Group Investigation in a College English Program at a Chinese University:A Case Study

This study investigated the application and the effect of Group Investigation(GI) in the College English Program in a Chinese University. A qualitative case study method was used to understand the GI system used by Chinese instructors as well as the achievements acquired and challenges met by the participants. Three instructors and fifteen second-year-undergraduates taking a course titled Sources of European Culture participated. Interviews, observations, and documents were used to collect the data. Data analysis showed Chinese instructors applied a GI technique similar to that discussed by Johnson and Johnson(1999); however, GI in the Chinese context demanded more effort from the teacher for designing tasks and provided help in modeling uses of English and in preparing visual, especially Power Point, presentations. Although participants used their mother tongue at some stages, their autonomy over English learning was activated, and horizons in the course content were broadened.

Evaluation of teaching-in-English reform in five-year clinical tropical medicine program–Case analysis of curriculum reform of clinical medicine in Hainan Medical University

Objective: To investigate the model, quality as well as effect of teaching-in-English in five-year clinical medicine program of Hainan Medical University.Methods: The questionnaire was carried out among clinical medicine undergraduates of2012–2015 grades in Hainan Medical University, to investigate studying time, studying habits and the impact of teaching in English. Additionally results of CET-4, CET-6 and overseas internship from undergraduates of 2012–2015 grade, as well as the result of phased medical licensing examination and post-graduate entrance examination from undergraduates of 2012 were accordingly collected from the Teaching Management Department.Results: For the Chinese students in international classes, the average time of self-study was 161.49 min, 58.3% had preview before classes, and 90.7% had habit of review after classes. Thus the first time pass rate, total pass rate, first time excellent rate and total excellent rate of CET-4 and CET-6 of international classes were significantly higher than those of regular classes. The result of post-graduate entrance examination in 2016 showed that the score, pass rate and acceptance rate of international classes of 2012 grade were significantly higher those of regular classes(P < 0.01).Conclusions: Teaching-in-English reform in Hainan Medical University has achieved initial success. Chinese students from international classes are superior to those from regular classes in many aspects. However, there are still many problems, and effective measures should be implemented to promote teaching quality continuously.

MET as Program Resources for College English Teaching and Learning：Application and Implications

This paper investigates the current situation of Modern Educational Technology （MET） as program resources for college English teaching, exploring the effectiveness of the integration of MET and language teaching and learning. The case study in this paper illustrates that MET does benefit college English teaching but there are many problems of its application. Pedagogical implications are then provided to enhance the effective integration of MET and language teaching and learning： （1） it is wise for the teachers and learners to reconcile what is desirable with what is acceptable and possible in MET application; （2） teachers should optimize other existing resources to solve the problems caused by inequality and unavailability of MET; （3） teachers should have a clear conception of the relationship of MET and pedagogy to design and apply courseware appropriately; （4） students have beliefs in the benefits of MET, resulting in enhancing their individual language learning and efficiency.

The application of APP （application programs） in college English listening teaching

Chinese college students have some drawbacks in English learning and mastering. Through a dozen years of English learning, some of them have high ability of passing examinations, but the practical application ability is barely satisfactory with relatively poor listening level and oral expression ability. The objective cause for this situation is the relatively single and stylization English teaching model used by traditional colleges and universities. This model only emphasizes learning on class which greatly harms students＇ English learning enthusiasm and initiatives. The result is that although the students passed CET4 and CET6 long time before their graduation, they still not dare to open their mouth to speaking concerning face to face English communications. Over the years, the researches on how to improve college students＇ English application ability never stop and they did obtain some achievements and show some opportunities, for example, if we can bring APP （application programs） into college English listening class, it will largely meet students requirements on English learning and this can also replenish and perfect traditional English teaching model.

Investigation and Survey of Graduate Employment of Business English Major——In the case of JMI

Business English Major is the key specialty in Jiangsu Maritime Institute.Grasping and understanding the situation of graduates is of very important meaning to the major construction and the personnel cultivating program.This article is mainly about the investigation and survey of graduate of 2011,and rational suggestions will be put forward on improving the quality of graduate and the major construction and the personnel cultivating program.

