简介:Itisalwayseasytounderestimatehowfortunateweareasstudents.ThisiswhatIlearnedlastweekinmyInternationalRelationsdiscussion.Thisdiscussiontookacomparativelyunusualform—debate.Weweredividedintogroupsandwereassignedoneofthefiveparadigmsofinternationalrelations,namely,Realism,Liberalism,Marxism,ConstructivismandDomesticPolitics.Then,wewereaskedtouseourassignedparadigmtoexplaintheoutbreakandtheoneofthecharactersofWorldWarI.Of
简介:InthelateJulyof1908,OotaniKouzui(1876-1948,the22ndabbotfromoftheJapaneseNishi-honganziMonastery)senthisyoungerbrotherOotaniSonyu(1886-1939)togotoWutaiMountaintosecretlymeetthe13thDalaiLama.ThemonasteryofJapanandthelocalgovernmentofTibethadreachedanagreementontheissueofexchangingstudents.Inaccordancewiththeagreement,AokiBunkyouandTadaToukan,spentthreeandtenyearsrespectivelystudyinginTibet.Andthe13thDalai
简介:InChina,thereisnotoneschoolthatdoesnottakeEnglishteachingseriously.Thereisnotonestu-dentwhodoesnotwanttolearnEnglishwell.How-ever,notmanylearnerswhosucceedinEnglishlearning,communicatefluentlyinbothoralorwrit-tenEnglish,andmuchfewerreachahighlevelinhighschoolyears.Therefore,whenweencounteredahighschoolEnglishloverwhoreachedaveryhighlevelofEnglish,ourinterestinknowinghernatural-lygrew.
简介:Inrecentyears,althoughcollegestudentshaveacquiredahighlevelofproficiencyinEnglishreading,theyhavemadeverylittleadvancementinEnglishwriting.ThisisduetothefactthatinadequateimportanceisattachedtowritingintheteachingofEnglish,andthatstudentshaverathervagueideasabouttheroleofwritinginforeignlanguagelearningandaboutthediffer-entdiscoursepatternsexistingbetweenEnglishandChinese.Thus,thispapersuggeststhat,inordertoimprovestudents’writingability,twowaysbeadoptedtoraisestudents’awarenessoflearningtowrite:1)integratingtheproduct-orientedap-proachwiththeprocess-orientedapproach;2)usingstudents’readingasawritingsource.