An Introduction of Cultures and Societies of English-speaking Countries is a required university course for English majors to provide background knowledge in China.The traditional teaching mode,focusing on presenting ...An Introduction of Cultures and Societies of English-speaking Countries is a required university course for English majors to provide background knowledge in China.The traditional teaching mode,focusing on presenting cultural background knowledge by purely input information,has some limitations,especially for the class more than 60 students.If we combine the Task-based Teaching method with the Cooperative Learning method to teach this course,we can at fully attract students to actively join the classroom teaching,transferring it from inputting knowledge to fostering the students' competence on self-studying and practices.展开更多
Sexism is a kind of social discriminations which universally exists in every countries and social systems. Language should be equal to everybody no matter men or women. However language is the carrier of society and c...Sexism is a kind of social discriminations which universally exists in every countries and social systems. Language should be equal to everybody no matter men or women. However language is the carrier of society and culture. It reflects certain values of society and certain thinking methods of people. Thus, sexism also universally exists in language. English is the most widely used language in the world, and the sexism in English language is also the most typical. To analyze sexism in English language, it's better to start with the causes, and then think about how to avoid this discrimination according to various forms of expression, finally eliminate the sexism in English language.展开更多
文摘An Introduction of Cultures and Societies of English-speaking Countries is a required university course for English majors to provide background knowledge in China.The traditional teaching mode,focusing on presenting cultural background knowledge by purely input information,has some limitations,especially for the class more than 60 students.If we combine the Task-based Teaching method with the Cooperative Learning method to teach this course,we can at fully attract students to actively join the classroom teaching,transferring it from inputting knowledge to fostering the students' competence on self-studying and practices.
文摘Sexism is a kind of social discriminations which universally exists in every countries and social systems. Language should be equal to everybody no matter men or women. However language is the carrier of society and culture. It reflects certain values of society and certain thinking methods of people. Thus, sexism also universally exists in language. English is the most widely used language in the world, and the sexism in English language is also the most typical. To analyze sexism in English language, it's better to start with the causes, and then think about how to avoid this discrimination according to various forms of expression, finally eliminate the sexism in English language.
