Applying Learning Community Theory to Oral English Teaching in Sport Institutes

Since traditional English teaching method, which merely focuses on language teaching but ignores communicative competence, severely impedes the development of students' oral ability. It is high time that English teachers took measures to find a workable and valuable teaching method which can improve students' speaking proficiency effectively. Learning community theory provides a broad space for this, for it regards learning as a process which takes place in a community where the learners are sharing their experience towards knowledge building in an interactive and cooperative way.

How media empower the vulnerable: Using community structure theory to analyze relationships between demographics and health reporting

Instead of studying the impact of media on society,the traditional"top down"orientation of most communication studies scholars,this keynote presentation adopted the opposite perspective,exploring the"bottom-up"impact of"society"on"media".Unlike conventional"agenda-setting theory",which suggests that nationally prominent news media set issue"agendas"for other news media and public opinion,and also unlike the"guard dog"view that media essentially protect the interests of political and economic elites,the"community structure theory"explores links between different community(typically city or nation-state)demographics and variations in reporting on critical health concerns.Summarizing his scholarship on health communication presented and published over decades,the speaker outlined community structure theory's illumination of two overall patterns in US and cross-national coverage of health communication issues.In US coverage,broad measures of economically"buffered"privilege(educational,income,or occupational advantage)are linked to"favorable"or"government responsibility"coverage of health issues,and specific measures of"health"privilege(physicians,hospitals)are connected to"favorable"or"government responsibility"coverage promoting selected health issues.In cross-national coverage,specific measures of national"health vulnerability"(such as percent without improved water access,infant mortality rate)are linked to"government"responsibility coverage for selected health issues(human trafficking,water handling/contamination).In addition,broad measures of"macro"vulnerability conditions(agricultural dependence,political instability)are associated with"government"responsibility coverage for a wide range of health issues(genetically modified foods,drug trafficking,condom promotion,and food security).Overall,community structure theory's"bottom up"perspective reveals how the vulnerable are empowered by their demographic alignment with variations in health communication.

Theory of Community of Shared Future for Mankind in Xi Jinping Diplomatic Thought

If one uses a theoretic system to put into nutshell diplomatic thought of General-Secretary Xi Jinping since the 18th CPC National Congress,then he will use the theory of community of shared future of mankind,which can also be described as'to fly the banner of the doctrine of international winwin cooperation and to take the road of building a community of shared

Pursuing the Nature of Community: Community Building Practice and Reflections

Community is an important part of people’s life and a major link in social structure and social networks,so it directly affects the integration and order of society as a whole.The nature of community is the foundation on which a community and society can exist and develop.Traditional resources should be activated under market economy conditions.As well,we should take the overall and long-term interests of human beings as the fundamental reason and goal.The thinking about the rural areas governance in China largely falls into the category of developmentalism,only (or mainly) emphasizing the economic growth in rural areas,and the construction of the nature of community has been neglected.To build a xiaokang society in an all-round way,in concrete situations,is how to re-build communities.