The Effects of Integrating Language Learning Strategy into EFL Instruction for Non-English Major Students in Vocational Technical Colleges

Language learning strategies play an important role in language learning. Students in vocational technical colleges have been regarded as low English proficiency learners due to their weak foundation in learning English. To explore the solution, the present study employed a specific survey of language learning strategy use and tried to conduct a one-semester language learning strategy training, aiming to investigate the effects of integrating language learning strategy into EFL instruction for non-English major students in vocational technical colleges. We found after the instruction, the difference in the frequency of overall strategy use between the experimental group and the control group was significant indicating that the students could be trained with language learning strategies to enhance the frequency of their strategy use. After language learning strategy instruction, the experimental group didn＇t perform significantly better than the control group in terms of their English language proficiency. However, the results of this present study still supported this viewpoint that the strategy instruction had positive impacts to some extent if properly conducted, for it had positive effects on enhancing students＇ language learning strategy use.

A Reconsideration of Communicative Language Teaching in Vocational College English Instruction for Non-English Majors

This thesis investigates vocational college English teachers’perceptions and attitudes toward CLT,revealed the obstacles and difficulties teachers encountered in the application of CLT in vocational English classroom.Meanwhile,this research attempts to explore how the apply CLT effectively in China.

Applying Communicative Language Teching to Improve English Teching Effectiveness in Higher Vocational Colleges

Communicative language teaching(CLT),as a language teaching approach,aiming at teaching second languages for the ultimate goal of communication,has been known and widely practiced by Chinese teachers in their English teaching.But due to the limitations of both students and teachers,CLT is not executed successfully in quite a lot of higher vocational colleges.To carry it out successfully in English classrooms,the following important factors should be seriously taken into account:understanding communicative competence,class instruction in English pragmatics,teachers' role in CLT and assessment of communicative language ability.Hopefully,through discussion of these key aspects of CLT,guiding effect can be produced on improving teaching efficiency through CLT from the perspective of teachers.

Principles of Course Design for Language Teaching and Its Implications to TEFL Reform in Higher Vocational Colleges

Principles of Course Design for Language Teaching by Janice Yalden is a linguistics book for the ESL/EFL teachers and researchers. By briefing and analyzing the contents , some guidelines and methods are found practical and enlightening for the teachers in higher vocational college to develop EFL courses.

Analysis of the Lack of Chinese Culture in Foreign Language Teach­ing in Colleges and Universities and Reconstruction

In foreign language teaching,Chinese cultural education is a very important course content.Especially in the context of the current comprehensive implementation of quality education and education reforms,special attention should be paid to infiltrating Chinese culture into foreign language teaching,comprehensively improving students’own development capabilities,helping colleges and universities cultivate talents and enhancing students’sense of patriotism.In this regard,this article explores the reasons for the lack of Chinese culture in foreign language teaching in colleges and universities.Analyze the current teaching situation of Chinese culture in foreign language teaching.The corresponding restructuring strategy is put forward,in order to continuously improve the patriotism of foreign language students in colleges and universities,and put forward certain reference opinions for integrating Chinese culture into foreign language teaching.

Factors Preventing Technical Colleges and Universities from Cultivating Foreign Language Talents

This article discusses about the cultivation of foreign language talents,through which it can be appreciated that the emphasis is to be laid on improving their comprehensive qualities.Only in this way can foreign language talents adapt to the needs of the market,integrate into the ranks of technical personnel in the field of engineering,and be warmly welcomed by employers or employing units.Nevertheless,in order to achieve this aim,three factors should be overcome to avoid the hindrance faced by technical colleges and universities from cultivating foreign language talents with comprehensive qualities.This article probes into the three negative factors:first,students are not fluent in their mother tongue;second,foreign language majors lack basic knowledge of science and technology so much so that they are not able to do well in such translation;third,they lack the ability to perform simultaneous interpretation Simultaneous interpreting.In regard to those factors,this article then provides several suggestions as countermeasures to those three negative factors,so as to cultivate talents that can satisfy the needs of the market.

Foreign Language Teaching MethodologyAnd the Foreign Language Teaching in China——Combination of Several Methods in College English Teaching

This paper attempts to explain the advantages and disadvantages of different foreign language teaching methods.Then the present situation of college English class will be discussed and it will then point out that a combination of several methods is most suitable for most college students.

On Beliefs about Language Learning in a Chinese Higher Vocational College

Learners' beliefs about language learning constitute one of the important inquiries in research on individual differenc?es. This study aims to undertake an intensive investigation into the language learning beliefs of college beginners in a Chinese higher vocational college. The findings of this investigation can provide some implications for college English teaching and learn?ing.

A Review of Grammar-Translation in Vocational Colleges English Teaching

Among various language teaching methods, Grammar-Translation method is the most traditional and common one. It has been long adopted by language teachers and proved effective in language teaching. Though criticized and challenged by some experts, it is still a very influential and effective way of teaching English to students in China. This paper intends to prove its effectiveness in English teaching by taking China's learning environment into consideration.

