In recent years, a large number of college students are using educational APPs to learn English. The author has deeply analyzed and explored the difference of learning by APPs and traditional classroom learning with t...In recent years, a large number of college students are using educational APPs to learn English. The author has deeply analyzed and explored the difference of learning by APPs and traditional classroom learning with the background of Constructivism. Learning by APPs and traditional classroom learning have their prospective advantages and disadvantages on learning time,space, contents, methods, efficiency and supervision. Learners can make full use of educational APPs, combining APPs with traditional classroom learning to realize blending learning and achieve high-efficiency.展开更多
Private higher vocational colleges in Hainan play an important role in higher education.As Hainan vigorously develops free trade port construction,it is in urgent need of a number of professional and compound talentsw...Private higher vocational colleges in Hainan play an important role in higher education.As Hainan vigorously develops free trade port construction,it is in urgent need of a number of professional and compound talentswho knowforeign languages and applied skills.In line with the characteristics of serving regional development,Hainan private vocational colleges need to further strengthen the cultivation of students’English ability in future teaching to better serve the construction of Hainan free trade port.As we all know,there are many factors that affect students’English learning.In addition to cognitive ability,emotional factors are also among the most important factors.Among the emotional factors,anxiety,as a negative factor,hinders students’English learning to some extent.In this paper,282 non-English major students from Sanya Aviation and Tourism College were selected as the research objects,and SPSS22.0 was used to analyse the collected data through a questionnaire survey to determine the current English classroom learning anxiety of private vocational college students and whether there is a difference in the level of English classroom anxiety among students of different genders,regions and majors.Finally,some relevant suggestions have been put forward to relieve students’English classroom learning anxiety,providing a valuable reference for teachers’future English classroom teaching.展开更多
This paper is a discussion of the issues about teacher expectations for students＇ learning in the classroom. The discussion mainly focuses on such topics as the types of expectation effects, the sources of teacher ex...This paper is a discussion of the issues about teacher expectations for students＇ learning in the classroom. The discussion mainly focuses on such topics as the types of expectation effects, the sources of teacher expectations and the communication of teacher expectations. It is concluded that teacher expectations do play an important role in classroom teaching and learning, and therefore some suggestions are made for the peer teachers.展开更多
In this essay,there will be a contrast and comparison between the teacherdominant turn-taking patterns and students-centered turn-taking patterns.This comparison can help us to find out which pattern can help develop ...In this essay,there will be a contrast and comparison between the teacherdominant turn-taking patterns and students-centered turn-taking patterns.This comparison can help us to find out which pattern can help develop an effective turn-taking in classroom discourse.In terms of the turn-taking pattern in EFL classroom,there also will be a study of turn-taking patterns.This study is concentrated on the EFL students who study in foreign language classroom.Different turn-taking patterns will be recorded to analyze students’language performance and language anxiety during the turns change process.Brown(2008)proposes that senior foreign language learners tend to be influenced by the low sense of confidence,the feel of shame and inferiority.However,evidence shows that many students with higher level of language proficiency also are silent in the foreign language classroom.They seldom take turns to make a contribution to the speech in the classroom.This essay shows great interests in the relationship between EFL learners’language anxiety and turn-taking patterns.Particularly,this essay will explore the several turn-taking patterns which can help to foster the flow of classroom talk.These turn-taking patterns will be analyzed in two directions:the teacher-fronted turns exchange and students-centered exchange.This can help EFL teachers to adjust the turn-taking patterns to the classroom teaching to help students get more involvements in the classroom conversation.展开更多
This paper aims at strengthening teachers’understanding as well as optimizing future curriculum design of ESP(Eng⁃lish Specific Purpose).According to the literature ESP is one of the means for language learning and t...This paper aims at strengthening teachers’understanding as well as optimizing future curriculum design of ESP(Eng⁃lish Specific Purpose).According to the literature ESP is one of the means for language learning and teaching,which is based on learners’needs.By adopting needs analysis,teachers are able to deeply and appropriately understand the needs from students and the real-life settings like working places in society.According to the three cases that have been reviewed,there are always discrep⁃ancies between teaching and learning in the classroom,and the real-life needs of job requirements in society.Combining the curric⁃ulum design of ESP and the method of needs analysis is an effective way to close the discrepancy.展开更多
Ⅰ. Introduction Foreign language teachers in China nowadays are well aware that language learning cannot be separated from cultural learning. They start to deal with intercultural communication in the classroom and h...Ⅰ. Introduction Foreign language teachers in China nowadays are well aware that language learning cannot be separated from cultural learning. They start to deal with intercultural communication in the classroom and have undergone significant progress in the past two decades. A lot of excellent work has been done (see Hu Wenzhong 1990, 1997) on raising cultural awareness and pragmatic insights.展开更多
文摘In recent years, a large number of college students are using educational APPs to learn English. The author has deeply analyzed and explored the difference of learning by APPs and traditional classroom learning with the background of Constructivism. Learning by APPs and traditional classroom learning have their prospective advantages and disadvantages on learning time,space, contents, methods, efficiency and supervision. Learners can make full use of educational APPs, combining APPs with traditional classroom learning to realize blending learning and achieve high-efficiency.