What Fails English as the Dream Language of Rural India？

Rural masses in India view English as the language of socio-economic empowerment through education. Education could be either in English or in regional languages, but children should learn English, because it is seen as the key to the world of opportunities in higher education and employment. The governments need to politically respond to the aspirations of the common masses keeping aside both politicised language policies and theoretical linguistic inputs that encourage one＇s mother tongue as the ideal medium of instruction. Onerous responsibility lays on men, methods, and materials over which government have the least say, but the practising teachers of English and academics who help bureaucrats in framing language policies in India are solely responsible for non-realization of dreams of the masses. There is something terribly rotten in the state of English-teaching enterprise in India. This paper proposes to examine the present state of affairs in the teaching of English to rural students and to offer constructive alternatives to the existing package of men, materials, and methods.

MMII程序模式在New Headway English Course语法教学中的应用

在英语教学中,语法占据着重要的位置,但我国的语法教学却越来越注重语言形式,脱离了语言的意义和交际。MMII程序模式是在认知法、学习层级理论以及MMC操练模式的基础上形成的,包括机械操练、有意义操练、互动活动和整体任务四个程序,突出了在真实情境中对学生语言运用能力的培养。该程序对于教师的语法教学有一定的启示。

指向高阶思维能力培养的英语师范专业课程建设——以英国文学课程为例

一流本科课程建设背景下,英语师范专业课程建设既要注重专业性和职业性,又要坚持人文性内涵式发展道路。这一学科内涵决定了英语师范专业在课程建设中要兼顾语言学习、思维训练以及人文价值塑造。其中,高阶思维训练则是课程建设的重中之重。高阶思维是学生思辨能力和创新能力的体现,需要在课程学习中不断养成。因此,英语师范生高阶思维能力的培养与课程设置和课程内容的选择密切相关。高校要探索以进阶性、拓展性和跨学科性为原则的课程体系,以批判性和意义生成为导向的课程学习内容,在纵向优化课程设置和横向深化教学内容的基础上,达到培养学生高阶思维能力的目标。英国文学课程更新教学理念、重组教学内容、创新教学方法,为英语师范生高阶思维能力的培养提供案例,也为师范生人才培养方案的制定提供启示。

英语学习App的开发与应用

移动应用程序的开发和应用不仅给大学生的学习带来了便捷性,也给教学改革带来了新的思路。本文利用安卓平台和技术自主设计开发了一款英语学习App。该应用功能简洁,具备教师英语教学和学生英语学习的各种功能。实践表明,教师根据教学需求自主开发程序不仅是可行的,而且对教学也是十分有益的。

师范专业认证背景下英语专业人才培养模式探究——以安顺学院为例

近年来随着国家不断加强师范教育,作为重要举措的师范专业认证,为师范专业发展指明了方向。以师范专业认证为背景,通过调研,梳理了地方本科高校英语师范专业在人才培养中存在的问题:不同层次高校的培养目标相似,英语专业课程设置缺乏差异性;英语专业选修课设置不合理;教师教育类课程设置存在缺乏特色、学分不足、与英语专业课程关联度不高、教学内容重理论轻实践等问题。针对这些问题,以安顺学院英语专业为例,通过构建地方院校英语专业师范生人才培养模式,优化课程体系,建立跨院系、跨学科的合作机制,在课程教学模式上注重选修课的相关性和专业性,引入前沿技术与教学理念,并加强师范教育课程的实践性,丰富实践教学的内容和方式,以提升英语专业师范生的综合素养与专业能力。

主题语境背景下的写作课教学实践

在充分理解主题语境为英语课程内容第一要素的基础上,分析了基于主题语境的英语写作课堂的教学设计,并结合写作课堂教学实例,阐述了如何基于主题整合英语写作课教学内容,如何在真实的语境中通过激活主题、聚焦主题、拓展主题和升华主题开展写作课堂的实践,并进行了相关活动设计的总结反思。

“双高计划”下高职英语教师专业化发展路径

“双高计划”下,高职英语教师积极探寻自身专业化发展路径,既能更新教学理念,创新教学设计,提高教学质量,又能在教学中培养高素质技术技能人才,落实“双高计划”。阐述了高职英语教师专业化发展内涵,并通过案例分析深入探究了“双高计划”下高职英语教师专业化发展的重要性和策略。

