Characteristics of Human Rights Education In Chinese Schools

As an educator, I have been keen on human rights education in Chinese schools. Tbrough visits to schools ranging from those at the primary level to schools of higher learning, I have found that education of the young in human rights is fairly developed in the country and conducted in a comprehensive, scientific manner. We are justified to say that a complete system of human rights education is already in place in the country.

Building Bridges in a Third Space:A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Teaching Chinese in American Chinese Schools

This study explores the lived experiences of Chinese teachers in American Chinese Schools.Max van Manen’s methodology for hermeneutic phenomenological research provides a framework for the study,and the philosophical writings of Heidegger,Gadamer,and Derrida guide the textual interpretations.Pedagogical voices of Aoki,Pinar,and Greene,and cultural journeys of Hongyu Wang and Xin Li reveal possibilities for understanding the experiences of Chinese teachers,as the question is addressed:“What is the meaning of teaching Chinese in American Chinese Schools?”Ten Chinese teachers engaged in a series of open-ended conversations.The conversations illuminate the experience of Confucian teaching meeting American pedagogies around two main themes.First,in following the metaphor of Chinese knotwork,the teachers speak of their struggles and challenges between Chinese Confucian and American pedagogies,reflect on splitting and splicing the knots through changing and adjusting their method of Confucian teaching.Second,they tell of the experiences of building bridges in a third space through dialogically connecting the different cultures and pedagogies in order to seek the appropriate way of teaching and learning Chinese well in American Chinese Schools.

The Application of Contextualism of Semantics Analysis to ELT in Chinese Vocational Schools

According to the increasingly rising problems of the modern English language teaching and the usual method of English lan-guage teaching in vocational school,this paper probes into four questions about these issues:the phenomena of today's English teach-ing,the knowledge about contextualism and semantics analysis,the application of contextualism of semantics analysis to ELT in Chinesevocational Schools.This paper broadens the horizons of people with the newly combination of linguistic with English language teaching,highlighting a new English teaching skills for the followers.

Investigation on the Intercultural Sensitivity of English Teachers in Chinese Elementary Schools

The development of technology has driven human beings into a globalized world,which requires intercultural communication competence(ICC).As its affective aspect,the subject of intercultural sensitivity(IS)is being heatedly discussed nowadays.This study focuses on the importance of intercultural sensitivity(IS)among Chinese EFL teachers and attempts to explore their current level and the possible reasons for it.For this purpose,questionnaires were distributed to 29 Chinese elementary school English teachers,and the results from the questionnaire showed that the IS level of these teachers is satisfactory,scoring high in five dimensions:interaction engagement,respect for cultural differences,interaction confidence,interaction attentiveness,and interaction enjoyment.The follow-up interview suggested that the high IS level may be a result from intercultural communication training.Moreover,this research found that Chinese teachers were more engaged and enjoyed less in view of scarce opportunities for communication in authentic cross-cultural contexts.Several suggestions and implications for further research have also been included in this article.

Advantages of Malaysian Teaching Writing Strategies——Compare and contrast with Chinese teaching writing in schools

The purpose of this paper is to find out the advantages of English teaching strategies of writing in Malaysian secondary schools through compare and contrast of the teaching strategies in China and Malaysia. The study of this paper focused on the views of the writing skills from Malaysian secondary schools.

Developments of Professional Learning Communities and Challenges for Principals in Chinese Urban Middle Schools

Professional learning communities(PLCs)have seen a rapid spread all around the world over the past 30 years.Since then it has been proved that they can improve teaching quality and thereby the achievement of students,and so PLCs have attracted increasing attention especially from education systems.In China,PLCs have been developed vigorously within schools since the implementation of the‘New Curriculum Reform’in 2000.However,the west has paid scant attention to and were not familiar with them since most research in this field in China was published in Chinese.Furthermore,PLCs are influenced by contextual and cultural factors,and therefore PLCs in Chinese education systems are different from those in Anglo-American settings due to long-standing cultural differences,which require consideration.Therefore,this research will investigate the PLCs in China that may be of interest.Many recent studies have shown that,although PLCs have made significant progress in Chinese urban middle schools through the enthusiastic efforts of educators and scholars,there are still several barriers.The primary purpose of this research is to review the development of PLCs and additionally to analyse the challenges faced by the principals.

