Metacognition has drawn wider research attention in the past decades in the field of teaching English as a foreign language. In this study, questionnaires surveying English learners' use of metacognitive writing s...Metacognition has drawn wider research attention in the past decades in the field of teaching English as a foreign language. In this study, questionnaires surveying English learners' use of metacognitive writing strategies and their writing efficacy were respectively administered. Metacognitive writing strategy intervention was conducted The findings are further discussed with regard to the participants' specific learning context, and pedagogical implications derived from the research highlight the importance of integrating metacognitive writing strategy instruction into regular classroom teaching.展开更多
Anxiety is a complicated psychological phenomenon in foreign language learning process, involving both cognitive and affective factors, especially for those with cross culture background. This essay focuses on the anx...Anxiety is a complicated psychological phenomenon in foreign language learning process, involving both cognitive and affective factors, especially for those with cross culture background. This essay focuses on the anxiety of Mongolian undergraduates in public English class, analyses the contributory factors and puts forward effective strategies on how to overcome their anxiety to achieve the goal that college public English teaching will be elevated at large.展开更多
BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) is a life-saving technique which is used after cardiopulmonary arrest. Chance of survival after arrest will increase if it is coupled with sufficient knowledge. Final yea...BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) is a life-saving technique which is used after cardiopulmonary arrest. Chance of survival after arrest will increase if it is coupled with sufficient knowledge. Final year undergraduate health science students and interns manage many trauma and critically ill patients in our hospital. Even though all students took CPR training in undergraduate course, we sometimes saw difficulties in the resuscitation of patients after cardiopulmonary arrest by undergraduate health professionals. This study was to assess the level of knowledge of undergraduate health science students and medical interns about cardiopulmonary resuscitation.METHODS: Hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 1 to March 30, 2013. All undergraduate health professionals were included. The mean score of knowledge was compared for sex, original residence and department of the participants by using Student's t test and ANOVA with Scheffe's test. P values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.RESULTS: Four hundred sixty-one out of 506 students were included in this study with a response rate of 91.1%. The overall mean knowledge score of final year undergraduate health science students and interns was 11.1(SD=0.2). The mean knowledge scores of nurses, interns, health officer, midwifery, anesthesia and psychiatry nursing students were 9.84(SD=2.5), 13.34(SD=2.8), 9.81(SD=3.0), 8.77(SD=2.6), 13.31(SD=2.7) and 8.43(SD=2.4) respectively.CONCLUSIONS: The knowledge level of undergraduate health professionals about cardiopulmonary resuscitation was insufficient. Training about CPR for undergraduate health professionals should be emphasized.展开更多
Background A major public health problem around the world today is mental illness. Although there are several studies on the topic, it is rarely conducted in the context like the current study. Aims This study aims to...Background A major public health problem around the world today is mental illness. Although there are several studies on the topic, it is rarely conducted in the context like the current study. Aims This study aims to find out the attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry and mental illness as a clinical medicine major and evaluate the effects of clinical posting on their attitudes towards psychiatry and mental illness. Methods This is a longitudinal study of 6 months* duration conducted with students in their fifth semester of medical college in Western India during the academic year of 2016-2017. The participants were assessed by pro forma containing demographic details, and the questionnaires—Attitude Towards Psychiatry-30 items (ATP-30) scale and Mental Illness Clinician's Attitude (MICA) scale, which were presented to the students at the beginning and at the end of their psychiatry clinical posting. The statistical analysis was done with GraphPad, InStat V.3.06. A p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results The students' attitudes towards psychiatry were neutral at the beginning of the psychiatry clinical posting, and improved significantly at the end of the posting on both scales: ATP-30 (p=0.002) and MICA (p=0.048). The students became more positive towards the subject and mental illness in general, negative attitudes also reduced but the change was not statistically significant (p=0.058). We found significant improvement in students' thinking towards being a psychiatrist in the future post-term (p=0.0002). The changes in attitude in terms of gender were equivocal, with an increase in positive attitude and reduction in negative attitude post-term in both sexes. Conclusion Psychiatry clinical posting aids in cultivating positive attitude towards psychiatry and mental illness and reduces the stigma associated with the students of this major and psychiatric patients.展开更多
Chinese school vocational guidance originates in secondary school or vocational school.The practices and theoretical research on vocational guidance in colleges and universities is still relatively new.Vocational guid...Chinese school vocational guidance originates in secondary school or vocational school.The practices and theoretical research on vocational guidance in colleges and universities is still relatively new.Vocational guidance of undergraduates is a new issue that needs to be addressed.This article will explore new concepts of vocational guidance from three aspects,including family education,students studies and systematic cultivation of universities.展开更多
