This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is imp...This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.展开更多
English public speaking proves to play a significant role in the speaker's whole person education, which has been gaining increasing attention among scholars at home and abroad. The paper analyzes possible relatio...English public speaking proves to play a significant role in the speaker's whole person education, which has been gaining increasing attention among scholars at home and abroad. The paper analyzes possible relations between them and argues that great importance and awareness are supposed to be attached to the development and promotion of English public speaking especially among English majors for them to be more versatile and more competitive both in job markets and in work places.展开更多
During the active process of reading, strategies involved will affect the process of reading comprehension, and the reader should intentionally regulate and control the reading process and adopt appropriate strategies...During the active process of reading, strategies involved will affect the process of reading comprehension, and the reader should intentionally regulate and control the reading process and adopt appropriate strategies to solve the problems during it. The purpose of this paper is to determine the use of metacognitive strategies in reading by the PE & Art majors through questionnaire. According to the result of the questionnaire, the PE & Art majors do use some metacognitive strategies in their reading, while nearly half of them do not often use metacognitive strategies in their reading. For this phenomenon, the author gives some constructive suggestions for the English majors about how to apply the metacognitive strategies in their reading: 1) preparing and planning in pre-reading; 2) monitoring and self-questioning in while-reading; 3) evaluating and adjusting in post-reading.展开更多
With different learning purposes and environment, the attitude to western culture of English majors and non-English majors is hypothetically different. But after the study conducted with the method of questionnaire, t...With different learning purposes and environment, the attitude to western culture of English majors and non-English majors is hypothetically different. But after the study conducted with the method of questionnaire, the hypothesis is proved to be wrong. Thus, the writer analyses the reasons for the problem and suggests the pedagogic practice.展开更多
This study explored the correlation between listening strategies use and listening autonomy proficiency, and aimed to find the listening strategies that can predict a higher listening autonomous achievement. 133 Engli...This study explored the correlation between listening strategies use and listening autonomy proficiency, and aimed to find the listening strategies that can predict a higher listening autonomous achievement. 133 English majors of Yangtze University, College of Arts and Science participated in this survey. The general situation of English majors'using of listening strategies and the correlation between different listening strategies and listening autonomy proficiency were analyzed. Based on the findings, some pedagogical implications were proposed to professional English listening teaching in higher education.展开更多
Many researches have proven that reading strategies play a vital role in English reading processes and have a crucial influence on reading results. However, at present there are few studies focused on art major studen...Many researches have proven that reading strategies play a vital role in English reading processes and have a crucial influence on reading results. However, at present there are few studies focused on art major students' reading strategy use status quo, especially the researches on art major students in independent college are fewer. This thesis based on the existing reading strategy research, tries to discuss the characteristics of art major students' English reading strategy use and further analyzes the factors that influence the choosing of reading strategies among art major students in Hubei University Zhixing College which is an independent college in Wuhan city Hubei Province.Based on the investigation results and survey results of the interview, this thesis presents some reading strategy teaching strategies for improving English language reading strategy teaching:展开更多
Grammar is very important in language learning. The mastery of English grammar is the basic English skill. However,most non-English majors are relatively poor in English and English grammar. They think grammar learnin...Grammar is very important in language learning. The mastery of English grammar is the basic English skill. However,most non-English majors are relatively poor in English and English grammar. They think grammar learning is boring and have a negative attitude towards grammar. So,it's necessary and urgent to teach them grammar.展开更多
This thesis conducts a study of avoidance phenomenon in the English writing of English majors in Shandong University ofTechnology. Instruments used in the study are 180 English writing samples of the 2 ndgrade English...This thesis conducts a study of avoidance phenomenon in the English writing of English majors in Shandong University ofTechnology. Instruments used in the study are 180 English writing samples of the 2 ndgrade English majors, questionnaires and in-terviews. Based on the data collected, different kinds of avoidance are analyzed. Further, reasons behind avoidance are exploredand corresponding implications are given.展开更多
This research investigated English learning strategy use by Non-English majors in Guangxi.Students’self-reports and questionnaires are conducted to collect data.The analysis finds that students have difficulty with l...This research investigated English learning strategy use by Non-English majors in Guangxi.Students’self-reports and questionnaires are conducted to collect data.The analysis finds that students have difficulty with long-term memory and internalization of words.The most frequently used strategies are some determination,memory and cognitive strategies.Social and metacognitive strategies are used less.The findings indicate that there are no great differences in the use of most strategies between groups of different proficient levels.Suggestions are provided to teachers based on the findings.展开更多
By analyzing the data,this paper finds the current interest status of the English majors for English learning,and the major factors which affect students' interest in learning English.The relationship between the ...By analyzing the data,this paper finds the current interest status of the English majors for English learning,and the major factors which affect students' interest in learning English.The relationship between the learning interest of the students and the teaching methods of the teacher are also the major points.展开更多
