From Alkin to Program Evaluation——some thoughts on Alkin's Evaluation Essentials

A clear picture could be finished from Alkin＇s（2011） book that attention should be paid to the understanding of and perspectives on program evaluation.To start with,one can have a better understanding of the concept of＂program evaluation＂.     

The Form of Literary Translation——“Foregrounding Translation” and the Translator's Poetic Entry

From the epistemological perspective translating sense is to pursue truth,while translating flavor is to pursue beauty.Rational knowledge is aimed atfidelity;perceptive knowledge thebeauty.Literary language approaches fidelity because of beauty while non-literary language approaches beauty because of its fidelity.     

The Symbolic Meanings of ＂Food＂ and ＂Hunger＂ in The Woman Warrior

In novel the Woman Warrior,food and hunger have indispensable symbolic meanings.Hunger becomes a symbol of women's desire and the only way to get rid of the hunger is the food——women's self-reliance.     

How to Arouse the Children＇s Interests in Learning English

This paper discusses how to arouse the children’s interests in learning English. The paper first expounds four basic principlesabout arousing children’s interests in learning English. In the second part, the writer gives three kinds of game activities which are fit for chil-dren and can effectively arouse children’s interests. About the last part of this paper, it is pointed out teacher’s behaviors should guide chil-dren through teaching technique and conventional teaching facility. Moreover, the most important point is that a teacher should encouragestudents an let them feel achievable.     

How to Foster Students＇ Ability of Studying Independently——English Study for Example

Among students＇ abilities,the important one is the ability of studying independently.It is the teachers＇ indispensable task to foster students＇ ability of studying independently.This essay deals with the problem that how a teacher can foster the ability of student self-study,especially English study,from these perspectives：the nature,the characteristics,the conditions and the structure of the ability of independent study.The appropriate methods that the teacher should take in the process of fostering the ability are discussed in the last part of this essay.     

Pragmatic Study on Phatic Communion Applied by Graduates Entering the Workplace

How to enable a conversation to express one's desire accurately,and will not let others feel that the expression is stiff? How to express a certain meaning under specific circumstances and will not let others have misunderstanding? The application of phatic communion is vital.The use of phatic communion applied by graduates initially entering the workplace concerns one's working progress and interpersonal relationship.At the same time,the correct use of phatic communion makes serious topics be carried on in a harmonious atmosphere and enables embarrassing questions to be solved easily.This paper analyzes the usage of phatic communion applied by graduates entering the workplace.Firstly,the paper introduces phatic communion and the need for proper use of phatic communion.Secondly,it analyzes the usage of phatic communion applied by graduates,advancing the pragmatic interpretation of phatic communion used by graduates from the perspective of cognitive pragmatic.It gives an introduction to relevance theory in terms of two aspects: the formation and development of relevance theory and the main points of relevance theory,citing ostensive-inferential model and context as the two basic theories,expounding the significance of discourse features as the guidance of communication for graduates entering the workplace.     

The Application of Process-oriented Approach in English Writing

Currently,English writing is still an important and challenging course for most students in English.In China,the effect of Product-oriented approaches is dominated.Such practice seems to have ignored cognitive factors of writing process.So it is necessary to choose some new ways to perfect our English writing teaching.In this paper the application of a new approach——process-oriented approach will be discussed.By using this approach,the students can develop some behaviors such as composing,brainstorming,drafting,and revising.     

On Disturbing Factors of Second Language Acquisition

During the long history of linguistic study,a lot of theories and schools of thought emerged. Of all the theories,habit -formation theory,linguistic universal hypothesis,acculturation theory and cognitive psychology suggest their own opinions about second language acquisition. But each of them has its own disturbing factors which are my especial attention in this thesis.     

On Grammar and Teaching

This paper aims to relate grammar to lexis at the level of semantic meaning and pragmatic meaning with the later being the focus,which sometimes also needs to touch upon the question of context.After the findings and conclusions,eventually some pedagogic implications will be put forward.     

A Study of Thomas Gray's Elegy Written In a Country Churchyard

The beauty of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard lies in many aspects.Its success comes from the application of defamiliarization shown in the lexical and syntactic level and beautiful melody embodied in rhythm and rhyme.This paper focuses on the production of beauty in this poem from the two aspects—uses of defamiliarization and musical quality of this poem.     

A Study on Name Translation

In the field of translation,name translation is seldom noticed.Even though we can not deny that name translation is an indispensible part in translation,the attention that we paid to it is not enough.In Chinese and English cultures,names are given different significances.So it is necessary to pay enough attention to the translation of names from its situations,skills and meanings.But so far there is still no fixed standard of name translation,both from its forms and skills.Form the time that people from different cultures met and communicated,name translation had become a part that can not be ignored in translation.The target of name translation is simple,but the means of it are variable.The attractive ways of name translation are worth to study,and it is significant indeed.In this thesis I will focus on how to translate English names into Chinese,analysis the phenomena,explore the skills and come up with some valuable viewpoints.With some selected examples,we can discuss the problem we just noticed above,and several unsolved problems will appear in the thesis.