This paper aims to explore the effectiveness of dictation practice in improving non-English major undergraduates listening comprehension.35 students were selected into the experiment.For the comparison of the experime...This paper aims to explore the effectiveness of dictation practice in improving non-English major undergraduates listening comprehension.35 students were selected into the experiment.For the comparison of the experimental data,we found that students'listening comprehension do improved after 12 weeks training while some other implications also were discussed for further study in order to promote listening teaching and learning.展开更多
Sleep deprivation is a common problem among university students,it causes lowered cognitive skills,higher tend of suicide,risk-taking behavior and interaction anxiety.By using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI)a...Sleep deprivation is a common problem among university students,it causes lowered cognitive skills,higher tend of suicide,risk-taking behavior and interaction anxiety.By using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI)and Interaction Anxiousness Scale(IAS),the survey on the sleep quality and interaction anxiousness was carried out among 124 undergraduate students,in order to found the correlation between sleep deprivation and interaction anxiousness.The results showed a strong positive correlation between them.This study also investigates the difference of PSQI and IAS among students with varied disciplines and grades,and findings illustrated a poor sleep quality as well as poor interpersonal communication situation among university students.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
Borrowing the methods and findings of Janice Radway’s study in the relationship between audience and texts,this thesis takes a group of English majors(all female)in Guangdong Ocean University(GDOU)as a sample,analyze...Borrowing the methods and findings of Janice Radway’s study in the relationship between audience and texts,this thesis takes a group of English majors(all female)in Guangdong Ocean University(GDOU)as a sample,analyzes their habit of reading romantic fiction in order to reveal that those romantic stories play a key role in shaping reader’s self-identity during college time.展开更多
The present study is based on an investigation conducted with 122 nursing undergraduates in Guilin Medical University on their use of metacognitive strategies in March,2010.Data,collected in the form of questionnaire ...The present study is based on an investigation conducted with 122 nursing undergraduates in Guilin Medical University on their use of metacognitive strategies in March,2010.Data,collected in the form of questionnaire and interviews,were analyzed.Results show that the strategies use is positively correlated with the degree of satisfaction for bilingual teaching and the expected proportion of English.展开更多
Verbal humor has been widely studied from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle.The verbal humor of undergrad⁃uates,however,hasn’t been studied thoroughly.Corpus of verbal humor of undergraduates will be analy...Verbal humor has been widely studied from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle.The verbal humor of undergrad⁃uates,however,hasn’t been studied thoroughly.Corpus of verbal humor of undergraduates will be analyzed from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle and Relevance Theory.The analyses show that the pragmatic analysis of the verbal humor of the under⁃graduates can reveal humorous effects,which play an important role in their daily communication.展开更多
In order to strengthen communications and cooperation with various fields of other countries, the demand for translators and interpreters has increased dramatically. At the same time, the quantity and quality of trans...In order to strengthen communications and cooperation with various fields of other countries, the demand for translators and interpreters has increased dramatically. At the same time, the quantity and quality of translators will be faced with more and more requirements of the employment market. Therefore, as a compulsory and main course for English majors in many colleges and universities, interpretation teaching has been challenged for a long time. How to train a great number of qualified interpreters rapidly and effectively has become an urgent issue. Based on reviewing the theory of Skopos theory and analyzing the status quo of interpretation teaching for undergraduate English majors, some new thoughts for interpretation teaching are proposed.展开更多
This paper investigates the motivation types of non-English majors in English learning by means of questionnaires . The subjects were 100 non-English majors of Science and Arts in Hubei University of Technology. The q...This paper investigates the motivation types of non-English majors in English learning by means of questionnaires . The subjects were 100 non-English majors of Science and Arts in Hubei University of Technology. The questionnaire adopts the Eng-lish Learning Motivation Questionnaire designed by Gao Yihong and her team, which includes 30 questions about reason to learn English. Through exploratory factor analysis, there are seven types of motivation, namely, intrinsic interest, immediate achieve-ment, going abroad, learning situation, social responsibility, individual development and information media. This paper uses SPSS to analyze the data by correlation analysis in order to explore the influence among personal factors and the relation between person-al factors and motivation types. The results show that major and English proficiency have significant effects on English learning mo-tivation. In addition, there is interaction between the age when English learning began and family background, major and English proficiency.展开更多
As a national standardized test of significance,CET-4 has its positive washback as well as negative washback.College English teaching and learning should be promoted by the washback of CET-4 from both perspectives.
