Using an Action Research Framework to Explore Assessment: A South African Case Study

This article is a reflection of my first experience with action research in trying to devise a system of assessment that would benefit both first and second language speakers of English in an assessment system that is plagued by its separatist past. In this paper, I discuss an action research study on oral assessment implemented at two tertiary institutions in South Africa. The actual details of each phase of the assessments are not reported on, but the methods used to facilitate the processes are. The findings and adaptations after each phase of the assessments are discussed to show the effectiveness of using an action research methodology.

X3D:新一代面向Web的交互式三维图形规范

当前虚拟现实造型语言(VRML)的国际标准存在严重问题,阻碍了面向Web的交互式三维图形技术的深入发展。为此,Web3D联盟提出了下一代面向Web的交互式三维图形规范X3D。X3D采用XML编码,以软构件技术为指导,定义了一个小型运行内核、一组API和多个扩展集,具有小型化、可扩展、与Web上的多种标准互操作和与多种媒体紧密集成等特性。本文主要介绍了X3D的产生背景、概念和组成,并在此基础上分析了X3D的关键技术和X3D浏览器的实现。     

基于VRML的可视化工具的研究

随着网络技术和硬件设施的飞速发展,虚拟现实建模语言(VRML)被广泛用于在因特网上构建虚拟境界。由于VRML语言自身的特点,虚拟现实的制作十分繁琐。如何使用辅助工具来提高开发的效率,具有很重要的意义。本文分析和讨论了几种基于VRML的可视化工具,并给出校园导游系统的应用实例     

流行词“吃货”的多角度考察

"吃货"最早出现在清代小说中,指光吃不干活的人,带有贬义色彩。近年来,"吃货"一词被广大美食爱好者广泛传播,用于自称和互称。"吃货"一词的词义已发生明显变化,指"喜欢吃各类美食的人,有品位的美食爱好者";词义附带的感情色彩逐渐趋于中性甚至褒义。而导致这些变化的原因主要是人们对"吃"观念的改变,网络语言环境的高度自由化以及使用网络语言的从众心理。     

理工科学生英语口语现状分析及对策

着力从客观方面总结并分析理工科学生张不开口说英语的主要原因,提出语言本身如词汇、语音及语调、语法与语用等方面的应对策略,旨在有目的地提高大学英语教学。     

浅谈网络语言在词汇层面上的变异

随着网络在中国的迅猛发展,一种新的社会方言———网络语言兴起并蓬勃发展。互联网的出现对我们的生活产生了巨大影响。网络语言是广泛应用于虚拟世界的信息符号。网络语言与现实语言相比,它受现实语言的制约,同时又反作用于现实语言。本文试图从词汇层面对网络语言进行浅析。     

Varieties of noise: Analogical reasoning in synthetic biology

The picture of synthetic biology as a kind of engineering science has largely created the public understanding of this novel field, covering both its promises and risks. In this paper, we will argue that the actual situation is more nuanced and complex. Synthetic biology is a highly interdisciplinary field of research located at the interface of physics, chemistry, biology, and computational science. All of these fields provide concepts, metaphors, mathematical tools, and models, which are typically utilized by synthetic biologists by drawing analogies between the different fields of inquiry. We will study analogical reasoning in synthetic biology through the emergence of the functional meaning of noise, which marks an important shift in how engineering concepts are employed in this field. The notion of noise serves also to highlight the differences between the two branches of synthetic biology: the basic science-oriented branch and the engineering-oriented branch, which differ from each other in the way they draw analogies to various other fields of study. Moreover, we show that fixing the mapping between a source domain and the target domain seems not to be the goal of analogical reasoning in actual scientific practice.     

如何提高外文期刊的利用率

阐述了在外刊采购和管理中存在的问题,提出了提高外刊利用率的措施,包括做好外刊的采购工作、提高外刊管理人员素质、保证读者服务质量等。     

基于HTK的佤语特定人孤立词语音识别

佤语是云南省西南部的一种跨境语言,构建佤语语音识别系统对国家安全、跨境文化交流和经济贸易都有着重要的意义.基于HTK平台,针对1 860个佤语常用词进行特定人孤立词语音识别.语音语料来源为录音棚和田野录音,语音规模录音棚男性2人、女性2人,田野录音男性3人、女性2人,每人每个词发音5遍,总的语料数量为83 700条.实验结果表明,对于上述的语料,进行的基于HTK的佤语特定人孤立词语音识别正确率在92%以上.     

地方应用型本科院校C语言课程改革探讨

C语言程序设计对高校学生来说是十分重要的课程,不仅对后续专业知识的学习起引导和铺垫的作用,对学生思维能力训练、综合能力培养同样至关重要。结合国内教育趋势、工程认证要求以及人才培养规划,阐述了目前地方应用型本科院校的C语言程序设计在课程设置与教学方式上存在的问题。针对这些问题进行了探讨并提出了一些解决思路。