The Relation ship between Foreign Language Anxiety and PRETCO-B Scores of Higher Vocational College Students

Higher vocational college students are suffering foreign language anxiety in their English learning. Actually, negative cor-relation exists between foreign language anxiety and PRETCO-B scores. Foreign language anxiety debilitates English learning.It ishoped that the finding will be of value to the English teaching and learning in higher vocational colleges.

CSS News: Symposium with the Deans of the Colleges of Foreign Languages Held at SASS

During the afternoon of April 27,2017,a symposium attended by the editorial department of the journal Contemporary Social Sciences and the deans of the colleges of foreign languages of universities in Sichuan was held at the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences(SASS).The theme of the symposium was,'Giving play to the advantages of foreign language schools,integrating resources and

Internet Plus University and College Foreign Language Teaching Re- form

The“Internet Plus”on-line platforms provide many innovative approach to learning;but providing convenient college education on-line also poses many new challenges that have not been explored.Some of these educational challenges are explored in the development of an innovative foreign language teaching program in China Universities.Foreign language education networks can be designed on“Internet Plus”platforms to enhance teachers'teaching capabilities.Using"Internet Plus"platforms is key to foreign language teaching reform in colleges and universities.

基于China Daily的高校外语强化课程思政教学初探

将思政元素与国际性英语水平测试有效结合,是通过短期外语强化培训对即将出国留学的高校学子进行爱国教育、增强学生文化自信的重要途径。该研究以发掘China Daily平台优质资源、建设高校短期外语强化培训课程思政为目标,从雅思口语教学实践出发,以袁隆平院士的相关报道为案例,系统介绍China Daily平台在外语课程思政中的重要作用和使用方法,以期对我国高校短期外语强化培训的课程思政开发提供更多思路。

An Empirical Study on Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety of College Students

Classroom anxiety could exert a tremendous influence on foreign language learners during their process of studying.Within this study,353 college students of China Youth University of Political Studies(CYUPS)are selected as participants;the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale(FLCAS)is applied as a tool and Statistic Package for Social Science(SPSS)software is used to analyze all the data to figure out whether there is difference on genders,grades,and majors among college students on their levels of foreign language classroom anxiety.The results show that considering all three anxiety perspectives:communication apprehension,test anxiety,and fear of negative evaluation,anxiety level between males and females are similar;there is also no significant difference among grades;however,English majors are significantly less anxious than non-English majors on test anxiety.

What Motivate Sudanese Students to Leam English as a Foreign Language？

While there are several research studies that planned to discover what drives students＇ motivation to learn English as a foreign/second language, to our knowledge there have been no pragmatic studies in the field of EFL that examined Sudanese college-level students learning motivation. This study, therefore, intends to investigate Sudanese college-level students＇ motivation and its correlation to student＇s achievement. With strong emphasis on motivation, this study is, also examining the relationship between students＇ motivation and achievement when learning English as foreign language. The participants in this study were college-level students in Sudan. The data was collected from 60 college level students. This quantitative study employed both Pearson Correlation methods of analysis as well as ANOVA Regression analysis. The results of this study revealed that there is strong correlation between students＇ motivation and students＇ achievement.

Application of Popular Media Culture in English Language Teaching

Huge development and rapid evolution has set new trend of language use and language study. Younger generations keen on popular media culture in daily life as well as language study. Language teachers keep up with the development to explore how to use popular media culture in classroom teaching. Comparing a dispute question of whether putting media culture in language education or not and then illustrating some relevant literatures of application of new media education to explain the necessity and tendency of this new education style. Recent researches find the links between popular culture and encouragement of young learners' motivation of English study. There are plenty of popular media culture materials while numerous teachers prefer to use video clips of animation or popular TV drama as a specific popular culture in English teaching especially to vocational college students.

渗透劳动教育的高职外语创新与创业研究——以抚顺职业技术学院英语专业为例

以党的二十大精神为指导,以政策梳理为背景阐述了专业教育与创新创业教育融合的意义。通过对抚顺职业技术学院英语专业创新创业教育现状的调查分析,发现在课程设置中存在的问题,并从组织保障、师资力量、课程安排和课程结构等方面提出了高职外语专业创新创业教育课程设置构想,希望对提升外语专业学生创新创业能力有所帮助。

在强国建设中彰显大外作为

人才培养在中华民族伟大复兴进程中占据突出地位,也是建设中国特色社会主义教育强国的核心议题。本文从落实立德树人根本任务、重构大学外语课程体系、推进人工智能赋能大学外语教学三个方面论述大学外语教育在强国建设中的担当作为。

新发展格局下高校外语人才培养路径

高校外语教育应为国家的发展大局与战略服务,培养国家和社会需要的德才兼备、高素质、国际化的新时代外语人才。外语教育要切实落实以德树人,坚定文化自信,通过正面的道德教育引导学生向善、向上,运用合适的德育方法,帮助学生塑造高尚品德;培养创新思维,提高语言应用能力,在外语教学整体目标中强调创新思维能力培养的重要性,将创新思维能力培养落细落实。学校要不断优化专业结构,积极打造国际课程平台,进一步推动热门专业、紧缺专业与外语学科的融合,打造符合时代需求的优质专业,培养具有扎实语言功底和专业技能的高素质人才。