文摘Metacognition has drawn wider research attention in the past decades in the field of teaching English as a foreign language. In this study, questionnaires surveying English learners' use of metacognitive writing strategies and their writing efficacy were respectively administered. Metacognitive writing strategy intervention was conducted The findings are further discussed with regard to the participants' specific learning context, and pedagogical implications derived from the research highlight the importance of integrating metacognitive writing strategy instruction into regular classroom teaching.
文摘Anxiety is a complicated psychological phenomenon in foreign language learning process, involving both cognitive and affective factors, especially for those with cross culture background. This essay focuses on the anxiety of Mongolian undergraduates in public English class, analyses the contributory factors and puts forward effective strategies on how to overcome their anxiety to achieve the goal that college public English teaching will be elevated at large.
文摘BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) is a life-saving technique which is used after cardiopulmonary arrest. Chance of survival after arrest will increase if it is coupled with sufficient knowledge. Final year undergraduate health science students and interns manage many trauma and critically ill patients in our hospital. Even though all students took CPR training in undergraduate course, we sometimes saw difficulties in the resuscitation of patients after cardiopulmonary arrest by undergraduate health professionals. This study was to assess the level of knowledge of undergraduate health science students and medical interns about cardiopulmonary resuscitation.METHODS: Hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 1 to March 30, 2013. All undergraduate health professionals were included. The mean score of knowledge was compared for sex, original residence and department of the participants by using Student's t test and ANOVA with Scheffe's test. P values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.RESULTS: Four hundred sixty-one out of 506 students were included in this study with a response rate of 91.1%. The overall mean knowledge score of final year undergraduate health science students and interns was 11.1(SD=0.2). The mean knowledge scores of nurses, interns, health officer, midwifery, anesthesia and psychiatry nursing students were 9.84(SD=2.5), 13.34(SD=2.8), 9.81(SD=3.0), 8.77(SD=2.6), 13.31(SD=2.7) and 8.43(SD=2.4) respectively.CONCLUSIONS: The knowledge level of undergraduate health professionals about cardiopulmonary resuscitation was insufficient. Training about CPR for undergraduate health professionals should be emphasized.
文摘Background A major public health problem around the world today is mental illness. Although there are several studies on the topic, it is rarely conducted in the context like the current study. Aims This study aims to find out the attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry and mental illness as a clinical medicine major and evaluate the effects of clinical posting on their attitudes towards psychiatry and mental illness. Methods This is a longitudinal study of 6 months* duration conducted with students in their fifth semester of medical college in Western India during the academic year of 2016-2017. The participants were assessed by pro forma containing demographic details, and the questionnaires—Attitude Towards Psychiatry-30 items (ATP-30) scale and Mental Illness Clinician's Attitude (MICA) scale, which were presented to the students at the beginning and at the end of their psychiatry clinical posting. The statistical analysis was done with GraphPad, InStat V.3.06. A p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results The students' attitudes towards psychiatry were neutral at the beginning of the psychiatry clinical posting, and improved significantly at the end of the posting on both scales: ATP-30 (p=0.002) and MICA (p=0.048). The students became more positive towards the subject and mental illness in general, negative attitudes also reduced but the change was not statistically significant (p=0.058). We found significant improvement in students' thinking towards being a psychiatrist in the future post-term (p=0.0002). The changes in attitude in terms of gender were equivocal, with an increase in positive attitude and reduction in negative attitude post-term in both sexes. Conclusion Psychiatry clinical posting aids in cultivating positive attitude towards psychiatry and mental illness and reduces the stigma associated with the students of this major and psychiatric patients.
