简介:ThesuccessivefoundingofELTmailinglistssincethemid-90shaveprovidedlanguageteachersworldwidewithacheap,ef-ficientandinformativeteachingtool.Thispaperoffersanintro-ductiontothemajorELTlistsandadiscussionofthesignifi-canceofthemailingliststoourteachingwork,academicre-searchandself-development.Adviceisalsogivenonhowtotakebetteradvantageofthispowerfuleducationalinstrument.
简介:ThispaperexplorestheadvantagesofresearchinrelationtoELTpracticeinChinaandincomparisonwiththeothertwosourcesofhumanknowledge,i.e.experienceandreasoning.Itthenelaboratesthefourkindsofstudy:receptivestudy,productivestudy,criticalstudyandcreativestudyandproposesaprac-ticeofever-advancingintegrationofdifferenttypesofstudy.Itfinallydiscussespossiblerelationshipsbe-tweenstudyandresearchandsuggestsresearch-basedstudyandstudy-orientedresearchastwopotentialap-proachestomutualstimulationbetweenstudyandre-searchinELTpracticeinChina.
简介:Asavolunteerorganization,NGOplaysanimportantrolenowadaysforitsuniquesocialfunctions.Inrecentyears,ChineseYoungVolunteersAssociationshavemadegreatprogress,butcomparedwiththeEUcountries,thereisstillasignificantgap.Thispaperincludestheresultofthecomparativeresearchesontwoaspects:Volunteerassociations;Trainingsystems.Fromtheresult,arelativelycomprehensivereferencecanbeprovidedforthedevelopmentoftheChineseYouthVolunteersAssociations.
简介:Thispapertracesevidencefromneurobehaviouralresearchshowinghowlanguagefunctionsoccurinthebrainandsupporttheefficacyofdramaasamethodologyinalllanguagelearning.AccordingtoPribram’sholographicviewofthebrain,move-mentisintegraltothetransferenceofvocabularyfromtheposte-riorconvexitytothefrontalcortexwherewordsaretransformedintomeaningviapragmaticprocessingmechanismsandthenpro-ducedaslanguageinthemidbrainmotorstructurewhichisalsothecenterofemotion.Dramaismovementwithemotion.Wordswhichbecomeamplifiedwithmeaningduringthedramat-icprocesstraverseneuronalpathwaysfromthelexicographic,posteriorbraintotherightforebrainandconvergeinvocalex-pressioninthecentrencephalicmechanism.Withoutsuchmove-ment,meaningandoutputdonotoccur.Wordsimpregnatedwithmeaningintheemotionalmovementofthedramaticprocessparalleldrama-languagemovementswithinthebrainsothatlearningbecomesdeeplyembedded,retainedandeasilyrecalled.Testeddramamethodswhichreinforceorimprintsuchintra-brainlanguagefunctionsarebrieflyreviewedasisselecteddrama-languageresearchsupportingthedrama-brain-languageconcep-tualframeworkofholisticlanguagelearningtheory.Itisarguedthatlearningasecondlanguageaswellasafirstlanguagethroughdrama,thelanguageartformwhichimbuesthenarra-tiveandlanguagestructuresofanyculture,constitutesqualityeducation.