Reinforcement theory is a behavioral psychology theory proposed by Skinner,which has been widely applied in various fields such as management and education.Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement are the two...Reinforcement theory is a behavioral psychology theory proposed by Skinner,which has been widely applied in various fields such as management and education.Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement are the two types of reinforcement.By adopting these two different reinforcement methods appropriately,human behavior can develop in a positive direction.In the review stage of English teaching and learning in Chinese higher vocational and technical colleges,the use of different reinforcement methods based on various classes,individuals,conditions,and environments can effectively promote or change the behavior of teachers and students,thereby improving the effectiveness of the review.展开更多
This paper explores the integration of the bridge-in,objectives,pre-assessment,participatory activities,post-assessment and summary(BOPPPS)teaching model within the context of the post-graduates Academic English cours...This paper explores the integration of the bridge-in,objectives,pre-assessment,participatory activities,post-assessment and summary(BOPPPS)teaching model within the context of the post-graduates Academic English course.It discusses how this structured approach can effectively enhance students’language proficiency,foster critical thinking skills,and align with the multifaceted objectives of advanced English language education.The study provides a detailed examination of each BOPPPS component as applied to the post-graduates Academic English curriculum,supported by theoretical underpinnings and practical implications.展开更多
Reading English newspapers and magazines is an effective way to help the students get the latest information worldwide and improve English levels. The present article first analyzes the features of the English newspap...Reading English newspapers and magazines is an effective way to help the students get the latest information worldwide and improve English levels. The present article first analyzes the features of the English newspapers and magazines and then proposes making good use of them through such classroom activities as discussing the hot issue and role-playing to provide more authentic situations in which the students can have chances to practice four English skills, achieving the ideal teaching result.展开更多
Through the analyses on the current situation of the vocabulary teaching and learning of College English,the necessity for improvement of vocabulary teaching is explained for exploring an effective way of the vocabula...Through the analyses on the current situation of the vocabulary teaching and learning of College English,the necessity for improvement of vocabulary teaching is explained for exploring an effective way of the vocabulary teaching and learning with the aid of modern technology.展开更多
Admittedly cognitive variables such as intelligence and aptitude exert great impact on English learning. Affective variables, however, are of intense importance in determining English learning as well, because affect ...Admittedly cognitive variables such as intelligence and aptitude exert great impact on English learning. Affective variables, however, are of intense importance in determining English learning as well, because affect is a starting machine that sets the learning mechanism in motion and learning will run into difficulty if affect does not work properly. Besides, there is mounting interest in exploring the affective domain. Therefore, this paper focuses upon the analyses of four affective variables(attitude, motivation, self-esteem and anxiety) that have bearings on English learning and sets forth Implications for English teaching.展开更多
To arouse rural primary school students’ English learning interest, broaden their horizon and promote their critical thinking, we construct a series of dig-ital education resources which include not only language poi...To arouse rural primary school students’ English learning interest, broaden their horizon and promote their critical thinking, we construct a series of dig-ital education resources which include not only language points of phonetics, vocabulary, language skills of English teaching and learning but western and Chinese cultures. The results show teachers and students’ roles and discourse power changed by using the digital education resources in the process of rural primary school English teaching and learning.展开更多
In the new period, the importance of English is becoming increasingly significant, and it has gradually developed to be the first international language. Learning English has been one of the important tasks necessary ...In the new period, the importance of English is becoming increasingly significant, and it has gradually developed to be the first international language. Learning English has been one of the important tasks necessary for students to complete. In the process of English leaming, students will be in a different psychological state: some keeps confident, and some step back. All these psychological states in English leaming have exerted a huge impact on English education. Therefore, targeted teaching strategies are necessarily taken by teachers in combination with the students' psychological states in English learning, and then twofold results with half the effort will be achieved.展开更多
This paper just focuses on introducing the new model and testing its effectiveness in teaching English. Within this new model, both in-class learning and out-of-class learning are emphasized. In this paper, an experim...This paper just focuses on introducing the new model and testing its effectiveness in teaching English. Within this new model, both in-class learning and out-of-class learning are emphasized. In this paper, an experimental study is conducted upon non-English majors to test the effectiveness of autonomous-cooperative teaching and learning model for college English teaching (CET). The experimental study has lasted for half a year. Finally, from the experiment it can prove that the autonomous-cooperative teaching and learning model is feasible for English teaching and learning in large English classes in Higher Vocational College. It can improve English Teaching of Higher Vocational College and the students in the EG would surpass those in the CG in the performance of English learning.展开更多