文摘Private higher vocational colleges in Hainan play an important role in higher education.As Hainan vigorously develops free trade port construction,it is in urgent need of a number of professional and compound talentswho knowforeign languages and applied skills.In line with the characteristics of serving regional development,Hainan private vocational colleges need to further strengthen the cultivation of students’English ability in future teaching to better serve the construction of Hainan free trade port.As we all know,there are many factors that affect students’English learning.In addition to cognitive ability,emotional factors are also among the most important factors.Among the emotional factors,anxiety,as a negative factor,hinders students’English learning to some extent.In this paper,282 non-English major students from Sanya Aviation and Tourism College were selected as the research objects,and SPSS22.0 was used to analyse the collected data through a questionnaire survey to determine the current English classroom learning anxiety of private vocational college students and whether there is a difference in the level of English classroom anxiety among students of different genders,regions and majors.Finally,some relevant suggestions have been put forward to relieve students’English classroom learning anxiety,providing a valuable reference for teachers’future English classroom teaching.
文摘This paper is a discussion of the issues about teacher expectations for students＇ learning in the classroom. The discussion mainly focuses on such topics as the types of expectation effects, the sources of teacher expectations and the communication of teacher expectations. It is concluded that teacher expectations do play an important role in classroom teaching and learning, and therefore some suggestions are made for the peer teachers.
文摘In this essay,there will be a contrast and comparison between the teacherdominant turn-taking patterns and students-centered turn-taking patterns.This comparison can help us to find out which pattern can help develop an effective turn-taking in classroom discourse.In terms of the turn-taking pattern in EFL classroom,there also will be a study of turn-taking patterns.This study is concentrated on the EFL students who study in foreign language classroom.Different turn-taking patterns will be recorded to analyze students’language performance and language anxiety during the turns change process.Brown(2008)proposes that senior foreign language learners tend to be influenced by the low sense of confidence,the feel of shame and inferiority.However,evidence shows that many students with higher level of language proficiency also are silent in the foreign language classroom.They seldom take turns to make a contribution to the speech in the classroom.This essay shows great interests in the relationship between EFL learners’language anxiety and turn-taking patterns.Particularly,this essay will explore the several turn-taking patterns which can help to foster the flow of classroom talk.These turn-taking patterns will be analyzed in two directions:the teacher-fronted turns exchange and students-centered exchange.This can help EFL teachers to adjust the turn-taking patterns to the classroom teaching to help students get more involvements in the classroom conversation.
文摘This paper aims at strengthening teachers’understanding as well as optimizing future curriculum design of ESP(Eng⁃lish Specific Purpose).According to the literature ESP is one of the means for language learning and teaching,which is based on learners’needs.By adopting needs analysis,teachers are able to deeply and appropriately understand the needs from students and the real-life settings like working places in society.According to the three cases that have been reviewed,there are always discrep⁃ancies between teaching and learning in the classroom,and the real-life needs of job requirements in society.Combining the curric⁃ulum design of ESP and the method of needs analysis is an effective way to close the discrepancy.
文摘Ⅰ. Introduction Foreign language teachers in China nowadays are well aware that language learning cannot be separated from cultural learning. They start to deal with intercultural communication in the classroom and have undergone significant progress in the past two decades. A lot of excellent work has been done (see Hu Wenzhong 1990, 1997) on raising cultural awareness and pragmatic insights.