文摘Chinese school vocational guidance originates in secondary school or vocational school.The practices and theoretical research on vocational guidance in colleges and universities is still relatively new.Vocational guidance of undergraduates is a new issue that needs to be addressed.This article will explore new concepts of vocational guidance from three aspects,including family education,students studies and systematic cultivation of universities.
文摘This paper aims to explore the effectiveness of dictation practice in improving non-English major undergraduates listening comprehension.35 students were selected into the experiment.For the comparison of the experimental data,we found that students'listening comprehension do improved after 12 weeks training while some other implications also were discussed for further study in order to promote listening teaching and learning.
文摘Sleep deprivation is a common problem among university students,it causes lowered cognitive skills,higher tend of suicide,risk-taking behavior and interaction anxiety.By using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI)and Interaction Anxiousness Scale(IAS),the survey on the sleep quality and interaction anxiousness was carried out among 124 undergraduate students,in order to found the correlation between sleep deprivation and interaction anxiousness.The results showed a strong positive correlation between them.This study also investigates the difference of PSQI and IAS among students with varied disciplines and grades,and findings illustrated a poor sleep quality as well as poor interpersonal communication situation among university students.
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.
文摘Borrowing the methods and findings of Janice Radway’s study in the relationship between audience and texts,this thesis takes a group of English majors(all female)in Guangdong Ocean University(GDOU)as a sample,analyzes their habit of reading romantic fiction in order to reveal that those romantic stories play a key role in shaping reader’s self-identity during college time.
文摘The present study is based on an investigation conducted with 122 nursing undergraduates in Guilin Medical University on their use of metacognitive strategies in March,2010.Data,collected in the form of questionnaire and interviews,were analyzed.Results show that the strategies use is positively correlated with the degree of satisfaction for bilingual teaching and the expected proportion of English.
文摘Verbal humor has been widely studied from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle.The verbal humor of undergrad⁃uates,however,hasn’t been studied thoroughly.Corpus of verbal humor of undergraduates will be analyzed from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle and Relevance Theory.The analyses show that the pragmatic analysis of the verbal humor of the under⁃graduates can reveal humorous effects,which play an important role in their daily communication.
文摘In order to strengthen communications and cooperation with various fields of other countries, the demand for translators and interpreters has increased dramatically. At the same time, the quantity and quality of translators will be faced with more and more requirements of the employment market. Therefore, as a compulsory and main course for English majors in many colleges and universities, interpretation teaching has been challenged for a long time. How to train a great number of qualified interpreters rapidly and effectively has become an urgent issue. Based on reviewing the theory of Skopos theory and analyzing the status quo of interpretation teaching for undergraduate English majors, some new thoughts for interpretation teaching are proposed.
文摘This paper investigates the motivation types of non-English majors in English learning by means of questionnaires . The subjects were 100 non-English majors of Science and Arts in Hubei University of Technology. The questionnaire adopts the Eng-lish Learning Motivation Questionnaire designed by Gao Yihong and her team, which includes 30 questions about reason to learn English. Through exploratory factor analysis, there are seven types of motivation, namely, intrinsic interest, immediate achieve-ment, going abroad, learning situation, social responsibility, individual development and information media. This paper uses SPSS to analyze the data by correlation analysis in order to explore the influence among personal factors and the relation between person-al factors and motivation types. The results show that major and English proficiency have significant effects on English learning mo-tivation. In addition, there is interaction between the age when English learning began and family background, major and English proficiency.
文摘As a national standardized test of significance,CET-4 has its positive washback as well as negative washback.College English teaching and learning should be promoted by the washback of CET-4 from both perspectives.
