简介:InNewYorkCity,ononeofthehighhillsoverlookingtheHarlemRiverValley,standstheHallofFameforGreatAmericans.Fromtimetotime,acommitteeisappointedtoselectfamousAmericanmenandwomentothisHallofFame.Inordertomakesurethateachpersonsoselectedhasachievedlastinggreatness,noonecanbechosenunlesshehasbeendeadforatleast25years.
简介:IntroductionTheattitudestowardsforeignlearners’errorshavechangedremarkablyfromthe1960storecentyears.Intheeyesofbehaviouristsinthe1960s,errorswereconsideredterrible.Teacherstriedtostructuretheclassroomsituationsoastomakeitideallyimpossibleforstudentstomakeerrors.SincetheevolutionofChomsky’stheoryandmodernism,teachershavebeguntobelievethatcommunicationinthelanguageismoreimportantthanasterileperfectionofform.andtherefore,theyhavebecomemoretolerantofstudents’errors.Makingerrorshasbeenrecognisedmoreandmoreasinevitableandasanessentialpartoflanguagelearning.
简介:LikeeverylanguageAmericanEnglishisfullofstrangeexpressions,phrasesthatcomefromdaytodaylifeofthepeopleanddevelopintheirownway.Wheredidtheseexpressionscomefrom,andhowdidtheygetintothelanguage?Ourexpressiontodayis'togetone’sgoat'andotherphrasesthatcomefromthegoat.Thegoatisanancientcreaturethathasdonemuckforman,providingmilk,meat,cheese,andothergoodandusefulthings.
简介:ELTisanorganicprocessthatisinfluencedbyavarietyoffactors.Thesebreakdownintotwotypes:explicit,whichisobjectiveandtheotherisimplicit,whichissubjective.Thispaperarguesthatsubjectivefactorsaresubordinatedtoobjectiveones.Ofthelat-ter,theSocietyfactor,followedbytheSubjectandStudentfactorsinimportance,isthecentralonethatdeterminestheteachingprocess.
简介:Inrecentyears,althoughcollegestudentshaveacquiredahighlevelofproficiencyinEnglishreading,theyhavemadeverylittleadvancementinEnglishwriting.ThisisduetothefactthatinadequateimportanceisattachedtowritingintheteachingofEnglish,andthatstudentshaverathervagueideasabouttheroleofwritinginforeignlanguagelearningandaboutthediffer-entdiscoursepatternsexistingbetweenEnglishandChinese.Thus,thispapersuggeststhat,inordertoimprovestudents’writingability,twowaysbeadoptedtoraisestudents’awarenessoflearningtowrite:1)integratingtheproduct-orientedap-proachwiththeprocess-orientedapproach;2)usingstudents’readingasawritingsource.