English for Careers is a public course for non-English majors,whose objectives are to develop students’basic language skills for work-related activities:listening,reading,speaking,and writing.As far as the four skill...English for Careers is a public course for non-English majors,whose objectives are to develop students’basic language skills for work-related activities:listening,reading,speaking,and writing.As far as the four skills are concerned,most students in higher vocational colleges have the very poor speaking ability.How to improve students’speaking ability is a hard and urgent task for English teachers.This article sets out to analyze the reasons for this problem in English for Careers.Then,based on the second language acquisition and current teaching theory,ways of improving students’speaking ability are suggested.展开更多
Taking the scholarly activities of 73 doctoral program mentors working at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College(the CAMS &PUMC) as a sample of our investigative survey, we trie...Taking the scholarly activities of 73 doctoral program mentors working at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College(the CAMS &PUMC) as a sample of our investigative survey, we tried using such statistical methods as the analysis of variance(ANOVA), factor analysis and correlation analysis to compare the different characteristics of scholarship assessment of Chinese medical scholars as exhibited in their published papers in domestic and foreign journals. Our research findings show that citations per paper and A-index are more suitable for assessing the highly accomplished senior Chinese medical professionals(e.g. academicians) for their domestic and international scholarship attainment. In contrast, the m-quotient is not deemed appropriate to assess their academic influence both at home and abroad. Upon our further analysis of 6 evaluative indicators, we noticed that these indicators might be applied in two different aspects: One is from the viewpoint of Chinese scholars' academic influence at home, which has been evaluated mainly from the perspective of 'total' amount and 'average' amount of both publications and citations. The other is from their academic impact embodied by the means of documents retrieved from the Web of Science, which is mainly assessed from the two viewpoints of publications and citations. It is suggested that the accumulated time-length of a given scholar's active engagement in professional practice in a specific subject area be taken into consideration while assessing a researcher's performance at home and abroad.展开更多
The purpose of the paper is to evaluate and analysis on the vocational English coursebook English for Careers 1. EFL(English as a foreign language) materials and textbooks are important factors in many language progra...The purpose of the paper is to evaluate and analysis on the vocational English coursebook English for Careers 1. EFL(English as a foreign language) materials and textbooks are important factors in many language programs and making judgments about their needs meticulous book evaluation. In china, different coursebooks are used for teaching general and technical English to students at the vocational colleges. Despite the great use of these textbooks and dominance of post method in EFL classrooms,it is not yet known to what extent the principles of particularity, possibility, and practicality are observed in the currently practiced EFL coursebooks at the vocational colleges. The main objectives of the present paper are to evaluate and analyze the feature of the course to figure out whether the principles of teaching method have been applied in these coursebooks or not.展开更多
It has been proved that traditional public English teaching can‘t meet the society requirements for the high skilled talent-ed,while Career English teaching can help students connect English learning with their futur...It has been proved that traditional public English teaching can‘t meet the society requirements for the high skilled talent-ed,while Career English teaching can help students connect English learning with their future career,which better reflects occupa-tional and practical characteristics of higher vocational education.The paper puts forwards three feasibilities in Career Englishteaching reform in order to promote teaching quality of public English teaching in higher vocational colleges further.展开更多
