The present article provides a critical review of Randi Reppen's impressing book Using Corpora in the Language Classroom.It's argued that Randi Reppen's book,despite a few slight flaws,has a strong practic...The present article provides a critical review of Randi Reppen's impressing book Using Corpora in the Language Classroom.It's argued that Randi Reppen's book,despite a few slight flaws,has a strong practical orientation and is a laudable effort to make English language teachers to realize the importance and practicality of bringing corpora into classroom in digital age.The book is particularly worthy of reading for those language teachers(especially beginner teachers) who want to breathe new life into their English teaching.展开更多
This study aims to study the effectiveness of online English movie reviews for improving university students’English writing in China.English movie reviews can be profitably undertaken to improve university students...This study aims to study the effectiveness of online English movie reviews for improving university students’English writing in China.English movie reviews can be profitably undertaken to improve university students’writing ability by reading English movie reviews online,discussing topics related to English movie reviews and writing English movie reviews collaboratively.University students have easy access to English movie reviews massively available on the Internet,which renders it possible and feasible for English teachers to use them to improve students’English writing.Online English movie reviews provide students with enough input of model texts,hence they can acquire some appropriate expressions before writing within a short period of time.In addition,discussion on English movie reviews through Emails and QQ platform can activate students’critical thinking to stimulate their original ideas for English movie review writing.Writing English movie reviews collaboratively with the help of Internet can develop students’confidence in writing because of peer feedback and less pressure.展开更多
A critical review is given on Singapore English. The historical introduction of the language provides readers a longitu dinal insight into the development of this special variety. Then, the language features of Colloq...A critical review is given on Singapore English. The historical introduction of the language provides readers a longitu dinal insight into the development of this special variety. Then, the language features of Colloquial Singapore English and Stan dard Singapore English are discussed, and a comparison of the use of Singapore and standard British English is made to show the differences in grammatical and lexical features of these two varieties of English.展开更多
English writing is also a crucial means of evaluating the language proficiency of a learner of English as second language.As a result, it is essential to review English writing researching in terms of contents, number...English writing is also a crucial means of evaluating the language proficiency of a learner of English as second language.As a result, it is essential to review English writing researching in terms of contents, number, methods, process, feedback and assessment which can guide our English writing teaching effectively.展开更多
English teaching and learning has become a flourish scene in a national wide scope in China: Every Chinese student in primary school, middle school and university has to learn English in different levels. However, the...English teaching and learning has become a flourish scene in a national wide scope in China: Every Chinese student in primary school, middle school and university has to learn English in different levels. However, there are still many potential problems which hiding beneath the flourish, such as English education in China lack of communication factors; insufficient of oral English teaching, outdated teaching methods, and so on.展开更多
Language and culture are inseparable.Culture and communication are correlated with each other.The introduction of culture in English teaching is necessary.This article is to discuss literature review on the introducti...Language and culture are inseparable.Culture and communication are correlated with each other.The introduction of culture in English teaching is necessary.This article is to discuss literature review on the introduction of culture in English teaching.展开更多
English education in China has its problems due to its history and teaching environment,such as deficiency of communication purpose,insufficiency of teaching on oral expression and so on.Consequently,to solve the prob...English education in China has its problems due to its history and teaching environment,such as deficiency of communication purpose,insufficiency of teaching on oral expression and so on.Consequently,to solve the problems of English teaching in China seems necessary.Therefore,the solutions as the changes of policy,updated teaching methods,improvement of teacher’s skills on teaching and diverse ways of teaching should be pointed out.展开更多
