Teachers are the backbones of any educational institutions. They not only play vital roles in students' development;they also directly affect the stature of their respective scholastic organizations. Highly qualif...Teachers are the backbones of any educational institutions. They not only play vital roles in students' development;they also directly affect the stature of their respective scholastic organizations. Highly qualified instructors produce competent and well-rounded students— learners who are more than ready to face the quirks and challenges of the labor force. This paper primarily discusses the following questions: What is teacher's professional development? What is higher vocational teacher's professional development? And how can scholastic institutions promote it? The conclusion states that the characteristics of higher vocational education directly influence the higher vocational teacher's professional development; therefore, it must be nurtured and promoted for the development of all the stakeholders of learning institutions – students, teachers, management staff,the learning institution itself, and the nation as a whole.展开更多
The article aims to analyze the problems in higher vocational colleges' English teaching situation in China,and put forward the solutions for English teaching reform in these colleges in order to improve graduates...The article aims to analyze the problems in higher vocational colleges' English teaching situation in China,and put forward the solutions for English teaching reform in these colleges in order to improve graduates' English abilities.展开更多
The article focuses on the necessity, theoretical basis and realistic basis for the reform of English teaching materials in arts higher vocational education. There is a very common phenomenon among art candidates: &qu...The article focuses on the necessity, theoretical basis and realistic basis for the reform of English teaching materials in arts higher vocational education. There is a very common phenomenon among art candidates: "The basic culture is thin, the tasks are heavy, the preparation time is tight, Behavioral self-control is poor ", of which the cultural basis is really the most important difference, especially for English, that is based on zero is not an exaggeration, those who have no hope of English are giving up or have to give up learning English, for which teachers Be sure to take effective teaching measures to motivate students, the students of knowledge needs of the latent state into learning to play an active role in promoting the state. In the teaching practice, the article explores some effective teaching methods and experiences of English in arts practice.展开更多
In recent years,as China's rapid economic development,vocational and technical education has been gradually recognized by the society.As highly educated people,vocational and technical education graduate is an imp...In recent years,as China's rapid economic development,vocational and technical education has been gradually recognized by the society.As highly educated people,vocational and technical education graduate is an important force in the development of vocational education.But in reality,their employment orientation deviate from the trend of the profession and only a small part of them do related work after graducation.Combined with the current development status of vocational education,the article analysis the reasons of this problem and give policy recommendations,so as to create a good environment for vocational and technical education talented people.展开更多
Higher Vocational Education(HVE) is an important component of higher education in our country.The English Curriculum Standard of HVE considers promoting the students' reading comprehension as one of the most impor...Higher Vocational Education(HVE) is an important component of higher education in our country.The English Curriculum Standard of HVE considers promoting the students' reading comprehension as one of the most important goals in English teaching.Task-based CL emphasizes the importance of education as a vehicle for teaching citizens to live cooperatively in a social democracy and teachers are not the only sources of knowledge and students should be able to help each other and learn in an interdependent way.The heart of cooperative learning is student-centered.Therefore,task-based CL can overcome the shortcomings in traditional teaching models,and the goal of improving reading comprehension can be achieved for the teachers of reading by realizing the mental process of reading comprehension and how prior knowledge can enhance a reader's interaction with the text through CL.This thesis consists of five parts.Part one,two and three briefly introduces the background and significance of the study,definitions and models of cooperative learning and reading comprehension.Part four and five are the key sections of the thesis,which introduces the hypotheses,subjects,instrument,procedure of the study and the analysis of the results of the study.Part five draws the conclusion of the study.展开更多
From the programmed instruction method in the 1960 s and 1970 s to the emergence of open courses at the beginning of the 21 st century and then to the fast growth of massive open online course(MOOC), online education ...From the programmed instruction method in the 1960 s and 1970 s to the emergence of open courses at the beginning of the 21 st century and then to the fast growth of massive open online course(MOOC), online education never stops its pace on the road of research and practice with the continuous upgrade of the Internet. As the hot education revolutionary, MOOC has aroused a large number of researchers' attention. So how English MOOC develop in vocational colleges? Is there any education theory contributing to MOOC's development? What's the special MOOC mode for English in vocational colleges? These are the research topics of this thesis.展开更多
This thesis introduces the Behavior-oriented teaching method and the principles of curriculum reform in Vocational English.It mainly discusses the application of behavior oriented teaching method in the reform of Voca...This thesis introduces the Behavior-oriented teaching method and the principles of curriculum reform in Vocational English.It mainly discusses the application of behavior oriented teaching method in the reform of Vocational English Education,and refers problems and suggestions.展开更多