The teaching contents of English major need to be designed flexibly with revolving around career planning as it is helpful for teachers to acquire creative thoughts and ideas in teaching.Especially,this can surely gua...The teaching contents of English major need to be designed flexibly with revolving around career planning as it is helpful for teachers to acquire creative thoughts and ideas in teaching.Especially,this can surely guarantee the remarkable efficiency of English major teaching.展开更多
Cooperative learning is a pedagogical approach of great interest to some foreign language teachers in tertiary education in China. Cooperative learning is recognized as a well-known student-centered teaching method in...Cooperative learning is a pedagogical approach of great interest to some foreign language teachers in tertiary education in China. Cooperative learning is recognized as a well-known student-centered teaching method in the mainstream educational approaches ranging from kindergarten to tertiary education in other parts of the world. However, it is still not seen as an important method to use in China today. This paper briefly reviews and summarizes the major achievements as well as setbacks of FLT research in the past 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It also addresses some important issues in the history of the development and the prospect of FLT, and the career development of FL teachers in China. Moreover, it presents argumentations in the remarkable exploratory process of educational theories of FLT with Chinese characteristics. It concludes that more and more Chinese FL teachers will implement cooperative learning in their classroom activities and enrich the connotations of this approach.展开更多
BACKGROUND: In Iran, few studies have evaluated emergency medicine as a career option. In the present study, we aimed to find out how Iranian emergency-medicine specialists view their specialty as a career.METHODS: Fo...BACKGROUND: In Iran, few studies have evaluated emergency medicine as a career option. In the present study, we aimed to find out how Iranian emergency-medicine specialists view their specialty as a career.METHODS: Following a qualitative study, a Likert-scale questionnaire was developed. Iranian emergency physician specialists who had at least two years' job experience were contacted via email. A uniform link to a Web-based survey and a cover letter that explained the survey were sent to the recipients. We used the Kruskal-Wallis test and post hoc analysis to determine the differences between demographic subgroups.RESULTS: A total of 109 eligible responses were received, a response rate of 72.63%. Of the responders, 57.8% were 30–40 years of age, 86.2% were male, 86.2% were single, 84.4% were faculty members and 90.8% had fewer than 10 years' job experience. The main problems occurring during the career of Iranian emergency physicians were: insuffi cient income, inadequate recognition of the specialty by the community, inadequate union support, insecurity in the emergency wards, overcrowding, job stresses and night shifts. Despite insufficiency of income, Iranian emergency physicians(EPs) did not care about the financial benefits of patient care. Academic activity had positive effects on the perspectives of Iranian emergency physicians regarding their careers.CONCLUSION: Iranian emergency physicians and leaders in emergency medicine should struggle to improve the present situation, aiming at an ideal state.展开更多
Elizabeth I, a fascinating, complex woman with immense political, social, and religious power, ruled England from 1558 to 1603.She is the initiative which stimulates the women to defeat old principles and develop them...Elizabeth I, a fascinating, complex woman with immense political, social, and religious power, ruled England from 1558 to 1603.She is the initiative which stimulates the women to defeat old principles and develop themselves .Therefore, it is meaningful for feminist to analysis on what factors and reflections in the government of Elizabeth I.展开更多
众所周知,VIP是Very Important Person的缩写。然而,笔者却有另外一种解读,即Vocabulary Is Power。作为一名英语教师,你是否曾有过这样的经历?你正在与一位英美人士高谈阔论时谈及一个有争议的话题。突然,对方说出的某个单词,你听不懂...众所周知,VIP是Very Important Person的缩写。然而,笔者却有另外一种解读,即Vocabulary Is Power。作为一名英语教师,你是否曾有过这样的经历?你正在与一位英美人士高谈阔论时谈及一个有争议的话题。突然,对方说出的某个单词,你听不懂、答不出、张口结舌、无言以对。对方则想当然地认为,肯定是因为你理屈词穷,所以才哑口无言。展开更多
A woman I know recently went to Europe for a year to pursue amuch-loved singing career,*leaving behind her husband and childen. Ipondered this for a long time, wondering how her family was going to cope.
