Teaching styles and learning styles play important parts in ESL/EFL classrooms. However, is it necessary for language teachers to match their teaching styles with their students' learning styles?Is it feasible for...Teaching styles and learning styles play important parts in ESL/EFL classrooms. However, is it necessary for language teachers to match their teaching styles with their students' learning styles?Is it feasible for the teachers to match their teaching styles to every individual student's learning styles?Because of the incompatible learning and teaching styles, suggestions on how to deal with the difficulties in the matching of these two styles will be given.展开更多
Based on the comparison of different teacher leaderships at present, this article elaborated how the transformational teacher lead ership functions effectively in ESL/EFL classrooms. With the discussion of the prerequ...Based on the comparison of different teacher leaderships at present, this article elaborated how the transformational teacher lead ership functions effectively in ESL/EFL classrooms. With the discussion of the prerequisites and the characteristics of the transformational teacher leadership, the writer also described how teachers could achieve this leadership in their classrooms and bring impact on student self-awareness, self-development, and their learning success.展开更多
泛读动机,作为激发并持续泛读行为的关键因素,一直是ESL(English as a Second Language)/EFL(English as a Foreign Language)泛读研究领域的一个重点。然而,该领域大多数研究以群体为对象,未能对个人阅读动机进行详细记述。在两个学期...泛读动机,作为激发并持续泛读行为的关键因素,一直是ESL(English as a Second Language)/EFL(English as a Foreign Language)泛读研究领域的一个重点。然而,该领域大多数研究以群体为对象,未能对个人阅读动机进行详细记述。在两个学期的时间里,通过组织三次访谈以及定期测定阅读速度的方式,对两名中国非英语专业研究生ESL/EFL泛读动机进行了纵向个案研究。研究结果显示,受试者ESL/EFL泛读动机是一个动态的结构,在持续阅读过程中不断发生变化,泛读材料在培养积极的阅读态度从而激发阅读动机的方面具有重要地位。展开更多
The article presents some major researches concerning the concept of backwash effect of language testing; analyses both the positive and negative effects and their implications in EFL classrooms; then provides some su...The article presents some major researches concerning the concept of backwash effect of language testing; analyses both the positive and negative effects and their implications in EFL classrooms; then provides some suggested ways to be followed when creating positive backwash effects on teaching and learning.展开更多
Memorization has been long viewed as a bad practice or the opposite of meaningful learning.A survey on the role of memorization in ESL/EFL learning is carried out in Vestal Middle School,Binghamton High School and Bin...Memorization has been long viewed as a bad practice or the opposite of meaningful learning.A survey on the role of memorization in ESL/EFL learning is carried out in Vestal Middle School,Binghamton High School and Binghamton University under the guidance of Professor Jennifer Brondell.The result shows that a majority of subjects were found to emphasize the important role of memorization as a strategy in helping students to obtain better accuracy and fluency,use language knowledge reserve,and gain more self-confidence.展开更多
Teaching culture in foreign language class is already a concept accepted by language teachers all over the world since language and culture are closely connected and inseparable,and this concept has been put into prac...Teaching culture in foreign language class is already a concept accepted by language teachers all over the world since language and culture are closely connected and inseparable,and this concept has been put into practice for a long time.However,the application of integrating the target culture teaching into EFL classrooms is far from being satisfactory.Therefore,how to incorporate culture into the foreign language classroom and how to teach culture for effective language learning has become a top priority for language teachers.This paper attempts to explore how to teach target culture effectively in EFL classrooms from multiple perspectives in the hope of helping students grasp cultural knowledge,improve their communicative competence,and enrich their linguistic knowledge as well.展开更多
文摘Teaching styles and learning styles play important parts in ESL/EFL classrooms. However, is it necessary for language teachers to match their teaching styles with their students' learning styles?Is it feasible for the teachers to match their teaching styles to every individual student's learning styles?Because of the incompatible learning and teaching styles, suggestions on how to deal with the difficulties in the matching of these two styles will be given.
文摘Based on the comparison of different teacher leaderships at present, this article elaborated how the transformational teacher lead ership functions effectively in ESL/EFL classrooms. With the discussion of the prerequisites and the characteristics of the transformational teacher leadership, the writer also described how teachers could achieve this leadership in their classrooms and bring impact on student self-awareness, self-development, and their learning success.
文摘泛读动机,作为激发并持续泛读行为的关键因素,一直是ESL(English as a Second Language)/EFL(English as a Foreign Language)泛读研究领域的一个重点。然而,该领域大多数研究以群体为对象,未能对个人阅读动机进行详细记述。在两个学期的时间里,通过组织三次访谈以及定期测定阅读速度的方式,对两名中国非英语专业研究生ESL/EFL泛读动机进行了纵向个案研究。研究结果显示,受试者ESL/EFL泛读动机是一个动态的结构,在持续阅读过程中不断发生变化,泛读材料在培养积极的阅读态度从而激发阅读动机的方面具有重要地位。
文摘The article presents some major researches concerning the concept of backwash effect of language testing; analyses both the positive and negative effects and their implications in EFL classrooms; then provides some suggested ways to be followed when creating positive backwash effects on teaching and learning.
文摘Memorization has been long viewed as a bad practice or the opposite of meaningful learning.A survey on the role of memorization in ESL/EFL learning is carried out in Vestal Middle School,Binghamton High School and Binghamton University under the guidance of Professor Jennifer Brondell.The result shows that a majority of subjects were found to emphasize the important role of memorization as a strategy in helping students to obtain better accuracy and fluency,use language knowledge reserve,and gain more self-confidence.
文摘Teaching culture in foreign language class is already a concept accepted by language teachers all over the world since language and culture are closely connected and inseparable,and this concept has been put into practice for a long time.However,the application of integrating the target culture teaching into EFL classrooms is far from being satisfactory.Therefore,how to incorporate culture into the foreign language classroom and how to teach culture for effective language learning has become a top priority for language teachers.This paper attempts to explore how to teach target culture effectively in EFL classrooms from multiple perspectives in the hope of helping students grasp cultural knowledge,improve their communicative competence,and enrich their linguistic knowledge as well.