Using English original movies for listening teaching has become a new way for listening teaching.Based on the related researches,some ways of teaching English listening with original English movies are given with a te...Using English original movies for listening teaching has become a new way for listening teaching.Based on the related researches,some ways of teaching English listening with original English movies are given with a teaching example.展开更多
Currently English has spread around the world so extensively that it has become a link language across many cultures.Since 1980s,China saw a warm discussion of language,culture and cross-cultural communication.An incr...Currently English has spread around the world so extensively that it has become a link language across many cultures.Since 1980s,China saw a warm discussion of language,culture and cross-cultural communication.An increasing number of researchers and educators began to be aware of the vital importance of culture in EFL teaching and learning and cultural content has been available in classrooms teaching.However,the development of English teaching and cross-cultural communicative competence is target culture-oriented and the ability of expressiveness of home culture in English is almost ignored.Thus,the thesis seeks to collect the students' perceptions on expressiveness of Chinese culture in English and the culture teaching in EFL in China.展开更多
In this semester, through an experience of teaching advanced writing for English majors, I have got all-around observation of the process of learning English writing in third year English majors. The problems of vague...In this semester, through an experience of teaching advanced writing for English majors, I have got all-around observation of the process of learning English writing in third year English majors. The problems of vague and general content and absent critical thinking ability in their writings have been found, and the practical teaching methods and practices have been adopted to help them to write substantively. In this paper, absent critical thinking ability in students' writing, the phenomena of the problem have been analyzed, the reasons of the absence have been summarized, and the better solutions have been discussed.展开更多
English is not only a language,but also a tool.There are many factors that affect students’English learning quality and ef?ficiency,among which the biggest one is learning motivation.At present,some non-English major...English is not only a language,but also a tool.There are many factors that affect students’English learning quality and ef?ficiency,among which the biggest one is learning motivation.At present,some non-English majors in our country lack the motiva?tion of English learning,and the phenomenon of students’grade differentiation becomes more and more obvious,which seriously affects the process and quality of English teaching in the whole class.Analyzing and exploring the present situation and cultivation of English learning motivation of non-English majors can improve the quality and level of English learning of Chinese college stu?dents as a whole.展开更多
By using revised foreign language classroom anxiety scale designed by Horwitz,the paper investigates 150 non-English majors' third-year students.After the statistical analysis,the paper finds various sources of an...By using revised foreign language classroom anxiety scale designed by Horwitz,the paper investigates 150 non-English majors' third-year students.After the statistical analysis,the paper finds various sources of anxiety and proposes some corresponding teaching strategies for teachers to help them overcome anxious emotion when communicating English with others.展开更多
In terms of second language acquisition or learning, research on anxiety has primarily focused on foreign language classroom anxiety or test anxiety, with little attention paid to anxiety in the process of writing aca...In terms of second language acquisition or learning, research on anxiety has primarily focused on foreign language classroom anxiety or test anxiety, with little attention paid to anxiety in the process of writing academic theses. This study aims to explore to what extent anxiety affects the whole process of three English majors writing their M.A. theses, as well as testing the relationships between anxiety and self-regulation in the whole process. The findings indicate that anxiety appears with high degree atthe preparation stage, slumps at the writing stage and reaches another high level at the revision stage. Anxiety also exists when negotiating with supervisors. What’s more, self-regulation has been proved to alleviate anxiety in the process of writing. This studycontributes new knowledge to the field by relating anxiety to self-regulation in the process of writing M.A. theses, yielding a deepened understanding of self-regulation that reduces anxiety in terms of the progress gradually achieved in the writing process. It alsohas implications for supervisors to pay attention to the way of negotiating with students that may cause anxiety during the academictheses writing process.展开更多
Based on the questionnaire of 80 English majors in an agricultural university,the author tries to get a better understanding of the practical situation of their pragmatic competence.After analyzing the results in the ...Based on the questionnaire of 80 English majors in an agricultural university,the author tries to get a better understanding of the practical situation of their pragmatic competence.After analyzing the results in the survey,the author finds out the reasons which may cause those failures,and then puts forward proposals for teachers in the agricultural university to improve students'pragmatic competence.展开更多
Learner autonomy is considered as one of the key educational goals in all the countries of the world since 1980s.In China,developing learner autonomy is particularly emphasized in College English Curriculum Requiremen...Learner autonomy is considered as one of the key educational goals in all the countries of the world since 1980s.In China,developing learner autonomy is particularly emphasized in College English Curriculum Requirements.Some researches have been made on developing learner autonomy,which seem to prove that the training of language learning strategies helps to develop learner autonomy.But because the traditional teaching method has been dominant in universities,college students,in particular art majors are passive and lose interests in English.Consequently,English teaching method must be reformed and learn er autonomy must be developed.In the relevant researches on learning strategy training and the development of learner autono my,the subjects are not involved in art majors.So the author tries to make a research in the field by combining with her teaching experience.Developing learner autonomy in art majors through the training of metacognitive strategies may lay the basis for their future learning and development,which is important for the college English teaching of art majors.Key wrods:learner autonomy;art majors;metacognitive strategy展开更多