My parents were looking forward to a long-awaitedrespite from the burdens of career and child-rearing.So,23 yearsago.after my father,Roderick Graham,retired from the U.S.Weather Bureau,he and my mother,Elsie,moved to ...My parents were looking forward to a long-awaitedrespite from the burdens of career and child-rearing.So,23 yearsago.after my father,Roderick Graham,retired from the U.S.Weather Bureau,he and my mother,Elsie,moved to Naples,Fla.They were attracted by its powdery white beaches and golf cours-es.Then the Saturday Girls entered their lives.展开更多
通常,在主语前后有短语修饰主语。当这种短语修饰主语时,谓语究竟用单数还是复数,初学者往往心中无数。现举例如下,以释初学者之疑。1.with 与……一起One man with his wife,looking very anxious,was asking the guardto let them thr...通常,在主语前后有短语修饰主语。当这种短语修饰主语时,谓语究竟用单数还是复数,初学者往往心中无数。现举例如下,以释初学者之疑。1.with 与……一起One man with his wife,looking very anxious,was asking the guardto let them through.有个男人,带着他的妻子,看上去很焦虑,正在恳求那位哨兵放行。Tom,with a dog,was standing on the floor upstairs yesterday.昨天汤姆带着狗站在楼上的地板上。展开更多
中学英语教材中出现过half,half a,a half 和 and a half。它们都有“半”的意思,但用法各异,现小结如下: 一、half half可以用作名词、形容词和副词,例如: Half of ten is five。(名词)十的一半是五。 She cried at home half the day...中学英语教材中出现过half,half a,a half 和 and a half。它们都有“半”的意思,但用法各异,现小结如下: 一、half half可以用作名词、形容词和副词,例如: Half of ten is five。(名词)十的一半是五。 She cried at home half the day。(形容词)她在家里哭了半天。 The food is only half cooked。(副词)食物只煮得半熟。使用half时,应注意以下几点:展开更多
文摘English for Careers is a public course for non-English majors,whose objectives are to develop students’basic language skills for work-related activities:listening,reading,speaking,and writing.As far as the four skills are concerned,most students in higher vocational colleges have the very poor speaking ability.How to improve students’speaking ability is a hard and urgent task for English teachers.This article sets out to analyze the reasons for this problem in English for Careers.Then,based on the second language acquisition and current teaching theory,ways of improving students’speaking ability are suggested.
基金supported by the Institute of Medical Information,Library of Chinese Academy of MedicalSciences(Grant No.09R0216)
文摘Taking the scholarly activities of 73 doctoral program mentors working at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College(the CAMS &PUMC) as a sample of our investigative survey, we tried using such statistical methods as the analysis of variance(ANOVA), factor analysis and correlation analysis to compare the different characteristics of scholarship assessment of Chinese medical scholars as exhibited in their published papers in domestic and foreign journals. Our research findings show that citations per paper and A-index are more suitable for assessing the highly accomplished senior Chinese medical professionals(e.g. academicians) for their domestic and international scholarship attainment. In contrast, the m-quotient is not deemed appropriate to assess their academic influence both at home and abroad. Upon our further analysis of 6 evaluative indicators, we noticed that these indicators might be applied in two different aspects: One is from the viewpoint of Chinese scholars' academic influence at home, which has been evaluated mainly from the perspective of 'total' amount and 'average' amount of both publications and citations. The other is from their academic impact embodied by the means of documents retrieved from the Web of Science, which is mainly assessed from the two viewpoints of publications and citations. It is suggested that the accumulated time-length of a given scholar's active engagement in professional practice in a specific subject area be taken into consideration while assessing a researcher's performance at home and abroad.
文摘The purpose of the paper is to evaluate and analysis on the vocational English coursebook English for Careers 1. EFL(English as a foreign language) materials and textbooks are important factors in many language programs and making judgments about their needs meticulous book evaluation. In china, different coursebooks are used for teaching general and technical English to students at the vocational colleges. Despite the great use of these textbooks and dominance of post method in EFL classrooms,it is not yet known to what extent the principles of particularity, possibility, and practicality are observed in the currently practiced EFL coursebooks at the vocational colleges. The main objectives of the present paper are to evaluate and analyze the feature of the course to figure out whether the principles of teaching method have been applied in these coursebooks or not.
文摘It has been proved that traditional public English teaching can‘t meet the society requirements for the high skilled talent-ed,while Career English teaching can help students connect English learning with their future career,which better reflects occupa-tional and practical characteristics of higher vocational education.The paper puts forwards three feasibilities in Career Englishteaching reform in order to promote teaching quality of public English teaching in higher vocational colleges further.
文摘The teaching contents of English major need to be designed flexibly with revolving around career planning as it is helpful for teachers to acquire creative thoughts and ideas in teaching.Especially,this can surely guarantee the remarkable efficiency of English major teaching.
