A Book Review of Becoming a Reading Teacher:Connecting Research and Practice

The book Becoming a Reading Teacher:Connecting Research and Practice aims to encourage readers to regard reading as a lifelong habit.To bridge the gap between teachers and researchers,this book is structured around four parts:reading as a linguistic process,reading as a personal experience,reading as a collective experience,and reading as a classroom practice.The definition of a reading teacher can be interpreted in two ways:the teacher who builds readings into the lesson and the teacher who provides the opportunity for learners to be readers,but who is a reader themselves.Such teachers regard reading as a lifelong learning habit and pass on the enthusiasm to learners,eventually creating a reading culture beyond the classroom.However,the necessity for reading teachers to participate in the research may be explained as follows.Firstly,new research may change one’s mind.What’s more,research allows teachers to turn their difficulties,surprises,and challenges into questions,and to seek answers to those questions.In addition,research helps teachers overcome the challenges in teaching by discovering new strategies.Research can also help to prove teachers’choices and decisions in teaching.Secondly,research allows teachers to see the role they play in the bigger picture.Research connects teachers with others and gives them a broader and shared perspective on their questions and experiences.Last but not least,research informs and promotes changes in policy,thinking,and so on.

An Analysis of the Research Trends in Blended Learning Methods in Teaching College English Reading Courses

Curtis J.Bonk defined blended learning as a combination of face-to-face and computer-assisted online learning instruction since it was gradually formed after the emergence of the Internet[1,2].Breen pointed out that blended learning is a learning method that combines online and offline learning activities and resources[3].The blended learning approach is popular in school and e-learning.Moreover,it is one of the important trends in promoting higher education reform in the coming years.Therefore,it has attracted the attention of international researchers[4].In this paper,42 articles in Scopus(established by international institutions)and 30 articles in CNKI(found by Chinese mainland institutions)on the query of“college English reading blended learning”in the field of education were analyzed.Furthermore,CiteSpace software was used to analyze the research hotspots and trends with the keyword clusters and citations that occurred in the last two decades(1999 to 2022)to foresee future research prospects.

A Comparative Analysis of Syntactic Complexity in Applied Linguistics Abstracts Written by Chinese Novice Writers and Native English Advanced Writers

The rhetorical structure of abstracts has been a widely discussed topic, as it can greatly enhance the abstract writing skills of second-language writers. This study aims to provide guidance on the syntactic features that L2 learners can employ, as well as suggest which features they should focus on in English academic writing. To achieve this, all samples were analyzed for rhetorical moves using Hyland’s five-rhetorical move model. Additionally, all sentences were evaluated for syntactic complexity, considering measures such as global, clausal and phrasal complexity. The findings reveal that expert writers exhibit a more balanced use of syntactic complexity across moves, effectively fulfilling the rhetorical objectives of abstracts. On the other hand, MA students tend to rely excessively on embedded structures and dependent clauses in an attempt to increase complexity. The implications of these findings for academic writing research, pedagogy, and assessment are thoroughly discussed.

An Action Research Project Aiming to Improve the Students' Reading Skills and Performance in an EFL Reading Class

As is universally acknowledged,educators have endeavored for ages to seek the more effective teaching method.Then action research has become a tool which is frequently applied to the teaching practice aiming to locate the teaching mode satisfactory to both teachers and students.The English majors are required to pass the TEM-4 exam when they are sophomores.It is essential for them to acquire the effective learning skills from reading classes.But it seems that vocabulary and grammar study—so called the traditional teaching method prove boring to students.Therefore,the tapestry approach is put forward.But the question is though the tapestry approach stimulates students’interest,can it can improve their English level?In order to figure out the result,two classes will be chosen in this research—one is controlled class,the other is experimental class.The traditional teaching method and the tapestry approach will be used in these two classes respectively.The experiment will last one semester.The students will be tested on two same TEM-4 papers at the beginning and at the end of the semester.The data will be collected for comparison.If the experimental class get the higher scores in the TEM-4 paper,it demonstrates that the tapestry approach is successful in balancing the need for interests and the need for English improvement.

