Habitus remains an ambiguous and cryptic concept,triggering drastic debate not only in sociology and anthropology but also in culture studies and literary criticism.The topic has been cited by a range of writers,notab...Habitus remains an ambiguous and cryptic concept,triggering drastic debate not only in sociology and anthropology but also in culture studies and literary criticism.The topic has been cited by a range of writers,notably Mauss,Husserl and Bourdieu.Even Bourdieu did not provide a clear,authoritative or coherent definition of the term in his work.Due to the fact that habitus plays an indispensable part of social constructionism,which defines our understanding of the world.It is necessary for parents,schools and the government to learn about this concept,and utilize it to guide their education practice and policy enactment.This essay will explore the theoretical concept of“habitus”and its interrelationship with“field”and“capital”.Then discuss the wide disparity in different social groups,in terms of habitus and capital in China.Followed by an analysis of the imbalances in Chinese rural and urban schools respectively,in the field of English language teaching.It aims to help readers better understand the poor performance of students who come from less advantageous social groups in language learning,rather than attributing their failure to their individual defects.The essay will also introduce the 2003 English curriculum reform,illustrate the current status of its implementation in various family upbringing and school locations and put forward some feasible proposals for parents,teachers,students and government to promote social equity in English language teaching in China.展开更多
On the basis of the brief introduction to CAI and some its distinctive features,this paper minutely arrives at the principles of the application of CAI in high schools and analyses the implication brought about by its...On the basis of the brief introduction to CAI and some its distinctive features,this paper minutely arrives at the principles of the application of CAI in high schools and analyses the implication brought about by its application.This research is to provide a further help for English teachers in high shools,so that the students can effectively improve the level of English language learning.展开更多
Vocabulary is the essential material of language and one of the important elements of language.Communicative approach plays a decisive role in English vocabulary teaching.It is a good teaching method to improve studen...Vocabulary is the essential material of language and one of the important elements of language.Communicative approach plays a decisive role in English vocabulary teaching.It is a good teaching method to improve students'abilities of listening and speaking.In this paper,the writer introduced several successful vocabulary teaching examples which used communicative approaches.They could be helpful for secondary school English teachers during their vocabulary teaching process.展开更多
Anxiety has an important influence on two language learning as one of the affective factors in language learning.People usually think that excessive anxiety can interfere with the learning of English,especially the sp...Anxiety has an important influence on two language learning as one of the affective factors in language learning.People usually think that excessive anxiety can interfere with the learning of English,especially the spoken English.This paper mainly studies the reasons of causing anxiety,strategies of solving speaking anxiety and help students overcome affective barriers,enhancing the level of spoken english.展开更多
In bilingual teaching,the author of this paper found some problems appearing in Sino-English speaking communication,espe cially the problems of intercultural pragmatic failures.In this paper,the author puts forward so...In bilingual teaching,the author of this paper found some problems appearing in Sino-English speaking communication,espe cially the problems of intercultural pragmatic failures.In this paper,the author puts forward some proposals to avoid them by focusing on the intercultural pragmatic failures in both English communication and English teaching.展开更多
文摘Habitus remains an ambiguous and cryptic concept,triggering drastic debate not only in sociology and anthropology but also in culture studies and literary criticism.The topic has been cited by a range of writers,notably Mauss,Husserl and Bourdieu.Even Bourdieu did not provide a clear,authoritative or coherent definition of the term in his work.Due to the fact that habitus plays an indispensable part of social constructionism,which defines our understanding of the world.It is necessary for parents,schools and the government to learn about this concept,and utilize it to guide their education practice and policy enactment.This essay will explore the theoretical concept of“habitus”and its interrelationship with“field”and“capital”.Then discuss the wide disparity in different social groups,in terms of habitus and capital in China.Followed by an analysis of the imbalances in Chinese rural and urban schools respectively,in the field of English language teaching.It aims to help readers better understand the poor performance of students who come from less advantageous social groups in language learning,rather than attributing their failure to their individual defects.The essay will also introduce the 2003 English curriculum reform,illustrate the current status of its implementation in various family upbringing and school locations and put forward some feasible proposals for parents,teachers,students and government to promote social equity in English language teaching in China.
文摘On the basis of the brief introduction to CAI and some its distinctive features,this paper minutely arrives at the principles of the application of CAI in high schools and analyses the implication brought about by its application.This research is to provide a further help for English teachers in high shools,so that the students can effectively improve the level of English language learning.
文摘Vocabulary is the essential material of language and one of the important elements of language.Communicative approach plays a decisive role in English vocabulary teaching.It is a good teaching method to improve students'abilities of listening and speaking.In this paper,the writer introduced several successful vocabulary teaching examples which used communicative approaches.They could be helpful for secondary school English teachers during their vocabulary teaching process.
文摘Anxiety has an important influence on two language learning as one of the affective factors in language learning.People usually think that excessive anxiety can interfere with the learning of English,especially the spoken English.This paper mainly studies the reasons of causing anxiety,strategies of solving speaking anxiety and help students overcome affective barriers,enhancing the level of spoken english.
文摘In bilingual teaching,the author of this paper found some problems appearing in Sino-English speaking communication,espe cially the problems of intercultural pragmatic failures.In this paper,the author puts forward some proposals to avoid them by focusing on the intercultural pragmatic failures in both English communication and English teaching.
