Photographs and Cartoons: Differences in Interpretation of the Visual Semiotics

This study looks at the interaction between the process of intersemiosis and resemiosis in multimodality. The importance of both phases is widely acknowledged as part of the meaning making process but many practical studies focus on the first rather than the second. In particular this study looks at two groups of images about gender relations in Saudi Arabia following the post-2017 reforms of the male guardianship laws. One group are mostly made up of photographs and the second group of cartoons and posters. One important finding is that the latter tend to be less ambiguous in their semiotic structure than the former. In particular, there are instances in the first group where a standard study of intersemiosis indicates low modality but the image may be seen as inherently plausible by many observers. This suggests that while resemiosis can be applied to a single image it may be more appropriate as a tool when applied to an overall news article or set of images. In the same way that not all individual semiotic modes are complementary in how they build meaning, then it is possible for different images to be supportive, contradictory or unclear when studied in isolation.

The Impact of Positive Psychological Intervention on English Teaching

This study aims to explore the application of positive psychological intervention in English teaching and its impact on students’learning.Through literature review,empirical research,and case analysis,this paper deeply analyzes the positive effect of positive psychological intervention on students’learning motivation,attitude,and performance,and puts forward specific suggestions for the implementation of positive psychological intervention in teaching practice.

Teachers' Perspective on Language Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition

"Teaching how to learn"has become very popular nowadays,and it is also very important to explore language learn ing strategies(LLS) in second language acquisition(SLA). Teachers' perspective will greatly affect the result of strategy instruction and training and how to help students acquire second language effectively is worthy researching.

Application of Corpus in Language Testing

In recent years, the application of corpus in the field of language testing has been widely recognized, and its application potential and prospects have also attracted much attention. Based on this, first of all, the application of corpus in language testing was expounded from four aspects: test development, development of automatic scoring system, formulation of scoring scale and vocabulary formulation in examination syllabus;then, taking the construction of Chinese English learners' writing competence scale as an example, the application of corpus in the construction of writing competence scale was expounded;furthermore, the application prospects and limitations of corpus in language testing were analyzed. The rise of corpus research methods provides an effective way to improve the authenticity of language testing.

The Effect of Interlanguage on Second Language Acquisition

In this paper,analysis of a subject’s interlanguage will be focused on the features of morphology,syntax and lexical items by describing the language the subject produced when be used a second language in writing and explaining what are the major sources of the errors he made.It aims to find out how the learner acquires the language in the way he does and its implication to second language acquisition.

Teacher’s Role in Second Language Acquisition

Teachers play a very important role in Second Language Acquisition, which is noted by many educators and researchers. This paper tries to prove the importance of teachers’ role in Second Language Acquisition by discussing several factors that influence second language learners’ study. It also proposes the ways of training and improving students’ learning

How Should Oral Skills be Taught in the English Language Classroom

There is general agreement today that the communicative approach to the teaching and learning of English is the correct one and that we learn English for the purpose of communicating with other English-speakers. However, this is a comparatively recent development. This paper begins with an historical overview outlining the origins of the communicative approach in Europe and the United States and noting that they arrived at a consensus for entirely different historical reasons. In China English replaced Russian as the most important foreign language a generation ago but even then the emphasis was on receptive skills. The thorny question of authenticity is then discussed. While everyone agrees that in theory authenticity is a key consideration there is considerably less agreement on how to convert theory into practice. Finally the paper goes on to note how recent practice has abandoned the teacher-centered approach in favor of the learner-centered approach and the exercise-based approach in favor of the task-based approach, The task-based approach emphasizes integrated as opposed to individual skills acquisition. Examples of integrated tasks are given in the Appendix.

Beliefs about Language Learning Held by Pre-service Teachers:A case study

Language learning beliefs play a very important role in influencing learners' attitudes,motivations and also shape their experiences and actions in classroom.Successful learners develop insightful beliefs about language learning process,their own abilities and the use of effective strategies.However language learning beliefs can be different because of individual learner differences and contextual diversity.This study aimed at exploring beliefs about language learning held by pre-service teachers.159 pre-service teachers majoring in English at Qianan Normal College for Nationalities participated in the study.A 34-item questionnaire adapted from Horwitz's(1987) BALLI was used to collect the data.The results were reported and discussed from the following five aspects:1) beliefs about foreign language aptitude,2) beliefs about difficulty of language learning,3) beliefs about nature of language learning,4) beliefs about learning and communication strategies,and 5) beliefs about motivation and expectations.Suggestions on pedagogical implications and for future research were also indicated.

Language Teaching Methods Supported by Relevant SLA Theories and Their Application in China's Classroom Setting

Second language acquisition theories(SLA) with a great theoretical support on language teaching have an important influence on language leaning.From the brief overview of the historical development of language teaching methods,this paper analyzes the correlation of SLA theories interacted with language teaching methods and discusses the application of language teaching methods related to SLA theories,which help teachers appropriately utilize the teaching methods in the setting of China's language learning.

The Integration of Task-based Language Teaching and Information and Communication Technology into English Language Teaching in China

The purpose of this article is to explore how important that task-based language teaching(TBLT)interacts with Infor mation and Communication Technology(ICT)into English language teaching(ELT)in China.Many researchers have already studied that ICT and TBLT innovate the traditional teaching methods and improve our teaching or learning.However,they sepa rated TBLT from ICT instead of integrating these two ways into ELT.Few researches studied on how importance task-based in teracts with integration ICT into ELT in China.Under this circumstance,this article reviews the literature related to the present situation,which includes the brief introduction in English language teaching problems,the general concepts of ICT in ELT,taskbased teaching methodology in ELT,some studies on task-based interacting with integration ICT into ELT,discussion and con clusion.