This paper reviews the current developments of language learning strategy researches in the world, both approval and critical voices on the issue of strategy instruction. Then it summarizes the current developments of...This paper reviews the current developments of language learning strategy researches in the world, both approval and critical voices on the issue of strategy instruction. Then it summarizes the current developments of learning strategy instruction in China. It indicates college English teachers should model learning strategy and make the instruction explicit. Students are advised to be active in seeking for strategies suitable for themselves through their own exploration and reflection.展开更多
The film review is a kind of discourse which analyses and makes comments on the film's director, actors, plots and so on, aiming to analyse, appreciate, and judge the aesthetic value, cognitive value and social me...The film review is a kind of discourse which analyses and makes comments on the film's director, actors, plots and so on, aiming to analyse, appreciate, and judge the aesthetic value, cognitive value and social meanings, further have impact on the audience's comprehension and appreciation for the film. This paper attempts to examine attitude resources of film review under the framework of appraisal theory. It can be concluded from the case study that there are abundant attitude resources in the film review but film reviewers prefer to employ resources of appreciation so that their reviews are more persuasive and convincing.展开更多
This paper not only introduces the purpose and description of the College English Test(CET) but also evaluates its va-lidity, reliability, authenticity, interactiveness, practicality and impact on the basis of the use...This paper not only introduces the purpose and description of the College English Test(CET) but also evaluates its va-lidity, reliability, authenticity, interactiveness, practicality and impact on the basis of the usefulness framework proposed by Bach-man & Palmer(1996).展开更多
Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)is a bimonthly,SCI-indexed academic journal produced by the Geological Society of China.Having an impact factor ranging from 1.5 to 2.15,it has long been indexed by many internati...Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)is a bimonthly,SCI-indexed academic journal produced by the Geological Society of China.Having an impact factor ranging from 1.5 to 2.15,it has long been indexed by many international databases and websites,such as SCI,CA,BIG,etc.Internationally,the journal cooperates with John Wiley&Sons Co.Ltd to publish the electronic version;all papers can be downloaded online.Contributors wishing to submit,read,enquire and展开更多
探讨英文学术期刊审稿专家资源管理与维护,提高学术期刊同行评议的效能,加强期刊学术质量把控。文章基于在国际英文学术期刊Global Health Research and Policy的工作实践,根据期刊不同发展阶段的侧重点差异,辅以期刊动态指标数据分析,...探讨英文学术期刊审稿专家资源管理与维护,提高学术期刊同行评议的效能,加强期刊学术质量把控。文章基于在国际英文学术期刊Global Health Research and Policy的工作实践,根据期刊不同发展阶段的侧重点差异,辅以期刊动态指标数据分析,梳理并总结若干条顺应期刊发展规律的审稿专家资源拓展策略,旨在为我国英文学术期刊编辑与审稿专家建立稳定有效的合作互动提供参考。展开更多
people used to be negative on the use of code-switching in English foreign language classroom.However,more and moreresearches begin to argue that code-switching does have its practical significance.Some basic concepts...people used to be negative on the use of code-switching in English foreign language classroom.However,more and moreresearches begin to argue that code-switching does have its practical significance.Some basic concepts of code-switching will first-ly be introduced in the article.Then,there is a literature review of the previous studies on the code-switching in English foreignlanguage class.By exposing detailed researches on it,some implications for teaching pedagogy will be explicated.From differentperspectives of the use of code-switching,this article aims to explore the necessity of code-switching in a context of foreign lan-guage teaching classroom by presenting some latest researches on it and reviewing different views on the use of code-switching inEnglish Foreign Language class.展开更多
文摘The present article provides a critical review of Randi Reppen's impressing book Using Corpora in the Language Classroom.It's argued that Randi Reppen's book,despite a few slight flaws,has a strong practical orientation and is a laudable effort to make English language teachers to realize the importance and practicality of bringing corpora into classroom in digital age.The book is particularly worthy of reading for those language teachers(especially beginner teachers) who want to breathe new life into their English teaching.
文摘This study aims to study the effectiveness of online English movie reviews for improving university students’English writing in China.English movie reviews can be profitably undertaken to improve university students’writing ability by reading English movie reviews online,discussing topics related to English movie reviews and writing English movie reviews collaboratively.University students have easy access to English movie reviews massively available on the Internet,which renders it possible and feasible for English teachers to use them to improve students’English writing.Online English movie reviews provide students with enough input of model texts,hence they can acquire some appropriate expressions before writing within a short period of time.In addition,discussion on English movie reviews through Emails and QQ platform can activate students’critical thinking to stimulate their original ideas for English movie review writing.Writing English movie reviews collaboratively with the help of Internet can develop students’confidence in writing because of peer feedback and less pressure.