文摘Cooperative learning is a pedagogical approach of great interest to some foreign language teachers in tertiary education in China. Cooperative learning is recognized as a well-known student-centered teaching method in the mainstream educational approaches ranging from kindergarten to tertiary education in other parts of the world. However, it is still not seen as an important method to use in China today. This paper briefly reviews and summarizes the major achievements as well as setbacks of FLT research in the past 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It also addresses some important issues in the history of the development and the prospect of FLT, and the career development of FL teachers in China. Moreover, it presents argumentations in the remarkable exploratory process of educational theories of FLT with Chinese characteristics. It concludes that more and more Chinese FL teachers will implement cooperative learning in their classroom activities and enrich the connotations of this approach.
文摘BACKGROUND: In Iran, few studies have evaluated emergency medicine as a career option. In the present study, we aimed to find out how Iranian emergency-medicine specialists view their specialty as a career.METHODS: Following a qualitative study, a Likert-scale questionnaire was developed. Iranian emergency physician specialists who had at least two years' job experience were contacted via email. A uniform link to a Web-based survey and a cover letter that explained the survey were sent to the recipients. We used the Kruskal-Wallis test and post hoc analysis to determine the differences between demographic subgroups.RESULTS: A total of 109 eligible responses were received, a response rate of 72.63%. Of the responders, 57.8% were 30–40 years of age, 86.2% were male, 86.2% were single, 84.4% were faculty members and 90.8% had fewer than 10 years' job experience. The main problems occurring during the career of Iranian emergency physicians were: insuffi cient income, inadequate recognition of the specialty by the community, inadequate union support, insecurity in the emergency wards, overcrowding, job stresses and night shifts. Despite insufficiency of income, Iranian emergency physicians(EPs) did not care about the financial benefits of patient care. Academic activity had positive effects on the perspectives of Iranian emergency physicians regarding their careers.CONCLUSION: Iranian emergency physicians and leaders in emergency medicine should struggle to improve the present situation, aiming at an ideal state.
文摘Elizabeth I, a fascinating, complex woman with immense political, social, and religious power, ruled England from 1558 to 1603.She is the initiative which stimulates the women to defeat old principles and develop themselves .Therefore, it is meaningful for feminist to analysis on what factors and reflections in the government of Elizabeth I.
文摘众所周知,VIP是Very Important Person的缩写。然而,笔者却有另外一种解读,即Vocabulary Is Power。作为一名英语教师,你是否曾有过这样的经历?你正在与一位英美人士高谈阔论时谈及一个有争议的话题。突然,对方说出的某个单词,你听不懂、答不出、张口结舌、无言以对。对方则想当然地认为,肯定是因为你理屈词穷,所以才哑口无言。
文摘A woman I know recently went to Europe for a year to pursue amuch-loved singing career,*leaving behind her husband and childen. Ipondered this for a long time, wondering how her family was going to cope.
文摘My parents were looking forward to a long-awaitedrespite from the burdens of career and child-rearing.So,23 yearsago.after my father,Roderick Graham,retired from the U.S.Weather Bureau,he and my mother,Elsie,moved to Naples,Fla.They were attracted by its powdery white beaches and golf cours-es.Then the Saturday Girls entered their lives.
文摘通常,在主语前后有短语修饰主语。当这种短语修饰主语时,谓语究竟用单数还是复数,初学者往往心中无数。现举例如下,以释初学者之疑。1.with 与……一起One man with his wife,looking very anxious,was asking the guardto let them through.有个男人,带着他的妻子,看上去很焦虑,正在恳求那位哨兵放行。Tom,with a dog,was standing on the floor upstairs yesterday.昨天汤姆带着狗站在楼上的地板上。
文摘中学英语教材中出现过half,half a,a half 和 and a half。它们都有“半”的意思,但用法各异,现小结如下: 一、half half可以用作名词、形容词和副词,例如: Half of ten is five。(名词)十的一半是五。 She cried at home half the day。(形容词)她在家里哭了半天。 The food is only half cooked。(副词)食物只煮得半熟。使用half时,应注意以下几点:
