中国传统外语教学改革模式探索

中国传统外语教学中填鸭式的教学方法已受到教育界越来越多的质疑。用交际法教学模式取代中国传统外语教学中的“教与学”的模式,不失为中国外语教学方法改革的一种有益尝试。     

华文学习者华文水平及其与中华文化的认知、认同关系研究

本文运用问卷调查方法,对暨南大学华文学院73名外国留学生进行了调查,旨在了解他们的华文学习水平,他们对中华文化的认知、认同情况,以及华文学习水平与中华文化认知、认同的关系。调查发现,随着华文学习的深入,在春节、中餐、孙中山等文化项目上留学生们对中华文化的认知、认同会显著增加;同时,我们还对留学生们进行了直接访谈,结果发现85.5%的被调查者认为学习华文有助于增加他们对华人、中国、华族和中华文化的认知;70%的被调查者认为学习华文有助于增加他们对华人、中国、华族和中华文化的认同。     

试论汉语在泰国语言政策中的地位变迁

汉语是泰国的一门重要外语,在泰国经历了自由发展、被限制打压和当前的迅速发展几个不同阶段。本文旨在梳理不同历史时期汉语在泰国语言政策中不同地位的基础上,指出汉语在泰国语言政策中的地位变化与中泰关系的亲疏程度、汉语工具价值的高低、泰国华人国家认同的变化等因素有密切联系。     

The Impact of Language Status as an Acculturative Stressor on Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors among Latino/a Children: A Longitudinal Analysis from School Entry through Third Grade

This study examined the relationship between limited English proficiency status, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors among a sample of Latino/a children (N = 2,840) from the US Department of Education’s Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten (ECLS-K) data set. Results of cross sectional regression and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) analyses suggest that there is a positive relationship between limited English proficiency and externalizing symptoms, particularly by third grade. Additionally, sex and place of birth also helped to explain externalizing behaviors at various time points in the models. Place of birth and family poverty were significantly associated with internalizing symptoms. Implications for future research and interventions related to internalizing and externalizing behavior among the Latino/a school aged population are discussed.

教育与文化传承:贵州少数民族教育存在的两个问题

忽视少数民族语言和文化是贵州少数民族教育存在的两个问题。有选择的文化传承成为现代学校教育的重要特征之一,也是阻碍少数民族文化传承的主要根源。贵州文化的多元性与现代学校教育的排他性之间的矛盾关系根源于:文化中心主义、高度集中的教育管理制度、文化商业功利性和少数民族话语权缺失。     

华语与马来语的词汇交流——马来西亚文化融合的表现

马来西亚是语言汇聚的国家,在各大族群语言中,以马来族群和华裔族群的语言接触最为明显.本文参考国内外有关华语和马来语的借用研究,采用比较的方法,进行华语借用马来语词汇以及马来语借用华语词汇的双向探讨.调查发现,华语和马来语之间的词汇互借有许多共同点,不但比较集中在闽南语和马来语,而且词汇类型也以生活化的事物名词为主,这是两种文化在复合型社会中自然交流的具体反映.     

Chinese American Adolescents’ Perceptions of the Language Brokering Experience as a Sense of Burden and Sense of Efficacy

Children of immigrants who do translations and who interpret for others using their heritage language and English are known as language brokers. Although prior research suggests that children of immigrants’ perceptions of the language brokering experience vary greatly—from feeling a sense of efficacy to feeling a sense of burden—what remains unanswered in the literature is identification of the antecedents and processes that help to explain the varying psychological experience of language brokers. Using data from a two-wave prospective longitudinal study of 256 Chinese American adolescents, the present study tested potential mechanisms that may be responsible for adolescents’ perceptions of the language brokering experience as a sense or burden or sense of efficacy. The results demonstrate that adolescents’ Chinese orientation sets in motion a family process that is linked to variations in the perceptions of adolescents’ language brokering experience. Adolescents who are more Chinese oriented have a stronger sense of familial obligation, and these adolescents are more likely to perceive that they matter to their parents. Adolescents’ perceived sense of mattering to parents, in turn, is associated positively with a sense efficacy, and negatively with a sense of burden as language brokers. Those adolescents who are less Chinese oriented have a weaker sense of familial obligation, and these adolescents are more likely to feel a sense of alienation from their parents. Adolescents’ sense of perceived alienation from parents, in turn, is associated with a sense of burden as language brokers. Implications for developing interventions for children who act as language brokers for their parents are discussed.

The birth and development of the language of global development in light of trends in global population,international politics,economics and globalisation

The 1940s saw an intensification of worldwide interest in the problems of development and underdevelopment. One consequence of this was a rapid evolution of the language of global development. The reconstruction of its genesis is most commonly attempted through the analysis of literature on the subject and accounts by those who took part in or observed the debates of the time concerning the world’s development and structure. This article proposes a different approach which locates important events in the evolution of the modern language of global development on timelines tracing populational, political, socio-economic and civilisational processes.     

东盟国家的语言政策对英语变体影响探析

英语在东盟国家使用十分广泛,语言的使用离不开人与人之间的交流。在特定的区域里由于受到各种因素的影响,语言会发生变体现象。为了更好地了解东南亚英语变体,本文主要从东盟主要国家的语言政策的角度分析其对于东南亚英语变体的影响。     

对大学英语口语教学的反思

口语教学是大学英语教学的重要内容。从早期的“交互假设”理论到最新的美国《世纪外语学习目标》可以看出 ,口语教学在国外教育界愈来愈受到重视 ;国内对口语教学的研究在理论上有了长足的发展和进步。但口语教学在实际操作过程仍存在着许多问题。由于各个学校的差异较大 ,因此应该根据学生的实际情况 ,采取多样灵活的方法 ,开展行之有效的口语教学 ,使其在启动学生学习兴趣、维持言语过程、提高语言能力中发挥积极的作用