A Brief Description of Audio-Lingual Method and Discussion of its Advantages and Disadvantages vis-a-vis the English Language Teaching Situation in Chinese Middle Schools

With the development of reform and open policy, foreign languages become more and moreuseful. And how to teach a foreign language is an important matter. A lot of methods of teaching foreign languages have been developed. There’re grammar-trans-lation method, direct method, audio-lingual method, communicative method, etc. In this paper I in-

Choosing Mandarin Senegal’s public and private schools keep up with demand for study of the Chinese language

In Dakar, Happy Kids Kindergarten has set itself an ambitious challenge： to teach Senegalese toddlers to speak Chinese. This kindergarten, located in Ngor District, boasts of being the first trilingual school in Senegal. In addition to French （the country＇s official language） and English, the school also teaches Mandarin. With China being the world＇s most popu lous country and second largest economy, there is much to benefit from it this decision.

Empirical Changes in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Chinese Students from 1985 to 2010 and Corresponding Preventive Strategies

Objective To determine the extent of the obesity epidemic in school‐aged Chinese children in 2010 and track the increasing trend in different socioeconomic regions over the preceding 25 years. Strategies for preventing childhood obesity are suggested. Methods We used a dataset provided by the Chinese National Survey on Students’ Constitution and Health from 1985‐2010. Subjects were 7‐18‐year‐old students randomly selected from urban and rural areas in 30 provinces. Eight subgroups were created according to region and socioeconomic status. Results Increased rates of the epidemic （overweight and obesity combined） were greatest in large coastal cities‐32.6% and 19.1% among males and females, respectively. These rates has neared that of developed countries. Similar increases were found in all other regions, including the once poverty‐stricken rural west. The epidemic in most of the rural areas began after 2000, but has spread swiftly over the last decade. In 2010, it was estimated that 9.9% of Chinese school‐aged children and adolescents were overweight and that an additional 5.1% were obese, representing an estimated 30.43 million individuals. Conclusion The prognosis for China＇s childhood‐obesity epidemic is dire. To prevent childhood obesity, we suggest several strategies, including reasonable dietary intake, increase physical activity, a change in sedentary lifestyles and corresponding behavioral modifications.

A Comparison of the Character,Target and Content of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and the Chinese Courses at Primary School

This article examines the opinion that teaching Chinese as a foreign language(TCFL)is equivalent to teaching Chinese at primary school by analyzing the differences between the character,target and content of the two courses and reasons for their differences to provide theories and practical support for a more reasonable and effective teaching.

The Application of Life-based Teaching Concept in High School Chinese Teaching

This article mainly discusses the application of the concept of life-based teaching in Chinese teaching in senior high schools,so as to improve students’interest in learning and Chinese literacy.Using the method of combining theoretical analysis and case study,this paper conducts in-depth research on the application of life-based teaching concept in Chinese teaching in high school.This paper analyzes the current situation of the development of life-based teaching concept and its specific application in Chinese teaching in senior high schools,and conducts case studies analysis.The concept of life-based teaching has important application value in Chinese teaching in senior high schools.It can help teachers to better link the teaching content with students’real life,and improve students’learning interest and Chinese literacy.

Critical Discourse Analysis of BBC Documentary Are Our Kids Tough Enough?Chinese School

Documentaries and reality shows are becoming increasingly popular nowadays. Uncritical audience might easily take what is represented in the documentaries and reality shows as reality. This paper analyzes a BBC documentary called "Are Our Kids Tough Enough, Chinese school" from the perspective of CDA, and points out that what is represented in the documentary isn't the whole truth. Audiences should raise their critical awareness towards media.

Sensing the Poetic Habitat - A Study of Middle School Chinese Teaching from the Perspectives of Life Aesthetics

The concept of life aesthetics reflects an individual’s cry for life and pursuit of beauty,inspiring individuals to discover their spiritual home,sense their poetic habitat,and enjoy the beauty of life flowing from their fingertips.Chinese education,viewed through the lens of life aesthetics,is founded on the natural characteristics of life,stimulating the aesthetic sense of individual life through the allure of language,and teaching students to view life through the aesthetic lens as well as from an understanding of life’s essence.Teachers and students are required to take an aesthetic view of life as theoretical guidance,based on core Chinese literacy,with textbook contents serving as carriers and classroom instruction as the position,closely connected to students’actual lives,in order to help stimulate aesthetic experience among students,improve their aesthetic ability through aesthetic activities,and thus establish a correct view of life.