The vocational education and training(VET)system helps people from culturally and linguistically diverse(CALD)back-grounds to integrate and settle into society.However,successful completion of VET is closely related t...The vocational education and training(VET)system helps people from culturally and linguistically diverse(CALD)back-grounds to integrate and settle into society.However,successful completion of VET is closely related to CALD learners’language skills.This literature review aims at identifying the main methods of language skills improvement for VET learners from CALD backgrounds.Five language support/training methods based on different theoretical models are also introduced in this literature re-view,including the model outlines and target groups.展开更多
Assessment is always considered to be an important component in the field of higher vocational education.It serves the purpose of evaluating students’achievement and supporting learning and teaching.Assessment plays ...Assessment is always considered to be an important component in the field of higher vocational education.It serves the purpose of evaluating students’achievement and supporting learning and teaching.Assessment plays a key role by relating the in structional activities to increase students’capabilities.The purpose aims to consider the notion of assessment as a prerequisite and will attempt to explore certain strengths and weaknesses of assessment associated with higher vocational education.Some different types and techniques of assessment in higher vocational education alongside their advantages and disadvantages will also be ex plored.展开更多
This paper focuses on the vocational college students' experiences in English learning, classroom activities, attitudes to their English learning and achievements. It aims to find out how to make use of their posi...This paper focuses on the vocational college students' experiences in English learning, classroom activities, attitudes to their English learning and achievements. It aims to find out how to make use of their positive personal factors to improve their English achievement so that both vocational college teachers and students may gain some enlightenment from the study.展开更多
This study investigates the effects of TBLT reform in Higher Vocational Colleges from the perspective of questioning styles.It employs three methods to collect data:classroom observation,semi-structured interviews and...This study investigates the effects of TBLT reform in Higher Vocational Colleges from the perspective of questioning styles.It employs three methods to collect data:classroom observation,semi-structured interviews and focus group discussion with eight English teachers and their 384 non-English major students from three Higher Vocational Colleges in Guangdong.The results indicated that the teachers assigned students different tasks to perform in class.They seemed to be adopting the TBLT approach,but their English classes were not totally different from the teacher-centered grammar-focused lessons,the student-centered or communicative lessons.展开更多
CBE,initials of Competency Based Education,is an educational theory focused on competency,which plays a very important role in the cultivation of skilled talents with high quality in higher vocational colleges.This pa...CBE,initials of Competency Based Education,is an educational theory focused on competency,which plays a very important role in the cultivation of skilled talents with high quality in higher vocational colleges.This paper,from the CBE perspective and with the combination of the main problems existing in the present cultivation of business English talents in higher vocational colleges,puts forward effective strategies:confirm the explicit cultivation target for business English major,innovate the talent cultivation mode,optimize the professional curriculum system,reform the practical teaching,perfect the testing and evaluation system,and improve the teaching staff construction.展开更多
Based on the experience and lessons of modern apprenticeship in the UK,this paper analyzes the problems existing in the process of the training of business English majors in higher vocational colleges in China,and put...Based on the experience and lessons of modern apprenticeship in the UK,this paper analyzes the problems existing in the process of the training of business English majors in higher vocational colleges in China,and puts forward the“three identities in four phases”personnel training model which is suitable for the business English majors in higher vocational colleges in China.It provides a reference for the development of business English majors in relevant higher vocational colleges.展开更多
The question about whether schools should focus on liberal education or vocational education has been inquired about and explored for centuries.Many students and their parents nowadays tend to favor vocational educati...The question about whether schools should focus on liberal education or vocational education has been inquired about and explored for centuries.Many students and their parents nowadays tend to favor vocational education because they think it’s useful.However,the great Greek philosopher Aristotle and the famous 19th-century poet John Henry Newman argued that liberal education is useful as its own end.展开更多
In order to remedy individual learner difference in English learning,a brief survey subjects' needs was made before Metacognitive strategy training began.A Metacognitive strategy training is implemented outside th...In order to remedy individual learner difference in English learning,a brief survey subjects' needs was made before Metacognitive strategy training began.A Metacognitive strategy training is implemented outside the classroom.The method is that the teacher signs contracts with every student.Results from this training indicate that Metacognitive strategy training outside the classroom can improve different sides of different students more effectively in higher vocational English teaching.展开更多
Vocational abilities of higher vocational students are composed of basic abilities,professional abilities and core abilities.English courses are an important part of the curriculum system of higher vocational colleges...Vocational abilities of higher vocational students are composed of basic abilities,professional abilities and core abilities.English courses are an important part of the curriculum system of higher vocational colleges.It takes knowledge,ability and quality asthe core to serve higher professional education,serving the improvement of the overall quality of students,serving the vocational col-leges to cultivate high-end skilled talents for the first-line needs of production,construction,service and management,is to improvethe comprehensive quality of vocational students and enhance the ability of professional sustainable development important courses.展开更多