This study aims to find if, and to what extent, Chinese students'metacognitive strategy use associates with their reading ability in English. Sixty-four sophomore English majors participated in the study. The quan...This study aims to find if, and to what extent, Chinese students'metacognitive strategy use associates with their reading ability in English. Sixty-four sophomore English majors participated in the study. The quantitative analyses of the data generated the following major findings: Of the five metacognitive strategy categories, the selective attention strategy category is most favored by the students, and the evaluating strategy category is least favored by them. Metacognitive strategies have meaningfully positive effect on English reading.展开更多
The extending of Chinese internationalization proposes higher requests on the translation markets, which means more and more high-qualified translators and interpreters are needed to meet the market demands. However, ...The extending of Chinese internationalization proposes higher requests on the translation markets, which means more and more high-qualified translators and interpreters are needed to meet the market demands. However, the traditional"teacher and text-centered"translation teaching methods can not equip the students with skillful and practical ability to satisfy the requirements of the society. Therefore, this paper explores a new translation teaching model which suggests more efficient and quicker ways to cultivate available interpreters and translators for the translation market.展开更多
文摘This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.
文摘English public speaking proves to play a significant role in the speaker's whole person education, which has been gaining increasing attention among scholars at home and abroad. The paper analyzes possible relations between them and argues that great importance and awareness are supposed to be attached to the development and promotion of English public speaking especially among English majors for them to be more versatile and more competitive both in job markets and in work places.
文摘During the active process of reading, strategies involved will affect the process of reading comprehension, and the reader should intentionally regulate and control the reading process and adopt appropriate strategies to solve the problems during it. The purpose of this paper is to determine the use of metacognitive strategies in reading by the PE & Art majors through questionnaire. According to the result of the questionnaire, the PE & Art majors do use some metacognitive strategies in their reading, while nearly half of them do not often use metacognitive strategies in their reading. For this phenomenon, the author gives some constructive suggestions for the English majors about how to apply the metacognitive strategies in their reading: 1) preparing and planning in pre-reading; 2) monitoring and self-questioning in while-reading; 3) evaluating and adjusting in post-reading.
文摘With different learning purposes and environment, the attitude to western culture of English majors and non-English majors is hypothetically different. But after the study conducted with the method of questionnaire, the hypothesis is proved to be wrong. Thus, the writer analyses the reasons for the problem and suggests the pedagogic practice.
文摘This study explored the correlation between listening strategies use and listening autonomy proficiency, and aimed to find the listening strategies that can predict a higher listening autonomous achievement. 133 English majors of Yangtze University, College of Arts and Science participated in this survey. The general situation of English majors'using of listening strategies and the correlation between different listening strategies and listening autonomy proficiency were analyzed. Based on the findings, some pedagogical implications were proposed to professional English listening teaching in higher education.
文摘Many researches have proven that reading strategies play a vital role in English reading processes and have a crucial influence on reading results. However, at present there are few studies focused on art major students' reading strategy use status quo, especially the researches on art major students in independent college are fewer. This thesis based on the existing reading strategy research, tries to discuss the characteristics of art major students' English reading strategy use and further analyzes the factors that influence the choosing of reading strategies among art major students in Hubei University Zhixing College which is an independent college in Wuhan city Hubei Province.Based on the investigation results and survey results of the interview, this thesis presents some reading strategy teaching strategies for improving English language reading strategy teaching:
文摘Grammar is very important in language learning. The mastery of English grammar is the basic English skill. However,most non-English majors are relatively poor in English and English grammar. They think grammar learning is boring and have a negative attitude towards grammar. So,it's necessary and urgent to teach them grammar.
文摘This thesis conducts a study of avoidance phenomenon in the English writing of English majors in Shandong University ofTechnology. Instruments used in the study are 180 English writing samples of the 2 ndgrade English majors, questionnaires and in-terviews. Based on the data collected, different kinds of avoidance are analyzed. Further, reasons behind avoidance are exploredand corresponding implications are given.
文摘This research investigated English learning strategy use by Non-English majors in Guangxi.Students’self-reports and questionnaires are conducted to collect data.The analysis finds that students have difficulty with long-term memory and internalization of words.The most frequently used strategies are some determination,memory and cognitive strategies.Social and metacognitive strategies are used less.The findings indicate that there are no great differences in the use of most strategies between groups of different proficient levels.Suggestions are provided to teachers based on the findings.
