文化对语言学习的影响与英语教学策略的转变

语言作为一种特殊的社会文化现象存在,是文化的载体.本文从语言与文化的关系入手,尝试剖析了文化在英语语言教育中的重要地位,着重讨论了如何在英语教学中转变策略,更加注重文化背景知识的渗透.     

网络英语学习和师生角色的转变

网络技术为英语学习提供了新的途径.在基于网络的英语教学中,教师的角色是学生学习的指导者、合作者和学习资料的开发者,同时自身也是学习者;学生既是学习者,也是学习活动的合作者、促进者和协调者.     

基于学习为中心的"高职英语"课程设计

针对当前高职院校英语课程设计中存在的问题,尝试以"学习为中心"来设计<高职英语>课程.在课程设计的各个环节都考虑了影响学习的各种因素,如学生的需求,社会的需要,语言教学自身的规律等其他因素,建设通过刨设一个支持性的学习环境,促使学生通过主动探究建构语言知识,通过参与大量的语言活动训练语言技能,通过完成各种任务提高语言能力,以提高高职英语教学的实效性.     

基于混合式学习的大学英语教学实证研究

大学英语是高校课程的重要组成部分,具有授课学时多、授课时限长等特点.如何建立适合高校的"混合式学习"的大学英语教学模式是值得研究的课题.     

大学英语教学模式探讨

比较了多媒体辅助英语教学和传统英语教学的利弊,提出英语教学发展的一种新模式:多媒体辅助教学和传统课堂教学有机结合,该模式在充分发挥两者自身优势的同时,又能做到两者相互兼容,取长补短,相得益彰.     

以学生为中心改革大学英语传统教学模式

长期以来,以教师为中心的传统教学模式导致了大学英语课堂教学结构模式化、教学目标和教学组织单一化、教学方式静态化和教学与生活割裂的局面.在新的社会形势下,培养学生的语言能力、创新能力和提高学生的综合素质成为英语教学的目标.     

学生在大学英语网络自主学习模式中的角色研究

当前高校采用的"基于计算机和课堂的英语多媒体教学模式"是"以教师为主导,以学生为主体"为教学指导思想,从过去以教师为中心转变为以学生为中心,师生在新教学模式与传统教学模式中所扮演的角色有较大的差异.网络自主学习要求学生正确认识自主学习模式,掌握正确的学习策略,实施自我评估,突出学生在自主学习中的主体地位.     

英语语言信息存储方式与书面英语表述能力

学习者的书面英语表述能力取决于学习过程中英语语言信息的存储方式.在学习过程中,多学科学习引起需紧急存储的学习信息量剧增,学习者难以及时存储当日的学习信息.此外,英语语言学习沉寂期会影响大学英语语言材料的存储效能.因此,教师要帮助学习者用最佳方式强化以多个词组、短语为单位存储英语语言信息,缩短英语语言学习沉寂期,有效重组英语语言信息,以提高书面英语表述能力.     

构建网络和多媒体技术环境下的大学英语教学模式

随着计算机技术和网络、多媒体技术的突飞猛进,人们逐渐地认识到要充分地发挥网络和多媒体技术优势,充分利用网上丰富的学习资源,发挥教师的主导作用和学生的认知主体作用,构建一个网络、课堂、教师、学生四者有机结合的大学英语教学模式。     

高职院校专业英语教学改革

本文针对如何讲授专业英语进行了积极的探索和尝试，从专业英语教材的选用、多媒体课件的制作、学生综合能力的培养、突出专业色彩和翻译技巧等方面讨论了课程教学改革的思路、对策以及应注意的问题。     

Word analysis--a useful tool in learning the language of medicine in English

Derivated medical terms can consist of a prefix, one or two word roots, a combining vowel, and a suffix in various combinations. To teach medical vocabulary means to teach the tools of word analysis that will enable understanding of complex terminology instead of memorising the whole medical dictionary. (Ref. 6.)     