Predominant research within Chinese academic contexts focusing on students’ L2 motivational factors remain rooted inlarge-scale research that does not draw a distinction between students from different regional group...Predominant research within Chinese academic contexts focusing on students’ L2 motivational factors remain rooted inlarge-scale research that does not draw a distinction between students from different regional groups within Chinese higher educa-tion. This research seeks to focus specifically on a less-studied group within the Chinese College English curriculum: vocationalstudents—especially vocational students studying within an educational institution in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing.This small-scale survey(n = 129) was conducted in College English classes to determine if the motivational factors of vocationalstudents remained aligned or distinct from those of their peers across Chinese higher education. Subsequent analysis from the sur-vey findings have shown that while gender differences remain manifested and are aligned with established trends and assumptionspertaining to L2 motivational factors within this context, more research is required to delve into the reasons and rationale behindthe choices made by vocational students in southwestern China within this particular survey instrument.展开更多
Nowadays,incorporating cooperative groups and group activities are very common in oral English classroom.By using group dy namics teachers can provide students with large blocks of time for authentic communication,whi...Nowadays,incorporating cooperative groups and group activities are very common in oral English classroom.By using group dy namics teachers can provide students with large blocks of time for authentic communication,while keeping the class focused in English.This paper discusses the importance of group dynamics in the oral English classroom and gives teachers some ideas about group dynamics in language classrooms.展开更多
文摘Teachers are the backbones of any educational institutions. They not only play vital roles in students' development;they also directly affect the stature of their respective scholastic organizations. Highly qualified instructors produce competent and well-rounded students— learners who are more than ready to face the quirks and challenges of the labor force. This paper primarily discusses the following questions: What is teacher's professional development? What is higher vocational teacher's professional development? And how can scholastic institutions promote it? The conclusion states that the characteristics of higher vocational education directly influence the higher vocational teacher's professional development; therefore, it must be nurtured and promoted for the development of all the stakeholders of learning institutions – students, teachers, management staff,the learning institution itself, and the nation as a whole.
文摘The article aims to analyze the problems in higher vocational colleges' English teaching situation in China,and put forward the solutions for English teaching reform in these colleges in order to improve graduates' English abilities.
文摘The article focuses on the necessity, theoretical basis and realistic basis for the reform of English teaching materials in arts higher vocational education. There is a very common phenomenon among art candidates: "The basic culture is thin, the tasks are heavy, the preparation time is tight, Behavioral self-control is poor ", of which the cultural basis is really the most important difference, especially for English, that is based on zero is not an exaggeration, those who have no hope of English are giving up or have to give up learning English, for which teachers Be sure to take effective teaching measures to motivate students, the students of knowledge needs of the latent state into learning to play an active role in promoting the state. In the teaching practice, the article explores some effective teaching methods and experiences of English in arts practice.
文摘In recent years,as China's rapid economic development,vocational and technical education has been gradually recognized by the society.As highly educated people,vocational and technical education graduate is an important force in the development of vocational education.But in reality,their employment orientation deviate from the trend of the profession and only a small part of them do related work after graducation.Combined with the current development status of vocational education,the article analysis the reasons of this problem and give policy recommendations,so as to create a good environment for vocational and technical education talented people.
文摘Higher Vocational Education(HVE) is an important component of higher education in our country.The English Curriculum Standard of HVE considers promoting the students' reading comprehension as one of the most important goals in English teaching.Task-based CL emphasizes the importance of education as a vehicle for teaching citizens to live cooperatively in a social democracy and teachers are not the only sources of knowledge and students should be able to help each other and learn in an interdependent way.The heart of cooperative learning is student-centered.Therefore,task-based CL can overcome the shortcomings in traditional teaching models,and the goal of improving reading comprehension can be achieved for the teachers of reading by realizing the mental process of reading comprehension and how prior knowledge can enhance a reader's interaction with the text through CL.This thesis consists of five parts.Part one,two and three briefly introduces the background and significance of the study,definitions and models of cooperative learning and reading comprehension.Part four and five are the key sections of the thesis,which introduces the hypotheses,subjects,instrument,procedure of the study and the analysis of the results of the study.Part five draws the conclusion of the study.
文摘From the programmed instruction method in the 1960 s and 1970 s to the emergence of open courses at the beginning of the 21 st century and then to the fast growth of massive open online course(MOOC), online education never stops its pace on the road of research and practice with the continuous upgrade of the Internet. As the hot education revolutionary, MOOC has aroused a large number of researchers' attention. So how English MOOC develop in vocational colleges? Is there any education theory contributing to MOOC's development? What's the special MOOC mode for English in vocational colleges? These are the research topics of this thesis.