Development Tendency in Main Fields of Reading Researches

The last few decades have witnessed the publication of a considerable amount of empirical evidence supporting what Krashen has called "the power of reading"(Krashen,1993).There is a widespread approval that reading itself leads to better reading,better vocabulary,better writing,and better control of grammar in both first and second languages.In this article,the following research areas will be discussed,which can be mainly divided into the following 20 categories.

Security Threats to Business Information Systems Using NFC Read/Write Mode

Radio Frequency IDentification(RFID)and related technologies such as Near Field Communication(NFC)are becoming essential in industrial contexts thanks to their ability to perform contactless data exchange,either device-to-device or tag-to-device.One of the three main operation modes of NFC,called read/write mode,makes use of the latter type of interaction.It is extensively used in business information systems that make use of NFC tags to provide the end-user with augmented information in one of several available NFC data exchange formats,such as plain text,simple URLs or enriched URLs.Using a wide variety of physical form factors,NFC-compatible tags(wireless transponders)are currently available in many locations with applications going from smart posters,contactless tokens,tap-and-go payments or transport ticketing to automated device configuration,patient identification at hospitals or inventory management within supply chains.Most of these applications handle sensitive processes or data.This paper proposes a complete security threat model for the read/write operation mode of NFC used in Next Generation Industrial IoT(Nx-IIoT)contexts.This model,based on a wellknown methodology,STRIDE,allows developers and users to identify NFC applications vulnerabilities or weaknesses,analyze potential threats,propose risk management strategies,and design mitigation mechanisms to mention only some significant examples.

Research and Analysis on Reading by College Students in the Era of Mobile Reading

With the increasing advancement and popularity of electronic media,traditional reading mode and book purchase means have been updated and upgraded.As a big consumer of books,the college student group plays a double-complementary role in the marching force that drives this“revolution”.When the habit of holding a book and reading it at night is replaced by web-based virtual environment,readers have sharply recognize such trend,the internet has changed the perception of people on the time-space relationship.It causes changes in the“relationship among human beings”.The characteristics of untouchable mode for the internet will really impact the daily life of the general public and event invoke our multi-dimension thinking of individuals themselves and external environment.The internet is promoting“him”and“them”to get close to each other with an invisible force and the reading trend of internet literature is emerging gradually.

A Research Design on Reading Strategies

Students' reading time is limited in class in high school English teaching, but the scores take up a big proportion in college entrance examination. In addition, parts of Reading Practice are added in the elective books of New Standard English for Senior High and have the features of long passages and many new words, increasing students' reading difficulties, As an English teacher in high school, the author deeply understands the students' confusion and thus conducts this research.

如何教好PEP小学英语五年级“Readandwrite”

本文讨论了雀PEP小学英语五年级Readandwrite教学中，教师应明确教学目标，如何以富有趣味的教学形式，激发学生阅读兴趣，注重培养学生的阅读能力及综合语言运用能力。通过具体课例阐述了如何培养学生阅读策略，如略读、跳读和细读等，并强调了书写规范的重要性，以及教师应如何精心设计书写活动。

On the Teaching Research of English Reading in Senior High School under the Integrated Ideas of Ecological Classroom and Flipped Classroom

In the situation of the contemporary education, both flipped classroom and ecological classroom have provided new thoughts for the development of teaching and learning, at the same time, thrown great light on the educational study. Therefore,under the guidance of the ideas of ecological classroom and flipped classroom, the thesis applies both the literature research and experiential summary methods to research on the teaching of English reading in senior high school.

A Review of Research on L2 Vocabulary Acquisition through Reading

The crucial role of lexis in both first and second language acquisition has long been acknowledged by researchers.With that notion, many researchers and instructors has paid much attention to L2 vocabulary acquisition. The paper here attempts to give a brief review of some related research and is supposed to spark some ideas about L2 vocabulary acquisition on a theoretical and pedagogical basis.

Automated writing evaluation(1995-2022):Research trends and implications

Automated writing evaluation is the use of computer programs to evaluate essays written in an educational setting.This study aims to evaluate the state of the art and the trends of automated writing evaluation research.A total of 206 automated writing evaluation-related publications published in 88 journals between 1995 and 2022 were used as the data in our study.Bibliometric methods were employed to identify the publication trends,venues for publication,productive authors,highly cited articles,seminal works,and the most frequently explored topics across the past decades.The findings show that automated writing evaluation has become a fast-growing interdisciplinary area of interest.In addition,this line of research has witnessed a growing interest in topics pertaining to the latest technology,the perception of children,the teachers’feedback,and complex tasks.Implications of our study for future research are also discussed.