文摘A critical review is given on Singapore English. The historical introduction of the language provides readers a longitu dinal insight into the development of this special variety. Then, the language features of Colloquial Singapore English and Stan dard Singapore English are discussed, and a comparison of the use of Singapore and standard British English is made to show the differences in grammatical and lexical features of these two varieties of English.
文摘English writing is also a crucial means of evaluating the language proficiency of a learner of English as second language.As a result, it is essential to review English writing researching in terms of contents, number, methods, process, feedback and assessment which can guide our English writing teaching effectively.
文摘English teaching and learning has become a flourish scene in a national wide scope in China: Every Chinese student in primary school, middle school and university has to learn English in different levels. However, there are still many potential problems which hiding beneath the flourish, such as English education in China lack of communication factors; insufficient of oral English teaching, outdated teaching methods, and so on.
文摘Language and culture are inseparable.Culture and communication are correlated with each other.The introduction of culture in English teaching is necessary.This article is to discuss literature review on the introduction of culture in English teaching.
文摘English education in China has its problems due to its history and teaching environment,such as deficiency of communication purpose,insufficiency of teaching on oral expression and so on.Consequently,to solve the problems of English teaching in China seems necessary.Therefore,the solutions as the changes of policy,updated teaching methods,improvement of teacher’s skills on teaching and diverse ways of teaching should be pointed out.
文摘This paper reviews the current developments of language learning strategy researches in the world, both approval and critical voices on the issue of strategy instruction. Then it summarizes the current developments of learning strategy instruction in China. It indicates college English teachers should model learning strategy and make the instruction explicit. Students are advised to be active in seeking for strategies suitable for themselves through their own exploration and reflection.
文摘The film review is a kind of discourse which analyses and makes comments on the film's director, actors, plots and so on, aiming to analyse, appreciate, and judge the aesthetic value, cognitive value and social meanings, further have impact on the audience's comprehension and appreciation for the film. This paper attempts to examine attitude resources of film review under the framework of appraisal theory. It can be concluded from the case study that there are abundant attitude resources in the film review but film reviewers prefer to employ resources of appreciation so that their reviews are more persuasive and convincing.
文摘This paper not only introduces the purpose and description of the College English Test(CET) but also evaluates its va-lidity, reliability, authenticity, interactiveness, practicality and impact on the basis of the usefulness framework proposed by Bach-man & Palmer(1996).
文摘Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)is a bimonthly,SCI-indexed academic journal produced by the Geological Society of China.Having an impact factor ranging from 1.5 to 2.15,it has long been indexed by many international databases and websites,such as SCI,CA,BIG,etc.Internationally,the journal cooperates with John Wiley&Sons Co.Ltd to publish the electronic version;all papers can be downloaded online.Contributors wishing to submit,read,enquire and
文摘探讨英文学术期刊审稿专家资源管理与维护,提高学术期刊同行评议的效能,加强期刊学术质量把控。文章基于在国际英文学术期刊Global Health Research and Policy的工作实践,根据期刊不同发展阶段的侧重点差异,辅以期刊动态指标数据分析,梳理并总结若干条顺应期刊发展规律的审稿专家资源拓展策略,旨在为我国英文学术期刊编辑与审稿专家建立稳定有效的合作互动提供参考。
文摘people used to be negative on the use of code-switching in English foreign language classroom.However,more and moreresearches begin to argue that code-switching does have its practical significance.Some basic concepts of code-switching will first-ly be introduced in the article.Then,there is a literature review of the previous studies on the code-switching in English foreignlanguage class.By exposing detailed researches on it,some implications for teaching pedagogy will be explicated.From differentperspectives of the use of code-switching,this article aims to explore the necessity of code-switching in a context of foreign lan-guage teaching classroom by presenting some latest researches on it and reviewing different views on the use of code-switching inEnglish Foreign Language class.
