On Analysis of English Taboos

Taboo,as a social phnomenon,exists in every culture,and it is greatly influenced by culture.In this paper the author attempts to study and analyze early English taboo from its orgion and type.The focus of the study on it is the type of taboo.Furthermore,the author also shows that Modern taboos are motivated more by notion of decency,politeness,decorum and communicative appropriateness than by pure fear sense of danger in earlier taboo practice.They reflect the sensitivity and respect of others' feelings.in 4 aspects     

Activating Students' Motivation in Speaking in English for Tourism Class by Using Authentic Materials and Tasks

The author analyzes the existing problems in English for Tourism class and possible reasons why students are not highly motivated in oral communication practice : unconsciousness of the ongoing changing tourism industry, failure in their past learning, fear of losing faces, lack of words , structures and cultural background etc. Aiming to change the present situation and stimulate students'motivation in speaking, she offers some possible ways to the problems based on her perspectives:(1) choose authentic materials relevant to student's future career;(2)adapt a more current course book which is more authentically tourist-based in content.(3)adapt authentic video and TV tourist based materials related to the experience of tourism.(4)adapt authentic materials to make it more accessible and comprehensible by adding some proper authentic materials from different sources and tasks.(5)organize team activities based on authentic situations without changing the dialogue format in order to maintain redundancy of communication but in a real life focus.     

Ambiguity——an Important Phenomenon in English

In this article, the writer analyzes ＂ambiguity＂ from many different aspects： its definition, category, practical use and so on. By doing so, the writer thinks that ambiguity is an important phenomenon in English and English learners should pay enough attention to it.     

The asymmetric phenomena in Chinese and English——in the Chinese and English version Journey to the West

During the reading of Journey to the West by Wu Cheng′en (English version) translated by W.J.F.jenner,The author noticed that Jenner translated some Chinese words such as"泼猴","贤兄""贤兄"ect.flexibly as well as marvelously and appropriately according to different context,which in fact is loyal to the original language,at the same time corresponds to characteristics of English language.The Asymmetric Phenomena of forms and meanings in Chinese and English will have some implication for second language learning,but what? Preliminarily exploration was done in this paper.     

A Survey of Listening——Obstacles in College English Teaching

Listening is an essential component of communication in human life. It's also a basic skill in English learning. But for most college students, among listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, listening is the most difficult one. This paper was designed to survey the English listening obstacles in college and focuses on the categories of the listening obstacles in English teaching in college. From the paper, the readers can have a general idea about English listening obstacles and get some useful advices from the participants.     

Motive in Learning English

Many people,men and women,old and young,are now leaming English by different means.Different people have different motives,and they will get different results in leaming English.Motive is very important in leaming English.     

Teaching English in Context

The New Standards of English Curriculum emphasizes the development of the cultivation of students＇enterprising spirit.At the same time,it creates a new teaching method and brings about the changes in the style of learning.Therefore,it becomes a major task in the middle schools to teach English in context.But,there are still some weaknesses of the current English teaching in China：problems with textbooks,teachers themselves,and English speaking environment.Hence there appears a new topic on how to teach English in context.This paper discusses the current situations and some major problems in teaching English in context;moreover,it proposes some measures to develop the students＇multipurpose language use ability.     

Reading Ability Training——The Key in College English Teaching Forever

The teaching aim of paying attention to reading andtraining the students’reading ability is not contradictary withour teaching programme at all. In our textbook < < NewHorizon College English>>.book one,in the part of section Bof every unit,we have all the important reading skills.Thesereading skills are all written in very clear,easy-to understandlanguage,Just following the reading skills,some examples arepicked out from passage A,some corresponding exercises aredrawn from passage B for t…     

Questioning Strategies in English Class

Questions for students in English course bring with the fresh knowledge and development of thinking.Questions are what the students can learn from.Generally,it seems that teachers spend about 30percent of their time asking questions.     

Words Used in English Advertisement

With the support of some pieces of English advertisement, express the general principles used in the written language of English advertisement, based on the characteristic of advertisement. In the passage, adjective, verb, pronoun, compound word, coinage and connotative word are analyzed to find the basic rules of words used in English advertisement, which can be used to guise the choice of language in advertisements.     

Cultural Effects on Language in Use——A Comparison between Chinese and English

Language is the presentation of culture,and culture is expressed through the actual use of language.This paper analyses the differences between Chinese and English language from a pragmatic perspective resulted from the cultural differences between China and the Western countries.     

Classroom Management in Young Learners English Teaching——Typical Problems and Effective Solutions

Classroom management is the orchestration of classroom life： planning curriculum, organizing procedures and resources, arranging the environment to maximize efficiency, monitoring progress, dealing with existent problems. Successful classroom management looked like magic shows because students in these classrooms seem to glide from one activity to the next. Successful classroom management contributes to students＇ good achievement. Effective classroom management is one of the key elements of importance for efficient school education. However, almost all English teachers face a same problem classroom management. In this paper, some typical problems and effective solutions in classroom management will be described, defined, or characterized.     

Emotional Education in English Teaching in Vocational Colleges

English teaching in vocational colleges must manifest its essence and help students feel the spirit of the language. Looking from the humanism of language, we cannot abandon the humanity attribute of the language, study environment and the humanities concern. Therefore, we must pay more attention to students' emotion, conduct a series of humanities concern throughout the whole teaching process in vocational colleges.     

The Characteristics of Attributes in English

This essay focuses on two aspects.One is the characteristic of attribute.The other is concern with some points of using attributes in English.This understanding contributes to using attributes correctly both in written and spoken English.     

Cultural Contents Taught in English Teaching

Language and culture are closely related to each other.From the aspect of language as the semiotic system,language is the carrier of culture and culture is the entailment of language.The language of any nation bears the deep content of its culture.It can be said that language is the reflection of a nation's culture.Therefore the learning of a language must be connected with the acquisition of the corresponding culture.In the English classrooms English teacher should teach the language and the culture as well.This paper deals with both the cultural contents to be taught and the principles of teaching them in the English classrooms.     

Application of Motivation in English Teaching

1.Definition and function of motivationMotivation,as a psychological term,means to make use ofa certain exterior inducement to arouse initiative and creativity.It is a process in which people produce the internal motive,moving towards to the expected dest…     

On Figures of Speech in English

A figure of speech is one method of using words out of their literal,or ordinary,sense in order to suggest a picture of image. Figuraive language gives the reader something to look at,touch or listen to and makes ideas concrete and vivid. Figures of speech imply or suggest rather than state directly what the writer intends to say. A fresh,apt figure of.speech, appears to the imagination,.creates mental pictures and makes the writing vivid, impressive and interesting. Figures of speech appear in all types of writing and in speech. Here are the figures of speech commonly used in writing.     

Four Features of Sexism in English

语言是文化呈现的符号系统,能够映射出社会的各种观念。本文从社会语言学的角度展示了因性别歧视引起的语言不对等现象的四个方面。     

A Contrastive Analysis between English and Chinese Pronunciation—— Positive Transfer on English Phonetics Learning

This thesis, based on the psychological foundation of Contrastive Analysis——language transfer, is to explore a better method for children to make use of our mother tongue——Chinese Pinyin to learn English phonemes. It mainly studies the similarities between Chinese Pinyin and English phonemes. And the author views that owing to children’s individual requirements of development, teachers can lead children to connecting their previous existing Chinese Pinyin knowledge with their new knowledge and take the adva...