Cultural Infiltration of Foreign Literary Works in Senior High School Chinese Textbooks

Foreign literary works are an important part of Chinese textbooks in high schools.However,the exam-oriented education results in a marginalized and unsatisfactory teaching of foreign literary works.Based on the high school Chinese textbook by PEP(People's Education Press),teaching practices,and requirements of the new curriculum standards,this article analyzes the foreign literary works in the textbook,explores its value and the infiltration of cultural spirit in teaching,discusses the problems in teaching,as well as provides suggestions to them in hope to gain attention in the teaching of foreign literary works,broaden students' horizons,and cultivate their humanistic spirit.

Chinese Students in Japan Help School Dropouts at Home

In 2004, Wang Chengyan, a 13-year-old Mongolian girl in the Tumote Left Banner of Inner Mongolia, took up her schoolbag again and marched into the classroom of six grade of a local primary school. With her face shining with brilliance, she told her friends： ＂It is brothers and sisters studying in Japan who have paid my way to school.＂

A Reversed Construction between Deities and Demons:A Case Study of Ne Zha:I’m the Destiny

In 2019,Ne Zha:I’m the Destiny won more than 5-billion-yuan box office in Chinese movie market.Although the box office is not the only criterion for judging the quality of an animated movie,Ne Zha breaks a certain stereotype in storytelling,technical means,and the setting of the positive and negative characters.This potentially indicates that in producing an animated film,Chinese artists start to pay more attention to how to refine a movie production,or how to make the story more interesting.One of the attractive elements of this movie is that,Ne Zha has made a breakthrough in creation of a character of Children’s hero,and is totally different from its previous versions:with his joy and sorrow,audiences see the characteristics of Ne Zha as a nice as well as an aggressive boy.This partially because in setting the role of Ne Zha,boundaries between the good and the evil or between beauty and ugly are not so clear in the animation,while it features that Chinese cartoons are set to focus more on authenticity rather than their instructive functions.Additionally,the change of the image of Ne Zha and the subversive characters re-created in the movie have metaphorical significances,featuring how“Chinese school”reconstructs the subjectivity of Chinese stories in contemporary world.

A Qualitative Examination of Classroom Assessment in Chinese High Schools from the Perspective of Self-Regulated Learning

The present study is set in the context of ongoing educational reform that advocates fostering self-regulated learners and using assessment to improve learning.Drawing on existent research on classroom assessment(CA)and self-regulated learning(SRL),the authors have formulated a conceptual framework outlining the CA features that promote SRL among students.Guided by this framework,the 12 high school teachers’CA practice was scrutinized to find out to what extent their CA was pro-SRL.Based on interview data and classroom observation,gaps were found in Chinese high school teachers’CA.First,CA tasks are primarily low-level closed-end problems,with rare exceptions.Second,students are not allowed much autonomy in CA.Third,self-assessment practice is mostly self-grading.Fourth,peer-assessment is uncommon and mainly involves simply marking peers’work.Fifth,teacher feedback is focused on task and process levels;regulation-level feedback is less common.Sixth,despite teachers’encouragement,most students feel threatened by CA.

A Lesson Plan Incorporating Collaborative Strategic Reading

This essay is going to have an in-depth analysis of the Collaborative Strategic Reading, a four-step reading comprehension strategy popular in the Western classrooms. It will start with some brief introduction about this instructional approach in company with its theoretical rationale and research evidence for its effectiveness of improving learners' reading competence. Focused on the previewing skill, the first step of the reading instruction, a modified lesson plan is designed in the Chinese high school setting, followed by justification of the major elements of the plan, and some practical implications.

Students' and Teachers' Perspectives towards the Use of L1(Mandarin) in EFL Classroom

In the context of China, the maximum use of English is promoted at governmental administrative levels to create effective learning policies(Van & Zhao, 2010) However, during the actual teaching process, the rules are frequently broken by teachers. Hence in order to gain a better understanding of the issue in Chinese senior high school context, the present research seeks to examine teachers' and students' attitudes and beliefs with respect to their perceived functions and effects in incorporating L1 in classrooms. In accordance with previous literature, The research indicated positive role of L1, especially in enhancing students' understanding of difficult concepts and creating comfortable learning environment. In addition, it is notable that, in difference from other studies, the National College Entrance Examination has exercised considerable influence on the perceptions of participants.

THE FEATURES OF AND APPROACHES TO SENIOR ENGLISH TEACHING IN CHINESE HIGH SCHOOLS

This paper outlines the features of the new senior middle school textbooks:Senior English for China.Itdescribes the need for the change of approach adopted for teaching English in China,the communica-tive basis on which the new books are based and the approaches that the teachers have to take in order touse the books and teach the language more effectively.