简介:Establishedin1953,CollegeofMarineandEnvironmentalSciences(formerlyknownasSaltChemicalEngineeringDepartmentofTianjinCollegeofLightIndustry),changeditsnametoCollegeofMarineScienceandEngineeringofTianjinUniversityofScienceandTechnologyin2001,andwasrenamedCollegeofMarineandEnvironmentalSciencesofTianjinUniversityofScienceandTechnologyin2015.After60yearsofdevelopment,ithasgrownintoateachingandresearchorientedcollegewiththecombinationofscienceandengineering.MarineScienceandEnvironmentalScienceandEngineeringasitscoredisciplinarysystem.
简介:IntroductionTheproliferationofapproachesandmethodsisaprominentcharacteristicofcontemporaryESLorEFLteaching.FromtheGrammarTranslationMethod,theDirectMethod,SituationalLanguageTeaching,theAudiolingualMethodtoCommunicativeLanguageTeaching,TotalPhysicalResponse,theSilentWay,CommunityLanguageLearning,theNaturalApproachandSuggestopedia,thediscussionhaslastedformorethanacentury.However,thewidevarietyofmethodorapproachoptionsconfusesratherthancomforts,becausetheyseemtoholdverydifferentviewsofwhatlanguageisandhowalanguageislearned(Richards&Rodgers,1991).Thisconfusingsituationismainlycausedbythemythofthehu-
简介:IntroductionAtextbookwillneverbeperfect.Whenwriterswriteaparticularbook,theyusuallyhavealargegroupoflearnersinmindandtrytomeettheselearners’generalneeds.However,differentlearnerslearndifferentthingsfordifferentpurposes,andatextbookmaybemoreappropriateforonegroupoflearnersthananother.Therefore,adaptationandsupplementationofatextbookisnecessarywhentryingtoharmonisecourseobjectivesandreasonsforlearnersstudyingEnglish.
简介:IntroductionCollegeEnglishLanguageTeaching(CELT)isaspecialtermforteachingEnglishtonon-EnglishmajorstudentsinChineseuniversities.NowadaysinCELT,moreandmoreattentionisbeingpaidtowriting.ThistrendseemstohavebeenreinforcedbytheinclusionofawritingtestintheNationalCollegeEnglishTest,whichhasgreatinfluenceonCELTinChina.However,becauseoftimelimitationsonCELTcourses,usuallyfourorfivehoursaweek,itisquiteimpossibletoplanaspecificwritingcourse.Asaresult,ithastobeintegratedintoothercourses-inmostcasesintoreadingcourses.InChongqingUniversity(Chongda),forinstance,writingisincludedinIntensiveReading.AlthoughwritingiscombinedwithotherEnglishcourses,ithasnotbeenfullyintegrated.Inotherwords,thecourseincludingwritingisdividedintotwopartswhichhavenothingatalltodowitheachother.
简介:ItisquitecommonthatCollegestudents’writingsareoftenloadedofordinarywordsandmonotonoussentencepatternsbecausetheyoftendeliberatelyavoidsomelanguagestructuresandconjunctions.ThiskindofsketchyandhollowwritingsmayhindertheimprovementofEnglishwritingskill.Thispaperfirstresearchesthisavoidancephenomenonfromthreeaspects:lexis,syntax,anddiscourse,thenexploresthereasonsbehindit,andfinallyputsforthsomeinstructivesuggestionsforimprovingthiscondition.
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