With the increasing development of China’economy and society,the communication between China and other countries is on the rise,which contribute to the increasing demands of foreign languages especially English.As a ...With the increasing development of China’economy and society,the communication between China and other countries is on the rise,which contribute to the increasing demands of foreign languages especially English.As a result,oral English plays an important role in English learning and it is necessary for learners to improve their oral English.While the traditional teaching models cannot meet the teaching demand now,Constructivist learning theory(CLT),a very important branch of the cognitive theory has arisen a considerable amount of interest as a new teaching method.In the paper,the author try to apply constructivist learning theory to vocational college oral English teaching in order to explore some oral English teaching models from a constructivist perspective and hopes that this paper can provide some help to apply the CLT to vocational oral English teaching.展开更多
With the development of the society & the economy,the pace of reformation & opening-up,and the modernization in China,English language,as a discipline,is being paid more and more attention to in the school.Goo...With the development of the society & the economy,the pace of reformation & opening-up,and the modernization in China,English language,as a discipline,is being paid more and more attention to in the school.Good and high-standard English proficiency is required at present.With the influence of the traditional English teaching and learning mode,many students feel frustrated in the process of learning English.Therefore,the traditional English teaching and learning mode is greatly challenged.Based on the continuous development of the modern technology,the multimedia teaching and learning mode is widely applied.Multimedia,applied in the English teaching and learning process,create more authentic language environments,which enable the learners to communicate in English in real-life situations.Because both the authentic environment and communicative purposes are encouraged in modern EFL(English as a Foreign Language) teaching and learning classes,the combination of multimedia and basic teaching and learning skills will be a necessity.It is proved that the combination of the two is an effective way in the modern English language classes.展开更多
The national strategy,"One Belt One Road"put forward by China in 2013 resulted in an urgent demand for tourism Eng-lish of a high standard. There has rarely been related research in this field, so the essay ...The national strategy,"One Belt One Road"put forward by China in 2013 resulted in an urgent demand for tourism Eng-lish of a high standard. There has rarely been related research in this field, so the essay will try to apply Krashen's Input Hypothe-sis theory in teaching and learning of tourism English to discuss the possibility of improvement.展开更多
An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching is a book written by Keith Johnson which offers me a comprehensive interpretation of English learning and teaching.Thus,I will analyze these viewpoints from th...An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching is a book written by Keith Johnson which offers me a comprehensive interpretation of English learning and teaching.Thus,I will analyze these viewpoints from the perspective of humanistic method about how to achieve effective English teaching and learning in college.展开更多
Blended learning has caught many researchers’attention recently.This paper,taking HVC English teaching for example,first explores the problems in the current blended learning and then puts forward several correspondi...Blended learning has caught many researchers’attention recently.This paper,taking HVC English teaching for example,first explores the problems in the current blended learning and then puts forward several corresponding strategies.展开更多
This article mainly studies the impacts of social network sites on English teaching and learning from several aspects,such as the background knowledge of social network sites(SNSs),definition and types,as well as the ...This article mainly studies the impacts of social network sites on English teaching and learning from several aspects,such as the background knowledge of social network sites(SNSs),definition and types,as well as the common use of SNSs in China.The article uses a special view to analyze the possibility of using social network sites on English education.展开更多
The published studies on the issues in the teaching and leaming of ESL (English as a Second Language)/EFL (English as a Foreign Language) oral English shed lights on many of the unresolved problems in ESL/EFL teac...The published studies on the issues in the teaching and leaming of ESL (English as a Second Language)/EFL (English as a Foreign Language) oral English shed lights on many of the unresolved problems in ESL/EFL teaching and learning. The writer's findings through literature review of the issues in the teaching and learning of ESL/EFL oral English indicate that further studies in this area may provide more valuable experiences to aid ESL/EFL speakers in producing fluent and accurate speech.展开更多