文摘By analyzing the data,this paper finds the current interest status of the English majors for English learning,and the major factors which affect students' interest in learning English.The relationship between the learning interest of the students and the teaching methods of the teacher are also the major points.
文摘Using English original movies for listening teaching has become a new way for listening teaching.Based on the related researches,some ways of teaching English listening with original English movies are given with a teaching example.
文摘Currently English has spread around the world so extensively that it has become a link language across many cultures.Since 1980s,China saw a warm discussion of language,culture and cross-cultural communication.An increasing number of researchers and educators began to be aware of the vital importance of culture in EFL teaching and learning and cultural content has been available in classrooms teaching.However,the development of English teaching and cross-cultural communicative competence is target culture-oriented and the ability of expressiveness of home culture in English is almost ignored.Thus,the thesis seeks to collect the students' perceptions on expressiveness of Chinese culture in English and the culture teaching in EFL in China.
文摘In this semester, through an experience of teaching advanced writing for English majors, I have got all-around observation of the process of learning English writing in third year English majors. The problems of vague and general content and absent critical thinking ability in their writings have been found, and the practical teaching methods and practices have been adopted to help them to write substantively. In this paper, absent critical thinking ability in students' writing, the phenomena of the problem have been analyzed, the reasons of the absence have been summarized, and the better solutions have been discussed.
文摘English is not only a language,but also a tool.There are many factors that affect students’English learning quality and ef?ficiency,among which the biggest one is learning motivation.At present,some non-English majors in our country lack the motiva?tion of English learning,and the phenomenon of students’grade differentiation becomes more and more obvious,which seriously affects the process and quality of English teaching in the whole class.Analyzing and exploring the present situation and cultivation of English learning motivation of non-English majors can improve the quality and level of English learning of Chinese college stu?dents as a whole.
文摘By using revised foreign language classroom anxiety scale designed by Horwitz,the paper investigates 150 non-English majors' third-year students.After the statistical analysis,the paper finds various sources of anxiety and proposes some corresponding teaching strategies for teachers to help them overcome anxious emotion when communicating English with others.
文摘In terms of second language acquisition or learning, research on anxiety has primarily focused on foreign language classroom anxiety or test anxiety, with little attention paid to anxiety in the process of writing academic theses. This study aims to explore to what extent anxiety affects the whole process of three English majors writing their M.A. theses, as well as testing the relationships between anxiety and self-regulation in the whole process. The findings indicate that anxiety appears with high degree atthe preparation stage, slumps at the writing stage and reaches another high level at the revision stage. Anxiety also exists when negotiating with supervisors. What’s more, self-regulation has been proved to alleviate anxiety in the process of writing. This studycontributes new knowledge to the field by relating anxiety to self-regulation in the process of writing M.A. theses, yielding a deepened understanding of self-regulation that reduces anxiety in terms of the progress gradually achieved in the writing process. It alsohas implications for supervisors to pay attention to the way of negotiating with students that may cause anxiety during the academictheses writing process.
文摘Based on the questionnaire of 80 English majors in an agricultural university,the author tries to get a better understanding of the practical situation of their pragmatic competence.After analyzing the results in the survey,the author finds out the reasons which may cause those failures,and then puts forward proposals for teachers in the agricultural university to improve students'pragmatic competence.
文摘Learner autonomy is considered as one of the key educational goals in all the countries of the world since 1980s.In China,developing learner autonomy is particularly emphasized in College English Curriculum Requirements.Some researches have been made on developing learner autonomy,which seem to prove that the training of language learning strategies helps to develop learner autonomy.But because the traditional teaching method has been dominant in universities,college students,in particular art majors are passive and lose interests in English.Consequently,English teaching method must be reformed and learn er autonomy must be developed.In the relevant researches on learning strategy training and the development of learner autono my,the subjects are not involved in art majors.So the author tries to make a research in the field by combining with her teaching experience.Developing learner autonomy in art majors through the training of metacognitive strategies may lay the basis for their future learning and development,which is important for the college English teaching of art majors.Key wrods:learner autonomy;art majors;metacognitive strategy
文摘This study aims to find if, and to what extent, Chinese students'metacognitive strategy use associates with their reading ability in English. Sixty-four sophomore English majors participated in the study. The quantitative analyses of the data generated the following major findings: Of the five metacognitive strategy categories, the selective attention strategy category is most favored by the students, and the evaluating strategy category is least favored by them. Metacognitive strategies have meaningfully positive effect on English reading.
文摘The extending of Chinese internationalization proposes higher requests on the translation markets, which means more and more high-qualified translators and interpreters are needed to meet the market demands. However, the traditional"teacher and text-centered"translation teaching methods can not equip the students with skillful and practical ability to satisfy the requirements of the society. Therefore, this paper explores a new translation teaching model which suggests more efficient and quicker ways to cultivate available interpreters and translators for the translation market.
