How an articulated mammal learns a foreign language has been a mystery for many years to language researchers. Language scholars have put forward different ways to explain this problem. Yet all of them are not perfect...How an articulated mammal learns a foreign language has been a mystery for many years to language researchers. Language scholars have put forward different ways to explain this problem. Yet all of them are not perfect. Each of these theories has contributed both quantitively and qualitively to the different aspects of language learning. However, language learning and teaching doesn’t happen in a vaccum. It is affected by many factors. In vast rural areas in China, practically speaking, behaviorist approach fits in with the writer’s own experience. Some weaknesses of this approach are also discussed. Therefore what is important is to adapt, not to adopt blindly.展开更多
This paper reviews important second language research on recasts in response to a recent debate between Goo and Mackey （2013） and Lyster and Ranta （2013） in the journal Studies in Second Language Acquisition. It b...This paper reviews important second language research on recasts in response to a recent debate between Goo and Mackey （2013） and Lyster and Ranta （2013） in the journal Studies in Second Language Acquisition. It begins by clarifying the definition of recasts and then examines several controversial issues featuring prominently in the debate, including the theoretical underpinnings of existing research on recasts, mixed findings about their effectiveness in language acquisition, and methodological concerns in effectiveness research. The primary aim of this paper is to demarcate common ground and disagreement that are emerging in this debate and, based on a synthesis and critique of previous empirical studies, to identify directions for future research. It also explores pedagogical implications of recasts research for English-as-a-foreign-language contexts.展开更多
This paper focused on the studies of interactionist theory and discussed the possibility that interactionist theory could be applied in internationalized curriculum in higher educational institutions. The following qu...This paper focused on the studies of interactionist theory and discussed the possibility that interactionist theory could be applied in internationalized curriculum in higher educational institutions. The following questions are proposed： （1） What is interactionist theory？; （2） How can we improve interaction between international students and faculty？; and （3） How can we improve interaction between international students and domestic students？ According to these questions, literature review was conducted to explain interactionist theory, and the possibility that interactionist theory can be applied in internationalized curriculum was discussed in two aspects： （1） enhancing the interaction between international students and faculty when teaching internationalized curriculum; and （2） enhancing the interaction between international students and domestic students when teaching internationalized curriculum.展开更多
The current study was designed to explore how longtime couples understand and manage their marital relationships into later time of their lives.An integrated approach of social exchanged and symbolic interactionism wa...The current study was designed to explore how longtime couples understand and manage their marital relationships into later time of their lives.An integrated approach of social exchanged and symbolic interactionism was adopted to understand how longtime couples develop,organize,and adjust their experience of marriage via active exchange and interactions.Participants were five Caucasian heterosexual couples who have been married for more than 18 years.A narrative interview was conducted on each couple separately.Participants were asked to tell a story of how their marriages started and developed in time jointly.Four major processes emerged from the current study displayed how longtime couples proactively engage in managing their life together as a union.The current study revealed a series of exploratory results concerning how individuals in marital relationships communicate and cooperate with each other in the process of their marital relationship development.It also identified an interesting point of view concerning how couples actively manage their negative experiences regarding critical transitioning life events related to their marriage.This adds evidence to understand and predict marital outcomes from a micro-social constructivist approach.Implications about couples and family counseling from a social-constructive approach,as well as the probability of synthesizing a social-constructivist family framework with a systemic family framework,are thus provided.展开更多
文摘How an articulated mammal learns a foreign language has been a mystery for many years to language researchers. Language scholars have put forward different ways to explain this problem. Yet all of them are not perfect. Each of these theories has contributed both quantitively and qualitively to the different aspects of language learning. However, language learning and teaching doesn’t happen in a vaccum. It is affected by many factors. In vast rural areas in China, practically speaking, behaviorist approach fits in with the writer’s own experience. Some weaknesses of this approach are also discussed. Therefore what is important is to adapt, not to adopt blindly.
文摘This paper reviews important second language research on recasts in response to a recent debate between Goo and Mackey （2013） and Lyster and Ranta （2013） in the journal Studies in Second Language Acquisition. It begins by clarifying the definition of recasts and then examines several controversial issues featuring prominently in the debate, including the theoretical underpinnings of existing research on recasts, mixed findings about their effectiveness in language acquisition, and methodological concerns in effectiveness research. The primary aim of this paper is to demarcate common ground and disagreement that are emerging in this debate and, based on a synthesis and critique of previous empirical studies, to identify directions for future research. It also explores pedagogical implications of recasts research for English-as-a-foreign-language contexts.
文摘This paper focused on the studies of interactionist theory and discussed the possibility that interactionist theory could be applied in internationalized curriculum in higher educational institutions. The following questions are proposed： （1） What is interactionist theory？; （2） How can we improve interaction between international students and faculty？; and （3） How can we improve interaction between international students and domestic students？ According to these questions, literature review was conducted to explain interactionist theory, and the possibility that interactionist theory can be applied in internationalized curriculum was discussed in two aspects： （1） enhancing the interaction between international students and faculty when teaching internationalized curriculum; and （2） enhancing the interaction between international students and domestic students when teaching internationalized curriculum.
文摘The current study was designed to explore how longtime couples understand and manage their marital relationships into later time of their lives.An integrated approach of social exchanged and symbolic interactionism was adopted to understand how longtime couples develop,organize,and adjust their experience of marriage via active exchange and interactions.Participants were five Caucasian heterosexual couples who have been married for more than 18 years.A narrative interview was conducted on each couple separately.Participants were asked to tell a story of how their marriages started and developed in time jointly.Four major processes emerged from the current study displayed how longtime couples proactively engage in managing their life together as a union.The current study revealed a series of exploratory results concerning how individuals in marital relationships communicate and cooperate with each other in the process of their marital relationship development.It also identified an interesting point of view concerning how couples actively manage their negative experiences regarding critical transitioning life events related to their marriage.This adds evidence to understand and predict marital outcomes from a micro-social constructivist approach.Implications about couples and family counseling from a social-constructive approach,as well as the probability of synthesizing a social-constructivist family framework with a systemic family framework,are thus provided.