Cooperative learning has developed into a creative and effective teaching theory and strategy. Cooperative learning can not only motivate students' initiative and enthusiasm in learning, but promote the interactio...Cooperative learning has developed into a creative and effective teaching theory and strategy. Cooperative learning can not only motivate students' initiative and enthusiasm in learning, but promote the interaction between the teacher and students.This paper analyzes the connotations and benefits of cooperative learning, explores reasons for existing problems in the application of cooperative learning in college English teaching and presents strategies for effective implementation of cooperative learning.展开更多
With the invention and development of computer,Computer-Assisted Language Learning(CALL)and multimedia have been made possible in English language learning and teaching throughout the world.Wikipedia is one of the mos...With the invention and development of computer,Computer-Assisted Language Learning(CALL)and multimedia have been made possible in English language learning and teaching throughout the world.Wikipedia is one of the most popularly used in English language learning and teaching.However,Wikipedia has not been widely used in China's Mainland up to now.This paper intends to introduce the ways of using Wikipedia in English language learning and teaching.展开更多
This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is imp...This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.展开更多
Online teaching plays a very important role in modern teaching, how to apply it to college English Classroom is a question to think deep, this paper takes Wuhan Vocational College of Software Engineering as an example...Online teaching plays a very important role in modern teaching, how to apply it to college English Classroom is a question to think deep, this paper takes Wuhan Vocational College of Software Engineering as an example and will explore how to applyon line teaching to English classroom, which not only arouses students' interest and participation in English learning, but improves students' performance, hoping this paper can give other teachers some ideas on how to teach online and further deep thinking how to improve online teaching in the future.展开更多
文摘Reinforcement theory is a behavioral psychology theory proposed by Skinner,which has been widely applied in various fields such as management and education.Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement are the two types of reinforcement.By adopting these two different reinforcement methods appropriately,human behavior can develop in a positive direction.In the review stage of English teaching and learning in Chinese higher vocational and technical colleges,the use of different reinforcement methods based on various classes,individuals,conditions,and environments can effectively promote or change the behavior of teachers and students,thereby improving the effectiveness of the review.
文摘This paper explores the integration of the bridge-in,objectives,pre-assessment,participatory activities,post-assessment and summary(BOPPPS)teaching model within the context of the post-graduates Academic English course.It discusses how this structured approach can effectively enhance students’language proficiency,foster critical thinking skills,and align with the multifaceted objectives of advanced English language education.The study provides a detailed examination of each BOPPPS component as applied to the post-graduates Academic English curriculum,supported by theoretical underpinnings and practical implications.
文摘Reading English newspapers and magazines is an effective way to help the students get the latest information worldwide and improve English levels. The present article first analyzes the features of the English newspapers and magazines and then proposes making good use of them through such classroom activities as discussing the hot issue and role-playing to provide more authentic situations in which the students can have chances to practice four English skills, achieving the ideal teaching result.
文摘Through the analyses on the current situation of the vocabulary teaching and learning of College English,the necessity for improvement of vocabulary teaching is explained for exploring an effective way of the vocabulary teaching and learning with the aid of modern technology.
文摘Admittedly cognitive variables such as intelligence and aptitude exert great impact on English learning. Affective variables, however, are of intense importance in determining English learning as well, because affect is a starting machine that sets the learning mechanism in motion and learning will run into difficulty if affect does not work properly. Besides, there is mounting interest in exploring the affective domain. Therefore, this paper focuses upon the analyses of four affective variables(attitude, motivation, self-esteem and anxiety) that have bearings on English learning and sets forth Implications for English teaching.
文摘To arouse rural primary school students’ English learning interest, broaden their horizon and promote their critical thinking, we construct a series of dig-ital education resources which include not only language points of phonetics, vocabulary, language skills of English teaching and learning but western and Chinese cultures. The results show teachers and students’ roles and discourse power changed by using the digital education resources in the process of rural primary school English teaching and learning.
文摘In the new period, the importance of English is becoming increasingly significant, and it has gradually developed to be the first international language. Learning English has been one of the important tasks necessary for students to complete. In the process of English leaming, students will be in a different psychological state: some keeps confident, and some step back. All these psychological states in English leaming have exerted a huge impact on English education. Therefore, targeted teaching strategies are necessarily taken by teachers in combination with the students' psychological states in English learning, and then twofold results with half the effort will be achieved.
