） the academic needs from the university. The analysis serves to reveal the gap between the school system and actual social and students needs. With these factors in mind, designers of such courses can adjust goals, contents, approaches, and assessments in the practical teaching. And thus these factors would enable content-based ESP courses to reflect learners＇ needs better and lead to more effective langrage learning in college English teaching field.
文摘With the arrival of the era of personal auto consumption, residents are enjoying the convenience of travel; however, problems such as environmental protection, transportation, purchasing restriction are plaguing consumers at the same time. As an effective alternative to conventional vehicle, electric vehicle in recent years has been widely concerned due to its characteristics of energy saving and environmental protection. To identify the key influential factors in the development of EV industry in China is conducive to formulating reasonable industrial development strategy and meeting market demand of consumers. In this paper, the key factors in the development of EV industry are obtained by analyzing Baidu Index in each time period.
