“无用”之大用——英语专业文学教育功能浅识

文学之用存在于它的"无用"之中,即在于大用,而非世俗之所谓急功近利之用。本文从文学与语言、文化素养及交际能力等要素间相互关系入手,就英语专业文学教育的功能及功能实现的方法作了初步的探讨。     

大学教学价值取向:历史与现实

从影响当前大学教学方方面面的价值取向看,大学教学要坚守古代的"理智培育"价值取向,这是大学教学永葆魅力的根源所在.同时,大学教学要张扬现代的"技术获取"价值取向,这是作为生活世界现象的大学教学的重要使命之一.第三,大学教学要倡导后现代的"欲望释放"价值取向,这是大学教学充满生机与活力的保证.因此,大学教学价值取向并非还原为欲、技、道中的某一维,而是这三者的有机统一.     

“激趣”英语教学

兴趣是最好的老师,在英语教学中应该得到充分的体现.本文从学生兴趣形成的前提,兴趣形成的条件和兴趣形成的途径三个方面探讨"激趣"英语教学.     

英语霸权时代民族语言多样性的保护

由于21世纪经济、技术全球化的推进,英语在全球范围传播和普及。英语的传播与霸权与和全球范围语言濒危现象有密切的关系,是世界语言濒危问题的根本原因。英语的全球化给世界语言多样性的生态样式带来了极大的破坏。因此,应及时采取措施对策,反对英语的霸权,保护世界语言多样性。     

提高民族学生英语发音的方法

提高学生的英语语音发音对提高民族学生的英语整体水平起着不容质疑的基石作用。本文就如何开展该方面的教学、培养学生的学习兴趣及学习技巧提出一些浅显的建议。     

对西部民族地区英语"一条龙"教学规划的几点思考

我国目前英语教学所花周期较长,效果相对校差,已成为外语界关注的重要课题。针对这一状况,西部地区英语教育更要以“西部开发”为契机,着眼于大、中、小英语教学的全部过程,探讨如何搞好民族地区英语教学的方法和路子。     

英语教学中的文化渗透

英语国家社会文化和汉语文化存在着很大差异,在英语教学中,不但要教会学生英语语言本身,也要传授给学生英语语言中所承载的社会文化内涵,使学生学到真正地道的英语,从而真正达到文化交流的目的。     

浅析英语词汇中的性别歧视

英语中存在着诸多性别歧视现象。文章以女性主义的立场,从词汇的角度,探讨存在于英语语言中的性别歧视现象,旨在引起人们对此问题的重视,并期盼随着社会的进步,男女平等能尽快实现,性别歧视在语言使用中能早日消失。     

On the conditions of authority in academic publics

The discourse of some of the most powerful public figures in today’s world is often incoherent and nonsensical. Incoherent yet authoritative discourse shows that authority does not rest in language but results from non‐linguistic and pre‐textual conditions. The non‐linguistic and pre‐textual conditions are exemplified in an Australian case‐study of a media debate between the Immigration Minister and a refugee, drawing on research by Smith‐Khan (2019a, 2019b). Two such conditions are then examined with reference to academic publics. First, I ask which languages do or do not carry authority, before moving on to speaker identity as a condition of authority. The close association between English and academic excellence has resulted in diminishing the authority of academic publications in languages other than English. The same is true of publications by women and people of colour. I close by reflecting on referencing practices as forms of extending authoritativeness to voices in excluded languages and from excluded scholars in academic publics.     

English proficiency in Australia, 1981 to 2016

Using Australian census data, the paper examines the incidence of poor English competency in Australia from 1981 onwards. The paper examines English competency in relation to various characteristics such as sex, age, language spoken, visa type, citizenship, duration of residence and location. It finds that there was a sharp rise in the numbers of people not speaking English well between the 2011 and 2016 Censuses and special attention is given to this rise in the paper. Recently, the Australian Government unsuccessfully legislated for the introduction of a requirement of English competency at the level of IELTS 6 (the commonly used university entrance level) as a condition for the award of Australian citizenship. The paper argues that this test would have led to a very large number of disenfranchised Australian permanent residents and this would be a highly undesirable result. Nevertheless, employment and social participation are strongly influenced by English competency and residents with poor English are disadvantaged. The policy suggestion is made that participation in a course of English language training for those without functional English skills could be made a precondition of the award of permanent residence—without the application of a passing grade.