简介:Basicmethodsofpreparingfoodshowgreatsimilaritythroughouttheworld,butEnglishcookingterms②some-timeshavespecialmeanings.Forexample,almostallcultureshavedevisedsomemeans③ofbaking④,thatiscookingbreadorotherfoodinanoven⑤.Boiling⑥,orcookingfoodinwaterorsomeotherliquid,isanotheruniversalpractice⑦.Arelatedprocess,stewing⑧,meanstoboilslowlyorgentlyamixtureusuallyofmeat,veget-ables,andwater.Stillanothercookingprocess,roasting⑨,
简介:Thearticlemainlydiscussesthenecessityofleading-ininEnglishclassandgivessomeeffectivemethodsofLeadinginonhowtoimprovestudents’learningenthusiasm.
简介:Thispapertracesevidencefromneurobehaviouralresearchshowinghowlanguagefunctionsoccurinthebrainandsupporttheefficacyofdramaasamethodologyinalllanguagelearning.AccordingtoPribram’sholographicviewofthebrain,move-mentisintegraltothetransferenceofvocabularyfromtheposte-riorconvexitytothefrontalcortexwherewordsaretransformedintomeaningviapragmaticprocessingmechanismsandthenpro-ducedaslanguageinthemidbrainmotorstructurewhichisalsothecenterofemotion.Dramaismovementwithemotion.Wordswhichbecomeamplifiedwithmeaningduringthedramat-icprocesstraverseneuronalpathwaysfromthelexicographic,posteriorbraintotherightforebrainandconvergeinvocalex-pressioninthecentrencephalicmechanism.Withoutsuchmove-ment,meaningandoutputdonotoccur.Wordsimpregnatedwithmeaningintheemotionalmovementofthedramaticprocessparalleldrama-languagemovementswithinthebrainsothatlearningbecomesdeeplyembedded,retainedandeasilyrecalled.Testeddramamethodswhichreinforceorimprintsuchintra-brainlanguagefunctionsarebrieflyreviewedasisselecteddrama-languageresearchsupportingthedrama-brain-languageconcep-tualframeworkofholisticlanguagelearningtheory.Itisarguedthatlearningasecondlanguageaswellasafirstlanguagethroughdrama,thelanguageartformwhichimbuesthenarra-tiveandlanguagestructuresofanyculture,constitutesqualityeducation.
简介:Thispaperpresentstheviewthatspeakingandlisteningskillsshouldbetaughttogetherinwaythatre-flectsreal-lifecommunication.Suitableclassroomactivitiesareproposed.Theauthorspresenttheirownexperience,asChineselecturerandforeignexpert,inco-teachingtheircombinedclassesinordertointegratetheteachingofspeakingandlisteningskills.