How to Write a Medical Research Paper for an International Journal

Western-raised scientists are taught with the traditional concepts of:purpose,method,observation and conclusion.This is not true for Chinese educated students.Since all international journals publish papers following these,or similar parameters,the Chinese scientist who wishes to publish in such a journal,must adjust his thinking to fit within this scheme.In this presentation we wish to assist our Chinese colleagues on how this thought process can be followed.

支架式教学策略在小学英语教学中的运用——以Read and write板块为例

文章以Read and write板块教学为例,探讨了支架式教学策略在小学英语教学中的运用,指出教师可以在不同的教学阶段采用不同的支架式教学策略,以逐步实现读、写教学目标.

On the Application of Reading-to-Write Approach to English Writing Teaching in Senior Middle School

As one of the four basic skills of language teaching and an aspect of communicative competence,writing seems to be the weakest one among senior school students in China.Most of teachers have had such experiences that although we spend a lot of time marking on the students'writing,but only to find the corrections and comments ignored.The students pay little attention to responses and regard revision of their writing as a punishment.Starting from the perspectives of modern linguistic theory,the pressing demands of the new curriculum,and the practical needs of student development,the study analyses the prevalent misconceptions about writing.The author proposes an assumption of integrating the teaching materials with Reading-to-Write Approach in the senior school writing teaching.To examine the validity of the Approach,about one-year action research is carried out in an ordinary high school,adopting the methodology of literature survey,questionnaire survey,interview,testing and so on.The results of the experiment showed that the approach had a more positive impact on students'writing attitudes and habits than traditional teaching methods.This approach helped them much more in word usage,longer sentences,content,and text structure or development.Besides,the students'compe?tence of interaction and cooperation were enhanced,Therefore,the approach in writing teaching is effective.

指向“学-练-评”一体化的高中英语应用文写作探究——以人教版(2019)高中英语教材B1 U1 Reading for Writing为例

本文借鉴高中英语“三段七步”读思写整合教学模式,结合具体教学课例,探究高中英语应用文写作课堂“学-练-评”一体化的有效路径。课例以建议信写作为目标,通过“读”“思”“写”三个阶段的活动对建议信的文体特征进行学、练、评,从而达成知识的学习理解、应用实践和迁移创新。基于本课教学实践,本文提出以下应用文写作教学建议:精“学”范文,聚焦文本特征,确定读写目标,促进学的高效输入;“练”“评”结合,应用文体特征,落实课堂目标,实现以评促学、以评促练,从而提升学生的应用文写作能力。

高分子专业研究生英文阅读与写作的翻转课堂教学

专业英文阅读与写作是研究生独立开展科研工作的重要能力之一。我们采用线上翻转课堂的教学方式,安排高分子专业博士新生按照论文基本结构轮流讲解所在课题组研究方向近年发表的一篇代表性论文,其他学生则对该论文进行学术总结并提出修改意见。三年来的实践表明,这样翻转课堂的教学模式达到了较好的教学效果。

木托盘RFID标签安装方式有限元分析及试验研究

目的采用仿真和试验手段并用的方法,研究RFID标签在木质平托盘上的适用安装方式及其对使用性能的影响。方法进行Ansys有限元仿真,分析木质平托盘承载和冲击试验中采用螺钉紧固及黏结剂粘贴方式安装的RFID标签所受应力。作为对比,在实验室进行实物试验,测量RFID标签表面应力,并测试标签读写性能。结果在托盘承载和冲击试验中,从RFID标签各构件及标签连接件的受力分析看,2种安装方式下的RFID标签均未出现脱落和物理性损坏。冲击试验后的RFID标签能够通过读写功能测试。有限元仿真与实物试验的应力分析结果相互吻合,验证了结果的正确性。结论RFID标签采用螺钉紧固和黏结剂粘贴的安装方式都能满足使用要求,且螺钉连接的耐用性更好。研究结果为RFID标签在木质平托盘的安装方式选择提供了理论依据。