Learning Hard Truths About Chinese Awareness

FOR three decades, Zhong Jianhua worked in diplomatic relations be- tween China, the United Kingdom and the United States. Then he found himself posted to South Af- rica. This shift away from Western affairs, his area of expertise, made his career path a unique one among the Chinese ambassadors normally sent to Africa.

Research on the influence of community public welfare education activities on residents’awareness of lifelong learning

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of community public welfare education activities on residents’awareness of lifelong learning.Through the analysis of the connotation,form and mechanism of community public welfare education activities,the importance of improving the comprehensive quality of residents and promoting the harmonious development of society is revealed.At the same time,it analyzes the problems faced by current community public welfare education activities,including uneven allocation of resources,single content forms,weak teachers and insufficient capital investment,and puts forward corresponding solutions,in order to provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for optimizing community public welfare education activities and enhancing residents’awareness of lifelong learning.

Conducting the Task-based Approach With Context Aware Mobile Situated Learning on Learning English for College Students＇ Learning Performance

Learning English with specific purpose （ESP） initiatives domain knowledge and language ability with English learning to meet future job demands （Leroux ＆ Lafleur, 1995; Khan ＆ Khan, 2015）. In the information age, the innovative technologies of mobile devices make the dramatical changes in ways of teaching and learning （Atkinson, 2011; Bierstaker, Janvrin ＆ Lowe, 2014, Pittaway, 2012; Yang ＆ Che, 2015）. The focus of this study aims to examine ESP college students＇ English learning performance by using Context Aware Mobile Situated Learning （CAMSL） in Tourism and Hospitality Management field and other majors. The mixed research method is conducted for data collection and analysis. The quantitative data are collected by examining students＇ learning performance; the qualitative data are allowed to understand the students＇ perspective toward their role in using the CAMSL with Tourism related content. Eight-three students are randomly selected and divided into two groups： 42 students are assigned in the experimental group A （CAMSL）, and 41 students are assigned in control group. Two groups of students receive pretest and posttest to examine their English performance. Besides, twenty students from group A and B are selected for online survey. The survey is mailed directly to students＇ email account. Results represented by using CAMSL show the significant improvement on students＇ learning performance. In addition, the survey data indicate the benefits of using the CAMSL help students enhance their academic discourse, develop their learned knowledge to represent their profession, use English properly to speak themselves up, and provide the effectiveness of obtain domain knowledge in future workplace.

The Significance of Emphasizing Culture Awareness in the New Standards for English in China -- An Educational Psychological Perspective

The New Standards for English issued in 2001 defined English learning as to develop ＂comprehensive competence in language using＂, which consists of language competence, language knowledge, affective aspects, learning strategy and cultural awareness. Meanwhile, as educational psychologists, De Corte et al advocate four theories in teaching and learning process, which include a theory of expertise, namely, （1） A well-organized and flexibly accessible domain specific knowledge base; （2） Heuristic methods; （3） Meta-knowledge; （4） Self-regulatory skills; （5） Beliefs. Not coincidently, the New Standards is in line with the theory of educational psychology. This gives the way to the author to argue, from the view of educational psychology, by analyzing culture awareness as being functional in meta-cognition and self-regulation aspects in expertise development, the importance of emphasizing culture awareness in English language teaching and learning.

DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION

While medical care has improved,more education is needed to end bias and make the battle against HIV/AIDS more effective His 27th birthday was a dark milepost in Wang Bing’s life.On that day,Wang learned he was HIV positive and he had been infected through unprotected sex."It hit me like a ton of bricks,"