After perceiving a common phenomenon of English learning at college in China, this paper presents a case study of motivation. In this study, a questionnaire is conducted twice among 156 Chinese college students when t...After perceiving a common phenomenon of English learning at college in China, this paper presents a case study of motivation. In this study, a questionnaire is conducted twice among 156 Chinese college students when they are sophomores and seniors. It intends to identify some components of foreign language learning motivation and probes into the causes for the changing motivations of students throughout 4-year college education. The findings suggest that the instrumental motivation plays a crucial role in foreign language learning context.展开更多
With a continuously rising economic and political status on the global market,China has been witnessing increasingly more frequent exchanges with many countries and regions in the world.Thanks to this,globally-minded ...With a continuously rising economic and political status on the global market,China has been witnessing increasingly more frequent exchanges with many countries and regions in the world.Thanks to this,globally-minded talents who are highly competent in cross-cultural communications are now in heavy demand.However,a host of challenges are to be confronted with in the process of cooperation with overseas higher educational institutions.In response to meeting the country's rising demands for internationally competitive talents,higher institutions should spare no efforts to make specific plans to cultivate students with a global vision and a good command of knowledge of international business via taking various measures to upgrade their overall plan for education,putting the cultivation of new generation of globally-minded talents on their top agenda and it is argued that the academic English should be introduced to students with care and without delay.展开更多
Brecht once concentrated on the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu,which can be discovered in some works of him.Living in the turbulent times,Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu had dialectical observation of the troubled society,...Brecht once concentrated on the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu,which can be discovered in some works of him.Living in the turbulent times,Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu had dialectical observation of the troubled society,which evoked the critical thinking of Brecht,and he began to re-interpret the Chinese philosophy in his own way.Through the verfremdung,in which Brecht was expert,Brecht creatively combined the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu with the seemingly irrelative western thoughts to help him to further develop his theory system.Such philosophically rich stories helped him to achieve the verfremdungseffekt between the audience and the plot of the play.展开更多
With the development of globalization,international exchanges in politics,economy and culture have become increasingly frequent.Accordingly,it is quite necessary and imperious for us to understand other cultures and i...With the development of globalization,international exchanges in politics,economy and culture have become increasingly frequent.Accordingly,it is quite necessary and imperious for us to understand other cultures and improve cross-cultural communicative competence.This essay aims to probe into the forms and characteristics of cross-cultural communication from the perspective of multiculturalism,and explore the strategies on how to achieve proper and effective cross-cultural communication.展开更多
Language testing is of great value in language teaching. This paper is intended to deal with its washback effects in the following aspects. On one hand, it explores the impacts of language testing on objects invovled....Language testing is of great value in language teaching. This paper is intended to deal with its washback effects in the following aspects. On one hand, it explores the impacts of language testing on objects invovled. On the other hand, it directs at the positive and negative washback effects of testing on language teaching.展开更多
As the Interlanguage is a lingual continuum between the native language and the target language, it is strongly influenced by both of them during its formation. On the other hand, language is inseparable from culture....As the Interlanguage is a lingual continuum between the native language and the target language, it is strongly influenced by both of them during its formation. On the other hand, language is inseparable from culture. Without the proper knowledge and understanding of the target language culture, one can never rally master it. So, to reduce the negative language transfer, the L2 learners should strengthen the target language culture study throughout their whole lingual development.展开更多
How to define Standard Language is one of the most fundamental issues in language variation research.This article,unlike those focusing more on the linguistic features,explores and checks the criteria to define Standa...How to define Standard Language is one of the most fundamental issues in language variation research.This article,unlike those focusing more on the linguistic features,explores and checks the criteria to define Standard English from a sociolinguistic view and in a uniquely bilingual environment.The results are only partly in line with many well-known assumptions about the standard language and some new criteria are put forward.展开更多
文摘After perceiving a common phenomenon of English learning at college in China, this paper presents a case study of motivation. In this study, a questionnaire is conducted twice among 156 Chinese college students when they are sophomores and seniors. It intends to identify some components of foreign language learning motivation and probes into the causes for the changing motivations of students throughout 4-year college education. The findings suggest that the instrumental motivation plays a crucial role in foreign language learning context.
基金the staged achievement of the project of the planning of educational research of Chongqing Municipality(2015-GX-069)the teaching reform project of Chongqing Municipality(163103)the youth spark supporting plan of research project of CQUT
文摘With a continuously rising economic and political status on the global market,China has been witnessing increasingly more frequent exchanges with many countries and regions in the world.Thanks to this,globally-minded talents who are highly competent in cross-cultural communications are now in heavy demand.However,a host of challenges are to be confronted with in the process of cooperation with overseas higher educational institutions.In response to meeting the country's rising demands for internationally competitive talents,higher institutions should spare no efforts to make specific plans to cultivate students with a global vision and a good command of knowledge of international business via taking various measures to upgrade their overall plan for education,putting the cultivation of new generation of globally-minded talents on their top agenda and it is argued that the academic English should be introduced to students with care and without delay.
基金This paper is a specific funding program of the national basic scientific research ＂Brecht and the Chinese Culture＂ ( No. CDJSK100114).
文摘Brecht once concentrated on the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu,which can be discovered in some works of him.Living in the turbulent times,Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu had dialectical observation of the troubled society,which evoked the critical thinking of Brecht,and he began to re-interpret the Chinese philosophy in his own way.Through the verfremdung,in which Brecht was expert,Brecht creatively combined the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu with the seemingly irrelative western thoughts to help him to further develop his theory system.Such philosophically rich stories helped him to achieve the verfremdungseffekt between the audience and the plot of the play.
文摘With the development of globalization,international exchanges in politics,economy and culture have become increasingly frequent.Accordingly,it is quite necessary and imperious for us to understand other cultures and improve cross-cultural communicative competence.This essay aims to probe into the forms and characteristics of cross-cultural communication from the perspective of multiculturalism,and explore the strategies on how to achieve proper and effective cross-cultural communication.
文摘Language testing is of great value in language teaching. This paper is intended to deal with its washback effects in the following aspects. On one hand, it explores the impacts of language testing on objects invovled. On the other hand, it directs at the positive and negative washback effects of testing on language teaching.
文摘As the Interlanguage is a lingual continuum between the native language and the target language, it is strongly influenced by both of them during its formation. On the other hand, language is inseparable from culture. Without the proper knowledge and understanding of the target language culture, one can never rally master it. So, to reduce the negative language transfer, the L2 learners should strengthen the target language culture study throughout their whole lingual development.
文摘How to define Standard Language is one of the most fundamental issues in language variation research.This article,unlike those focusing more on the linguistic features,explores and checks the criteria to define Standard English from a sociolinguistic view and in a uniquely bilingual environment.The results are only partly in line with many well-known assumptions about the standard language and some new criteria are put forward.