基于词频的化学英语可视化分析和教学应用——以Python编程为例

化学英语是高校化学化工类专业教学的重要组成部分。为快速获得重点专业词汇,采用自编的Python程序进行化学英语词频统计,分析了两篇不同化学领域的全面性综述和两个化学类高影响因子国际期刊近年刊载的论文标题,并对结果加以图形化展示。所获高频词汇,可帮助教师备课及学生快速学习专业重点词汇,以及辅助有针对性的论文投稿。研究展示了计算机编程辅助词频统计在化学英语教学实践与研究方面的应用潜力。

英语听力精听训练软件的研究与开发

充分利用互联网主流技术研究一款英语听力精听训练软件,将一整段音频切分为单句后上传至系统,用户在线选择听力材料后,通过页面按钮控制音频播放,即可轻松实现单句精听。该软件通过代替用户在整篇播放音频时控制音频播放、暂停和回退等繁琐操作,节约了用户精确控制音频单句播放和暂停的时间,提高了用户英语听力训练的效率。

英语教师资格考试对教学的影响——基于教师和教学负责人的深度访谈

当前教师资格考试存在国家统一考试和高等学校教育教学能力考核2种形式,考试在多大程度上促进英语师范专业教学是本研究关注的问题。通过对英语师范专业教师和学科负责人的深度访谈,发现国考强化了教师的师范教学意识,促使师范专业院系加强学生的教学技能培训;校考对教学的影响目前还不明显,命题多参考国考的形式,侧重对基础的专业知识和教学知识的考核。文章提出:为充分发挥教师资格考试的促教作用,应加深师范专业教师对考试的认识和师范教学意识,统筹专业教学与教学能力培养,促进学科知识与教学知识的融合;同时,加强校考中教学实践能力的考察力度,设计真实的、基于典型教学场景的教学能力测试,使校考引领学生教学实践能力的发展。

基于“产出导向法”的高职“3+2”英语教学实践探究

高职与本科“3+2”分段培养是现代职教体系的模式之一,《大学英语教学指南(2020版)》与《高等职业教育专科英语课程标准(2021年版)》为“3+2”模式的英语教学衔接提供了理论与实践指南。基于此,以“综合英语2”的单元教学为例,按照“驱动-促成-评价”的教学流程,探讨“产出导向法(POA)”在“3+2”英语教学中的可行性和有效性。

基于协同LSTM-SVR模型的英语课程微信辅助教学成绩预测

近年来随着国内外移动互联网络科技水平的不断进步,特别是微信小程序这一新兴产业的出现及推广,为了优化微信小程序的辅助英语教学模式以及为实施教学干预提供数据支持,使用协同LSTM-SVR模型,通过学习过程评价结果预测学生的期末成绩,指导教师针对性地根据过程考核预测的期末成绩调整教学模式和策略.结果表明,预测的微信小程序辅助教学考核成绩有良好的准确率,有助于反映辅助教学效果及时调整教学.

基于遗忘数据规律的英语B级记单词软件设计与应用

对遗忘数据规律在英语学习软件中的应用、英语B级词汇的特点及其对软件的需求进行了研究,剖析了现有商业英语单词记忆软件的部分功能特点,分析了用户群体的软件使用偏好,研发了具有单词学习、单词测试、单词竞赛、个性化设置、可视化分析以及后台管理等功能的“印象英语”记单词小程序。经过两届学生的实践验证,运用该小程序进行英语单词记忆学习有良好的效果,对学生备考B级考试有明显的帮助。

师范类英语专业跨学科人才培养模式探索——以山东师范大学《英语专业培养方案》修订为例

《外国语言文学类教学质量国家标准》(以下简称《国标》)和《普通高等学校师范类专业认证实施办法(暂行)》(以下简称《师范认证》)对师范类英语专业人才培养的目标、规格等提出了更为明确的要求,对我国师范类外语人才培养势必产生深远影响。基于《国标》和《师范认证》的双重背景,山东师范大学外国语学院在英语专业培养方案制定、课程体系建构以及“金课”(群)建设等进行了积极探索。

商务英语专业建设与专业方向培养目标--严明教授访谈录

《商务英语专业本科教学指南》的颁布标志着商务英语专业建设进入全新的时代。本访谈阐释了商务英语专业建设的指导理念,即"学生中心、产出导向、持续改进",并创新性地提出商务英语专业建设的两条主线,即"人文素养底色"和"跨文化、跨学科教育的系统化设计"。同时,进一步明确了《指南》中规定的国际商务、国际贸易、国际会计、国际金融和跨境电子商务5个专业方向培养目标的内涵。