文摘This thesis introduces the Behavior-oriented teaching method and the principles of curriculum reform in Vocational English.It mainly discusses the application of behavior oriented teaching method in the reform of Vocational English Education,and refers problems and suggestions.
文摘The vocational education and training(VET)system helps people from culturally and linguistically diverse(CALD)back-grounds to integrate and settle into society.However,successful completion of VET is closely related to CALD learners’language skills.This literature review aims at identifying the main methods of language skills improvement for VET learners from CALD backgrounds.Five language support/training methods based on different theoretical models are also introduced in this literature re-view,including the model outlines and target groups.
文摘Assessment is always considered to be an important component in the field of higher vocational education.It serves the purpose of evaluating students’achievement and supporting learning and teaching.Assessment plays a key role by relating the in structional activities to increase students’capabilities.The purpose aims to consider the notion of assessment as a prerequisite and will attempt to explore certain strengths and weaknesses of assessment associated with higher vocational education.Some different types and techniques of assessment in higher vocational education alongside their advantages and disadvantages will also be ex plored.
文摘This paper focuses on the vocational college students' experiences in English learning, classroom activities, attitudes to their English learning and achievements. It aims to find out how to make use of their positive personal factors to improve their English achievement so that both vocational college teachers and students may gain some enlightenment from the study.
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文摘This study investigates the effects of TBLT reform in Higher Vocational Colleges from the perspective of questioning styles.It employs three methods to collect data:classroom observation,semi-structured interviews and focus group discussion with eight English teachers and their 384 non-English major students from three Higher Vocational Colleges in Guangdong.The results indicated that the teachers assigned students different tasks to perform in class.They seemed to be adopting the TBLT approach,but their English classes were not totally different from the teacher-centered grammar-focused lessons,the student-centered or communicative lessons.
文摘CBE,initials of Competency Based Education,is an educational theory focused on competency,which plays a very important role in the cultivation of skilled talents with high quality in higher vocational colleges.This paper,from the CBE perspective and with the combination of the main problems existing in the present cultivation of business English talents in higher vocational colleges,puts forward effective strategies:confirm the explicit cultivation target for business English major,innovate the talent cultivation mode,optimize the professional curriculum system,reform the practical teaching,perfect the testing and evaluation system,and improve the teaching staff construction.
文摘Based on the experience and lessons of modern apprenticeship in the UK,this paper analyzes the problems existing in the process of the training of business English majors in higher vocational colleges in China,and puts forward the“three identities in four phases”personnel training model which is suitable for the business English majors in higher vocational colleges in China.It provides a reference for the development of business English majors in relevant higher vocational colleges.
文摘The question about whether schools should focus on liberal education or vocational education has been inquired about and explored for centuries.Many students and their parents nowadays tend to favor vocational education because they think it’s useful.However,the great Greek philosopher Aristotle and the famous 19th-century poet John Henry Newman argued that liberal education is useful as its own end.
文摘In order to remedy individual learner difference in English learning,a brief survey subjects' needs was made before Metacognitive strategy training began.A Metacognitive strategy training is implemented outside the classroom.The method is that the teacher signs contracts with every student.Results from this training indicate that Metacognitive strategy training outside the classroom can improve different sides of different students more effectively in higher vocational English teaching.
文摘Vocational abilities of higher vocational students are composed of basic abilities,professional abilities and core abilities.English courses are an important part of the curriculum system of higher vocational colleges.It takes knowledge,ability and quality asthe core to serve higher professional education,serving the improvement of the overall quality of students,serving the vocational col-leges to cultivate high-end skilled talents for the first-line needs of production,construction,service and management,is to improvethe comprehensive quality of vocational students and enhance the ability of professional sustainable development important courses.
文摘Predominant research within Chinese academic contexts focusing on students’ L2 motivational factors remain rooted inlarge-scale research that does not draw a distinction between students from different regional groups within Chinese higher educa-tion. This research seeks to focus specifically on a less-studied group within the Chinese College English curriculum: vocationalstudents—especially vocational students studying within an educational institution in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing.This small-scale survey(n = 129) was conducted in College English classes to determine if the motivational factors of vocationalstudents remained aligned or distinct from those of their peers across Chinese higher education. Subsequent analysis from the sur-vey findings have shown that while gender differences remain manifested and are aligned with established trends and assumptionspertaining to L2 motivational factors within this context, more research is required to delve into the reasons and rationale behindthe choices made by vocational students in southwestern China within this particular survey instrument.
文摘Nowadays,incorporating cooperative groups and group activities are very common in oral English classroom.By using group dy namics teachers can provide students with large blocks of time for authentic communication,while keeping the class focused in English.This paper discusses the importance of group dynamics in the oral English classroom and gives teachers some ideas about group dynamics in language classrooms.
