Teaching technologies for immigrant children: an exploratory study of elementary school teachers in Russia*

ABSTRACT

Educational institutions are an important setting where psychological, pedagogical, sociocultural, and language adaptation of immigrant children occurs. A number of teaching strategies, practices, approaches, and methods have been described in the literature. In the Russian context, such strategies have been called ‘technologies’. The purpose of the present exploratory study was to describe teaching technologies used by teachers in Russia when working with immigrant students in elementary schools. Responses of forty-five elementary school teachers to open-ended questions describing technologies they use when teaching children with migration backgrounds were analyzed using content analysis. Findings suggest that Russian elementary school teachers used ethno-cultural group, communicative technologies, games, individualized instruction, and differentiated teaching. Many approaches mentioned can be used inclusively with groups of immigrant and non-immigrant students. Importantly, while teachers supplemented classroom instruction with additional Russian language lessons, none mentioned specific techniques for teaching Russian as a non-native language. These findings are discussed in relation to teaching strategies described in the international literature focused on migrant students. Finally, implications for further research are discussed.     

语用学需要"顺应"潮流--顺应论的几个关键概念述评

作为一种具有创新意义的语用学理论,顺应论并没有像关联论那样引起语用研究者足够的重视,也没有产生应有的学术效应.它同关联论一样具有较强的理论解释力,因而值得人们深入研究.文章介绍了顺应论的理论要点,重点评述了顺应论四个关键概念做出选择、变异性、商讨性、顺应性,同时也呼吁语用学界应给予顺应论足够的关注.     

关于农民工类型的思考

改革开放以来,在农民社会分化的基础上,出现了不同类型的农民工。按其居住地和从事职业的不同,可以划分为在乡在土型、在乡离土型、离乡离土型、离乡在土型四种类型。在乡在土型农民工既在家乡附近的企业打工,又经营土地,二者所得为其经济来源;在乡离土型农民工在家乡附近的企业里打工,不再经营土地,完全把打工收入作为经济来源;离乡离土型农民工离开家乡到外地打工,完全和先前的承包地脱离关系,打工收入为其经济来源;离乡在土型农民工虽然离开家乡到外地打工,但家庭承包地仍然经营着,二者所得为其经济来源。文章的目的在于更深入地研究农民工,认识不同类型农民工的特征、存在的主要问题、需求,为有关部门的科学决策提供依据,有效地解决农民工问题。     

犹在镜中——论张爱玲小说的电影感

在中国现代文学史上,不能说张爱玲是伟大的,但可以说她是深刻的.张爱玲的小说创作是富有特色的,她总是善于通过独特的视角去体味人生、阐释生命.她的小说是时代的记录、心灵的感言.她善于捕捉声、色、画、影去刻画人物,其电影化的创作方法很有新意.     

《围城》与《四世同堂》讽刺艺术之比较

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顺应论视域下的企业网站翻译问题探析

根据Verschueren的语言顺应理论,翻译是译者对原文和译文的语言结构以及语境关系不断顺应的动态过程,但在企业网站翻译中,未对译文做出动态顺应的例子比比皆是,影响了网站的宣传推介作用。以平湖服装企业的网站英译为例,从语言结构和语境关系两个方面分析网站英译存在的问题,并提出相应的解决方法。     

西方国家廉政经验在我国的检讨与适应性分析

当前学术界在我国廉政建设中主张广泛借鉴欧美各国的廉政建设经验。客观来说，西方发达国家的廉政建设体制相对更加完善和卓有成效；不过，这些经验在我国是否适用，不能仅仅依据经验本身，更多的则取决于中国是否存在国外经验生长的土壤。由于这些国家的近现代发展历程、廉政建设面对的国情与我国有较大的相似性，因而其廉政经验比较符合我国的廉政建设需要。     

Using Panel Data to Understand the Dynamics of Human Behavior in Response to Flooding

Insights into the dynamics of human behavior in response to flooding are urgently needed for the development of effective integrated flood risk management strategies, and for integrating human behavior in flood risk modeling. However, our understanding of the dynamics of risk perceptions, attitudes, individual recovery processes, as well as adaptive (i.e., risk reducing) intention and behavior are currently limited because of the predominant use of cross-sectional surveys in the flood risk domain. Here, we present the results from one of the first panel surveys in the flood risk domain covering a relatively long period of time (i.e., four years after a damaging event), three survey waves, and a wide range of topics relevant to the role of citizens in integrated flood risk management. The panel data, consisting of 227 individuals affected by the 2013 flood in Germany, were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA and latent class growth analysis (LCGA) to utilize the unique temporal dimension of the data set. Results show that attitudes, such as the respondents’ perceived responsibility within flood risk management, remain fairly stable over time. Changes are observed partly for risk perceptions and mainly for individual recovery and intentions to undertake risk-reducing measures. LCGA reveal heterogeneous recovery and adaptation trajectories that need to be taken into account in policies supporting individual recovery and stimulating societal preparedness. More panel studies in the flood risk domain are needed to gain better insights into the dynamics of individual recovery, risk-reducing behavior, and associated risk and protective factors.     

基层政府的政策变通逻辑 ——以H县“不再生育合同”为个案

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思想政治教育视野下的大学新生适应情况分析

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