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Abstract: As an important tool in vocabulary learning, word lists play an important role in vocabulary research. From the perspective of diachronic and synchronic, this paper comprehensively analyzes the research process, current situation and trend of word lists with specific themes, and summarizes the construction of its corpus, vocabulary screening criteria and the presentation of vocabulary. The results show that: 1) In terms of the construction of the corpus, the size of the corpus used in the construction of various thesaurus varies, but the written language corpus of the academic word list with specific topics is mostly composed of journal papers and textbooks. The topic - specific technical word list is related to manuals, reference books and other more specialized genres. 2) In terms of vocabulary selection criteria, most the academic word list with specific topics adopts frequency, range and specialized occurrence, but specialized occurrence has been questioned in recent years. The recognition methods of technical words are mostly mixed. In addition, scholars will also use criteria such as frequency and range to further select words, but the adoption of the criteria of range is also controversial. 3) In terms of the presentation of vocabulary, the academic word list with specific topics mostly uses lemma, while the technical word list mostly uses word type. The findings of this paper will provide references for ESP researchers and English teachers on the development and application of vocabulary in this subject area in their research and teaching.Abstract: As an important tool in vocabulary learning, word lists play an important role in vocabulary research. From the perspective of diachronic and synchronic, this paper comprehensively analyzes the research process, current situation and trend of word lists with specific themes, and summarizes the construction of its corpus, vocabulary screening criter...Learn More
Abstract: With the rise of China and the increasing global influence of the Chinese language, international Chinese language education has gradually become a focal point in the global education field. In the flourishing development of international Chinese language education, the training and support for pre-service international Chinese language teachers has become an urgent problem to be addressed. People are paying increasing attention to the psychological and career development of pre-service teachers nowadays, and therefore the relationship between the teacher beliefs and occupational outlook on development of pre-service international Chinese language teachers deserves in-depth analysis. Firstly, this study analyzes the reliability and validity of the pre-service International Chinese language teacher belief Scale and the Professional Development Outlook scale to ensure the reliability and validity of the two scales. Secondly, this study tests the correlation between the pre-service international Chinese language teachers beliefs and the occupational development outlook. The findings show that the teaching beliefs, Chinese language beliefs and occupational development outlook had a statistically significant correlation, while there is no statistically significant correlation between learner beliefs and occupational development outlook. Finally, the regression analysis of teaching belief, Chinese language belief and occupational development outlook is carried out in this study. The results show that both teaching belief and Chinese language belief of pre-service international Chinese language teachers can predict the occupational development outlook. This study is helpful to deeply explore the psychological state of pre-service international Chinese language teachers and provide some references and enlightenment for the training of pre-service international Chinese language teachers.Abstract: With the rise of China and the increasing global influence of the Chinese language, international Chinese language education has gradually become a focal point in the global education field. In the flourishing development of international Chinese language education, the training and support for pre-service international Chinese language teachers ha...Learn More
Abstract: With the development of the Internet, the crowdfunding has attracted extensive attention for its convenience and efficiency, as well as its great power in spreading and influence. However, some negative news has caused a huge crisis of credibility frequently at the same time. In the context of the Internet, it focused on the crowdfunding, and aimed to explore the relationship among the interpersonal trust, institutional trust and the donation behavior of college students. By adopting quantitative-research method, 326 valid questionnaires were collected. The results are as following: Firstly, without the interference of gender and educational degree, the interpersonal trust of the crowdfunding can significantly affect the donation behavior of college students. Secondly, without the interference of gender and educational degree, the institutional trust of the crowdfunding can significantly affect the donation behavior of college students as well. Thirdly, compared to the institutional trust, interpersonal trust has a more significant impact on the donation behavior of college students. As for the implications, it puts forward several suggestions to promote interpersonal trust and institutional trust in terms of individual, platform, and government levels.Abstract: With the development of the Internet, the crowdfunding has attracted extensive attention for its convenience and efficiency, as well as its great power in spreading and influence. However, some negative news has caused a huge crisis of credibility frequently at the same time. In the context of the Internet, it focused on the crowdfunding, and aimed...Learn More
Abstract: As a newly-rising online tool, Automated Evaluation of Writing (AWE) combines multiple functions of improving the writing, playing an increasingly important role in the teaching of English writing in China. It has attracted more and more scholars to conduct the relevant research. However, rare studies noticed the students’ perspective. In view of this, this study follows the guidance of metacognition, constructivism, activity theory, dynamic assessment theory and output hypothesis in order to figure out what students can utilize with AWE, which gives a boost to the actualization of the practical value of AWE and most importantly, the development of students’ English writing. To obtain real feedback from students on AWE (take Correcting Network for example), this study applied the method of questionnaire and interview to collect data. In this way, we concluded the comments on AWE from the perspective of students, and found out the ideal practice to benefit students in their English writing. According to the analytical results, this study developed a student-centered model that mobilized the resources available to students in their learning. Because of the limitations of AWE for improving students’ writing, help from teachers, other students or peers, and even students themselves should play an active role in the use and improvement of AWE.Abstract: As a newly-rising online tool, Automated Evaluation of Writing (AWE) combines multiple functions of improving the writing, playing an increasingly important role in the teaching of English writing in China. It has attracted more and more scholars to conduct the relevant research. However, rare studies noticed the students’ perspective. In view of t...Learn More
