Community Practice Researchers as Reflective Learners

The article outlines a process for community practice researchas a reflective process. Through the interplay of key conceptsassociated with subjective research–personal engagement,experiential affinity and parallel struggles–and transcribedinterviews with community practitioners, the authors elaboratethe subjective community researcher posture. Subjectivity contributesto the researchers’ position as learners within the researchprocess. The research team plays a key role in reflecting onthe effects of the research on participants.     

认知语言学视角下大学生翻译障碍问题探究

通过翻译测试和问卷调查发现,非英语专业大学生在翻译过程中存在理解障碍和表达障碍.该文以认知语言学的视角分析翻译障碍产生的常见原因,即大学生的双语认知能力和译语表达都存在明显不足,母语概念体系对理解和表达过程均有影响,翻译过程中出现很多负迁移现象.因此,翻译教学要让学生摆脱固化的母语概念体系,逐步识解和运用目标语,从而有效地重组大脑中的语言知识概念体系.     

Language Maintenance versus Language of Instruction: Spanish Reading Development among Latino and Latina Bilingual Learners

Latino/a children who attend schools in the United States must learn English well for schooling success. However, bilingualism is associated with achievement in both cognition and general literacy, which are core components of academic development. We examined the growth of Spanish reading comprehension among 101 Spanish-English bilingual Latino/a children in second through fifth grade in three urban U.S. districts. The students received literacy instruction in one of three groups: English-only, Spanish-only, and bilingual. Language of instruction had a significant effect on Spanish reading, but students who received Spanish language instruction were losing Spanish literacy skills relative to the norming sample for the reading assessment. English reading and Spanish vocabulary were predictive of Spanish reading, but socioeconomic variables were not. Heritage language loss is described as paradoxical because Spanish and English reading skills are intertwined and biliteracy is associated with better economic opportunities for Latino/as in the U.S. job market.     

非英语专业高职优秀生与学困生听力学习策略对比研究

文章采用在Oxford和O＇Malley的学习策略表基础上修改而成的问卷调查表对深圳某职业技术学院73名学生所使用的听力学习策略进行调查研究。通过对比分析,发现优秀生和学困生在听力的元认知策略、认知策略和情感策略方面存在很大的差别。优秀生在听力过程中,在关注意义的基础上还非常关注语言的形式,善于运用各种听力策略,主动参与听力的信息加工过程,在策略运用上比较灵活多变,这使得他们能较好地克服听力中遇到的困难。     

高职商务英语专业学生综合素质培养的内容及途径的研究与实践——以第二课堂为例

切实提高高职学生的综合素质,是高职教育的必然选择。文章以第二课堂的视角,分析了第二课堂对学生综合素质培养的作用,并就第二课堂对高职商务英语专业学生综合素质培养的内容及途径进行了探索。