文摘This paper just focuses on introducing the new model and testing its effectiveness in teaching English. Within this new model, both in-class learning and out-of-class learning are emphasized. In this paper, an experimental study is conducted upon non-English majors to test the effectiveness of autonomous-cooperative teaching and learning model for college English teaching (CET). The experimental study has lasted for half a year. Finally, from the experiment it can prove that the autonomous-cooperative teaching and learning model is feasible for English teaching and learning in large English classes in Higher Vocational College. It can improve English Teaching of Higher Vocational College and the students in the EG would surpass those in the CG in the performance of English learning.
文摘With the increasing development of China’economy and society,the communication between China and other countries is on the rise,which contribute to the increasing demands of foreign languages especially English.As a result,oral English plays an important role in English learning and it is necessary for learners to improve their oral English.While the traditional teaching models cannot meet the teaching demand now,Constructivist learning theory(CLT),a very important branch of the cognitive theory has arisen a considerable amount of interest as a new teaching method.In the paper,the author try to apply constructivist learning theory to vocational college oral English teaching in order to explore some oral English teaching models from a constructivist perspective and hopes that this paper can provide some help to apply the CLT to vocational oral English teaching.
文摘With the development of the society & the economy,the pace of reformation & opening-up,and the modernization in China,English language,as a discipline,is being paid more and more attention to in the school.Good and high-standard English proficiency is required at present.With the influence of the traditional English teaching and learning mode,many students feel frustrated in the process of learning English.Therefore,the traditional English teaching and learning mode is greatly challenged.Based on the continuous development of the modern technology,the multimedia teaching and learning mode is widely applied.Multimedia,applied in the English teaching and learning process,create more authentic language environments,which enable the learners to communicate in English in real-life situations.Because both the authentic environment and communicative purposes are encouraged in modern EFL(English as a Foreign Language) teaching and learning classes,the combination of multimedia and basic teaching and learning skills will be a necessity.It is proved that the combination of the two is an effective way in the modern English language classes.
文摘The national strategy,"One Belt One Road"put forward by China in 2013 resulted in an urgent demand for tourism Eng-lish of a high standard. There has rarely been related research in this field, so the essay will try to apply Krashen's Input Hypothe-sis theory in teaching and learning of tourism English to discuss the possibility of improvement.
文摘An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching is a book written by Keith Johnson which offers me a comprehensive interpretation of English learning and teaching.Thus,I will analyze these viewpoints from the perspective of humanistic method about how to achieve effective English teaching and learning in college.
文摘Blended learning has caught many researchers’attention recently.This paper,taking HVC English teaching for example,first explores the problems in the current blended learning and then puts forward several corresponding strategies.
文摘This article mainly studies the impacts of social network sites on English teaching and learning from several aspects,such as the background knowledge of social network sites(SNSs),definition and types,as well as the common use of SNSs in China.The article uses a special view to analyze the possibility of using social network sites on English education.
文摘The published studies on the issues in the teaching and leaming of ESL (English as a Second Language)/EFL (English as a Foreign Language) oral English shed lights on many of the unresolved problems in ESL/EFL teaching and learning. The writer's findings through literature review of the issues in the teaching and learning of ESL/EFL oral English indicate that further studies in this area may provide more valuable experiences to aid ESL/EFL speakers in producing fluent and accurate speech.
文摘Cooperative learning has developed into a creative and effective teaching theory and strategy. Cooperative learning can not only motivate students' initiative and enthusiasm in learning, but promote the interaction between the teacher and students.This paper analyzes the connotations and benefits of cooperative learning, explores reasons for existing problems in the application of cooperative learning in college English teaching and presents strategies for effective implementation of cooperative learning.
文摘With the invention and development of computer,Computer-Assisted Language Learning(CALL)and multimedia have been made possible in English language learning and teaching throughout the world.Wikipedia is one of the most popularly used in English language learning and teaching.However,Wikipedia has not been widely used in China's Mainland up to now.This paper intends to introduce the ways of using Wikipedia in English language learning and teaching.
文摘This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.
文摘Online teaching plays a very important role in modern teaching, how to apply it to college English Classroom is a question to think deep, this paper takes Wuhan Vocational College of Software Engineering as an example and will explore how to applyon line teaching to English classroom, which not only arouses students' interest and participation in English learning, but improves students' performance, hoping this paper can give other teachers some ideas on how to teach online and further deep thinking how to improve online teaching in the future.