Cooperative learning: a model for teaching

Cooperative learning provides a socially and intellectually stimulating model for the instruction of nursing students. It is one method of encouraging students to take responsibility for their own learning. Students are often able to explain a concept to another student in a unique way not used by faculty. This model harnesses and directs that student input in a constructive manner to increase achievement and accountability for all involved. Faculty must continue to examine how nursing is taught. The world is changing far too rapidly to do "business as usual." Cooperative learning is one strategy that can be used to motivate students to take active and responsible roles in their learning.     

Motivational variables in second language acquisition: A study of Francophones learning English.

Assessed the motivational characteristics of Francophones learning English as a 2nd language. A total of 304 Grade 10 and 11 Montreal Francophone students responded to a battery of attitude and motivation scales (e.g., attitudes toward English Canadians, parental encouragement, and opportunity to use English). The correlations among these scales were factor analyzed together with indices of intelligence, and achievement in French, mathematics, and English. Results tend to support the generalization that an individual's motivation to learn a 2nd language is dependent upon favorable attitudes toward the 2nd language community (i.e., an integrative motive). However, while Ss' intentions to continue studying English were related to an integrative motive, actual competence in the 2nd language seemed to be more closely related to a dimension of motivation which is best described as self-confidence derived from prior experience with the language. (French summary) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

研究生英语教学模式改革初探

根据教育部的统计,自1999年高校连续扩招5年来,研究生教育一直保持快速增长的势头.招生规模年递增的平均速度是26.9%.1998年,研究生招生规模是7.2万人,而2003年是26.89万人.     

Gender bias in the English language?

A biased representation of the desirability of the masculine and feminine trait terms included within a questionnaire can compel test respondents to characterize males and females in a comparably biased manner. The current study assessed whether the English language might itself contain more male-valued or female-valued terms. Ratings of desirability, masculinity, and femininity were obtained on a representative sample of 1,710 trait terms. The results suggested that the language is not itself gender neutral, in that it does appear to have more female-valued than male-valued terms. However, the language might not be described as biased if this is an accurate representation of the traits exhibited by males and females and the desirability of the traits. Implications of the results for the assessment and diagnosis of personality are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Language of learning and language of computing: The perceptual-language model.

A process-diagnostic orientation for assessment of special needs and for evaluation of instructional outcomes was implemented with a sample of 120 language-impaired preschool children. In one study, children's language impairments were characterized with respect to language processes associated previously with successful classroom learning. These classroom language processes were assessed with the Preschool Language Assessment Instrument, which operationalizes a "perceptual-language" model of classroom communication and learning outcomes. As predicted by the perceptual-language model, individual responses were characterized by a simplex structure. In a second study, children who participated in an environment that included instruction in the LOGO programming language demonstrated higher levels of perceptual-language skills postinstruction when compared with counterparts who either participated in a second software environment or were in a control condition. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A developmental model for teaching and learning in psychotherapy supervision.

Contends that supervision of psychotherapy is a complicated responsibility because the supervisor's commitment is divided between supporting the growth of the student and protecting the welfare of the client. The phenomenon of the treatment relationship can be obscured by parallel processes in the supervision. A model based on a set of developmental crises that reflect stages of learning and maturation in therapist growth is proposed. Crises in learning psychotherapy include (1) the demand for wide-ranging tolerance of ambiguity, (2) recognition and acceptance of the limits of one's capacity to offer therapeutic conditions, (3) the discovery of therapy as deep communication, and (4) the emergence of a conceptual set in which a variety of models of therapeutic intervention are related to the needs of varying patients. It is suggested that the behavior of the supervisor in dealing with problems in supervised psychotherapy is the real modeling. (24 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Culturally competent teaching strategies for Asian nursing students for whom English is a second language

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common condition that vascular nurses see daily in their practice. Ruptured AAA is the thirteenth leading cause of death in the United States. Increasingly, vascular surgeons are facing older patients with severe comorbid conditions and an AAA. These factors have led to the development of less invasive techniques for repairing AAAs. Endovascular grafting is a technique currently being performed on selected patients. Benefits of this procedure include a small femoral incision, fewer cardiopulmonary risks than the traditional surgery, rapid recovery, short hospital stay, and a decrease in overall cost. Nurses are responsible for patient education, assessment, and evaluation of patients undergoing this procedure.