The previous research done by the author shows that there exist significant differences between men and women in their realization patterns of compliments and compliment responses. These differences are reflected in t...The previous research done by the author shows that there exist significant differences between men and women in their realization patterns of compliments and compliment responses. These differences are reflected in the strategies used in complimenting and responding to compliments. Generally, women tend to use more polite strategies than men do. This article will explore these differences from both social and cultural perspectives.展开更多
The American Culture Wars have had a great impact on gender and racial relations in the US and have triggered the transformation of its literary canon. American literature textbooks in China. however, are not reaping ...The American Culture Wars have had a great impact on gender and racial relations in the US and have triggered the transformation of its literary canon. American literature textbooks in China. however, are not reaping the fruits of the US cultural debates, a conclusion based on a survey of eight popular textbooks recently published by prestigious publishing houses.Given the significance of the US sociopolitical base in shaping the canon and the lecturers' dependence on the textbooks, they need immediate and drastic improvement. The paper is rounded off with some cues on what to improve.展开更多
Phrasal expressions can be a rich source of cultural information, so lexical treatment of idioms has long remained a hard work for bilingual dictionary compilers, Traditionally,they would watch their monolingual dicti...Phrasal expressions can be a rich source of cultural information, so lexical treatment of idioms has long remained a hard work for bilingual dictionary compilers, Traditionally,they would watch their monolingual dictionary colleagues' steps in collecting and defining items, which can hardly satisfy the demand of second language learners and translators. This dissertation is meant to illustrate, with the latest development of phraseology, the significance of stylistic demonstration of idioms incognitive, pragmatic, and bilingual dictionaries.展开更多
This paper reports on an experimental study of the acquisition of topic sentence by Chinese learners of English. In the preliminary experiment, on the basis of formal instruction theory and noticing theory, we isolate...This paper reports on an experimental study of the acquisition of topic sentence by Chinese learners of English. In the preliminary experiment, on the basis of formal instruction theory and noticing theory, we isolated two types of teaching practice: formal instruction and pushed output. Then we carried out different teaching practices on two groups of subjects respectively, taking the third group of subjects as the control group. However, contrary to our expectation, the results indicated that the acquisition of topic sentence does not have much to do with different teaching practices, but depends on learners'cof using topic sentence, as was corroborated in the following further experiment. In the further experiment, the subjects were required to write two compositions. For composition 1, the use of topic sentence was not required ; for composition 2, the use of topic sentence was clearly demanded. The results showed a considerable increase in topic sentences in composition 2, implying that the acquisition of topic sentence is closely related with learners' consciousness of use, and teachers' clear instruction can raise learners'consciousness.展开更多
文摘The previous research done by the author shows that there exist significant differences between men and women in their realization patterns of compliments and compliment responses. These differences are reflected in the strategies used in complimenting and responding to compliments. Generally, women tend to use more polite strategies than men do. This article will explore these differences from both social and cultural perspectives.
文摘The American Culture Wars have had a great impact on gender and racial relations in the US and have triggered the transformation of its literary canon. American literature textbooks in China. however, are not reaping the fruits of the US cultural debates, a conclusion based on a survey of eight popular textbooks recently published by prestigious publishing houses.Given the significance of the US sociopolitical base in shaping the canon and the lecturers' dependence on the textbooks, they need immediate and drastic improvement. The paper is rounded off with some cues on what to improve.
文摘Phrasal expressions can be a rich source of cultural information, so lexical treatment of idioms has long remained a hard work for bilingual dictionary compilers, Traditionally,they would watch their monolingual dictionary colleagues' steps in collecting and defining items, which can hardly satisfy the demand of second language learners and translators. This dissertation is meant to illustrate, with the latest development of phraseology, the significance of stylistic demonstration of idioms incognitive, pragmatic, and bilingual dictionaries.
文摘This paper reports on an experimental study of the acquisition of topic sentence by Chinese learners of English. In the preliminary experiment, on the basis of formal instruction theory and noticing theory, we isolated two types of teaching practice: formal instruction and pushed output. Then we carried out different teaching practices on two groups of subjects respectively, taking the third group of subjects as the control group. However, contrary to our expectation, the results indicated that the acquisition of topic sentence does not have much to do with different teaching practices, but depends on learners'cof using topic sentence, as was corroborated in the following further experiment. In the further experiment, the subjects were required to write two compositions. For composition 1, the use of topic sentence was not required ; for composition 2, the use of topic sentence was clearly demanded. The results showed a considerable increase in topic sentences in composition 2, implying that the acquisition of topic sentence is closely related with learners' consciousness of use, and teachers' clear instruction can raise learners'consciousness.
