简介:Thisarticleaimstoanswerthreequestions:(1)Whythereexistsadiscrepancybetweenthelearner’sgrammarknowledgeandtheircommunicativeskills?(2)Whatproblemsaretherewithgrammartestsandteaching?(3)Howshouldgrammarbetaughtas"awayoftalking"ratherthan"adescriptionofrules"?
简介:(continuedfromIssue61)TextualEnhancementThereareanumberofstudiesthathaveinvestigatedtheeffectsoftextualenhancementondrawingthelearner'sattentiontogrammar,andthemethodhasbeendescribedastheleastexplicitandtheleastintrusivemethodoffocusonform(Doughty&Varela,1998).Itinvolveshighlightingcertainfeaturesofinputthatmightgounnoticedundernormalcircumstancesbytypographicallymanipulatingthemthroughboldfacing,italicizing,underlining,orcapitalizing.Theassumptionisthatsuchmanipulationsenhancetheperceptualsaliencyofthetargetstructures,andthis,hence,increasestheirchanceofbeingnoticed.Arelatedtechniqueisthepro-
简介:1、Criterionforasuccessfulteachingtnetbod:tomakelanguagelearningasefficientaspossibleNowadays,fashioaablelinguistictheorieshavebeenflourishingrap-idlyanonewlanguageteachingapproacheshavebeendevolopingoneafteranother.Thisisgood,Ishouldsay.Butunfortunately,thetraditionalteachingmethod,i.e.theGrammar-Translationmethodhasbeenatta-
简介:IntroductionAmongtheplethoraofforeignlanguageteachingmethodsandapproachestherearethegrammar-translationmethod,thedirectmethod,theaudiolingualmethodandthecommunicativeapproachtonamebutafew.Ofthemajormethods,grammar-translationgetsthemostcriticismandisthoughttobeobsolete.However,inmyviewitissuitableforChinagiventhecountry’spresentlanguagelearningsituation,and,inpractice,isnotatallineffectual.
简介:Recently,debatesongrammarinstructionhasbeenrevolvingaroundwhethertofocusonform,forms,ormeaning.FocusonformandfocusonformshavebeendefinedanddifferentiatedbymanySLAresearchers.Abodyofresearchhasbeenconductedtoinvestigateandcomparetheeffectivenessofthethreemethodologicaloptions.Thechoiceamongthethreewilldirectlydeterminemethodologicaloptionsoflanguageinstructors.Thispaperisaimedatprovidinganannotatedbibliographyofrecentpapersontheresearchintofocusonformandfocusonfrom.ItishopedthatthispaperwillbeofsomevaluetolanguageresearchersinthisfieldandEnglishteachersalike.
简介:Anincreasingnumberofstructuralhomologysearchtools,mostlybasedonprofilestochasticcontext-freegrammars(SCFGs)havebeenrecentlydevelopedforthenon-codingRNAgeneidentification.SCFGscanincludestatisticalbiasesthatoftenoccurinRNAsequences,necessarytoprofilespecificRNAstructuresforstructuralhomologysearch.Inthispaper,asuccinctstochasticgrammarmodelisintroducedforRNAthathascompetitivesearcheffectiveness.Moreimportantly,theprofilingmodelcanbeeasilyextendedtoincludepseudoknots,structuresthatarebeyondthecapabilityofprofileSCFGs.Inaddition,themodelallowsheuristicstobeexploited,resultinginasignificantspeed-upfortheCYKalgorithm-basedsearch.
简介:InthehistoryofformalEnglisheducationinJapan,grammarusedtobethemainstream.Inthesecondaryeducationsystem,teachersusedtospendmanyhoursteachinggrammartothestudents.However,ithasbeenreplacedbytheaural/oralmethodofteachingaforeignlanguage.Therewasevenaremarkthatteachinggrammarhindersstudentsfromcommunicatingfluently.Literally,therewasatimewhengrammarwassetasideinformalEnglisheducation.However,theauthornoticedthatingrammarclasses,thestudentsspeakEnglishmoreloudlyandconfidentlywithoutmuchhesitationthaninothertypesofEnglishclasses.Oneofthereasonsisthattheyarenotworriedaboutthecontentsofthespeeches.Theyaresimplyconcentratingontheforms.Theyarenotafraidofmakingmajormistakes,andtheerrorstheymakeareminorsotheydonotfeelembarrassedinpublic.TheatmosphereofthegrammarclassesisverypositiveandthestudentsenjoyspeakingEnglish.Inthispaper,theauthorshowshowgrammarclassescancontributetotheacquisitionofthestudents'speakingabilitiesandmanners."Learninggrammarwasapreciousexperience",onestudentreportedafterthecourse.
简介:ThisarticlereviewstheliteraturesaboutspokengrammarofEnglishandtheimplicationinspokenEnglishteaching.TheaimsofthestudyweretosurveytheviewsonspokengrammarinEnglish(SGE)teachingofresearchers,andtodeterminetheimportanceofSGEteachingaswellastheefficientwaystoteachSGE.ThedifferencebetweenwrittenandspokengrammarwasidentifiedandthelinguisticfeaturesofspokenEnglishthatwereanalyzedwerefromtheCambridgeGrammarofEnglishCorpus.FindingsfromthisstudycouldraisetheEnglishlanguageteachers’awarenessofteachingSGEandhelpteacherstoidentifyappropriatestrategiestofacilitatethelearningofspokenEnglishbyChineselearners.