This action research aims to work out whether the effect of using powerpoint in an English class is positive or not.This research is carried out through the researcher’s lessons to a class of 45 students,experienced ...This action research aims to work out whether the effect of using powerpoint in an English class is positive or not.This research is carried out through the researcher’s lessons to a class of 45 students,experienced teachers and a philosophy teacher after previous meeting with the researcher are invited to observe the lessons with observation forms,questionnaires are completed by the students in the class and after class discussions.The conclusion from this action research is that in the context of the time and place when research is made,the Effect of Using Power Point in an English class is positive.展开更多
Politeness plays an important role in human communication.As a socio-pragmatic phenomenon,its actual manifestations and standards for judgment are culturally different due to the influence of cultural value orientatio...Politeness plays an important role in human communication.As a socio-pragmatic phenomenon,its actual manifestations and standards for judgment are culturally different due to the influence of cultural value orientations.This paper analyzes the characteristics of English politeness from a cultural perspective.It aims to improve our understanding of English politeness and cross-cultural awareness.展开更多
The study of the English teachers' language in the L2 classrooms is a very important branch of discourse analysis. However, up till now, much of the research conducted has focused on the linguistic features of tea...The study of the English teachers' language in the L2 classrooms is a very important branch of discourse analysis. However, up till now, much of the research conducted has focused on the linguistic features of teachers' classroom discourse. In present study, a critical point of view is adopted to analyze the social and cultural aspects of the classroom discourse. With the help of CDA (critical discourse analy sis), the relationship between language, power and ideology is deeply explored.展开更多
With a Critical Discourse Analysis approach, this essay reveals four types of discourses: discourse of examination, instruction, technology and regulation. Based on the analysis of power relation among those discourse...With a Critical Discourse Analysis approach, this essay reveals four types of discourses: discourse of examination, instruction, technology and regulation. Based on the analysis of power relation among those discourses, a vivid picture of teachers' identity at training-school has been clearly sketched. That is, teacher at training-school is a puppet acting as not only the transmitter of specific knowledge, but also the supervisor of rules and spokesman of institution.展开更多
文摘This action research aims to work out whether the effect of using powerpoint in an English class is positive or not.This research is carried out through the researcher’s lessons to a class of 45 students,experienced teachers and a philosophy teacher after previous meeting with the researcher are invited to observe the lessons with observation forms,questionnaires are completed by the students in the class and after class discussions.The conclusion from this action research is that in the context of the time and place when research is made,the Effect of Using Power Point in an English class is positive.
文摘Politeness plays an important role in human communication.As a socio-pragmatic phenomenon,its actual manifestations and standards for judgment are culturally different due to the influence of cultural value orientations.This paper analyzes the characteristics of English politeness from a cultural perspective.It aims to improve our understanding of English politeness and cross-cultural awareness.
文摘The study of the English teachers' language in the L2 classrooms is a very important branch of discourse analysis. However, up till now, much of the research conducted has focused on the linguistic features of teachers' classroom discourse. In present study, a critical point of view is adopted to analyze the social and cultural aspects of the classroom discourse. With the help of CDA (critical discourse analy sis), the relationship between language, power and ideology is deeply explored.
文摘With a Critical Discourse Analysis approach, this essay reveals four types of discourses: discourse of examination, instruction, technology and regulation. Based on the analysis of power relation among those discourses, a vivid picture of teachers' identity at training-school has been clearly sketched. That is, teacher at training-school is a puppet acting as not only the transmitter of specific knowledge, but also the supervisor of rules and spokesman of institution.
