简介:Inrecentyears,althoughcollegestudentshaveacquiredahighlevelofproficiencyinEnglishreading,theyhavemadeverylittleadvancementinEnglishwriting.ThisisduetothefactthatinadequateimportanceisattachedtowritingintheteachingofEnglish,andthatstudentshaverathervagueideasabouttheroleofwritinginforeignlanguagelearningandaboutthediffer-entdiscoursepatternsexistingbetweenEnglishandChinese.Thus,thispapersuggeststhat,inordertoimprovestudents’writingability,twowaysbeadoptedtoraisestudents’awarenessoflearningtowrite:1)integratingtheproduct-orientedap-proachwiththeprocess-orientedapproach;2)usingstudents’readingasawritingsource.
简介:Itisalwayseasytounderestimatehowfortunateweareasstudents.ThisiswhatIlearnedlastweekinmyInternationalRelationsdiscussion.Thisdiscussiontookacomparativelyunusualform—debate.Weweredividedintogroupsandwereassignedoneofthefiveparadigmsofinternationalrelations,namely,Realism,Liberalism,Marxism,ConstructivismandDomesticPolitics.Then,wewereaskedtouseourassignedparadigmtoexplaintheoutbreakandtheoneofthecharactersofWorldWarI.Of
简介:TeachingEnglishasacompulsorysubjectinCenderawasihUniversityhasalwaysbeenachallengingone.ThesituationandconditionfacedbythelecturerswhoarefromEnglisheducationprogramarecomplex.TheyhavetoteachEnglishinthefirstyear,sometimesuntilsecondyearfornon-Englishmajorstudentsfromdifferentprograms.Atthesametime,theydealwithbigclassesfromallprograms.Issuesintheteachingandlearningprocessintheclassroommayincludetotalnumberofstudents,students’backgroundknowledgeoflearningEnglish,learningconditions,andteachingandlearningstyle.Sincetheseissueshavehappenedthroughouttheyears,severalelementsfromKrashenhypothesiscanbeconsideredtohelptocreateabetterlanguagelearningenvironment.Thisstudyfocusesonthoseelementsofcomprehensibleinput,reducedanxietylevel,andactiveparticipation.TheseelementscanbeurgentlysuggestedtoEnglishteachingandlearningprocessatuniversitylevel,particularlytoteachEFL(Englishasaforeignlanguage)tomixed-levelnon-Englishmajoruniversitystudentstoproduceaneffectivelanguagelearningenvironment.
简介:InthelateJulyof1908,OotaniKouzui(1876-1948,the22ndabbotfromoftheJapaneseNishi-honganziMonastery)senthisyoungerbrotherOotaniSonyu(1886-1939)togotoWutaiMountaintosecretlymeetthe13thDalaiLama.ThemonasteryofJapanandthelocalgovernmentofTibethadreachedanagreementontheissueofexchangingstudents.Inaccordancewiththeagreement,AokiBunkyouandTadaToukan,spentthreeandtenyearsrespectivelystudyinginTibet.Andthe13thDalai