Showing papers in "Cross-cultural Communication in 2015"
TL;DR: In this paper, a study on Chinese IPTV audience demand was conducted based on uses and gratifications theory, and the authors explored how variables affect audience satisfaction and put forward feasible suggestions so as to improve audience satisfaction.
Abstract: This paper is a part of the thesis: A Study on Chinese IPTV audience. In this study, on the basis of uses and gratifications theory, starting from IPTV audience demand, the author endeavors to explore how variables affect audience satisfaction and put forward feasible suggestions so as to improve IPTV audience satisfaction. Some mass communications scholars have contended that the uses and gratifications are not a rigorous social science theory. In this article, I argue just the opposite, and any attempt to speculate on the future direction of mass communication theory must seriously include the uses and gratifications approach. And, I assert that the emergence of computer-mediated communication has revived the significance of uses and gratifications. Theoretically and practically, for U&G scholars, however, the basic questions remain the same. Why do people become involved in one particular type of mediated communication or another, and what gratifications do they receive from it? Although we are likely to continue using traditional tools and typologies to answer these questions, we must also be prepared to expand our current theoretical models of U&G to include concepts such as interactivity, demassification, hypertextuality, asynchroneity, and interpersonal aspects of mediated communication.
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TL;DR: In this article, a Dutch version of the Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children who Stutter (KiddyCAT) was administered to a sample of 34 stuttering and 42 non-stuttering children between the age of three and six on two separate occasions.
Abstract: Research with the Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children who Stutter (KiddyCAT) in the United States, Italy and Poland has shown that, as a group, preschool and kindergarten children who stutter report, as of the age of three, already significantly more in the way of a negative attitude toward speech compared to their nonstuttering peers. In addition to its discriminative usefulness, the test’s validity has been established. What still needed to be determined was the KiddyCAT’s test-retest reliability, which was the aim of this investigation. In order to do so, a Dutch form of the KiddyCAT was administered to a sample of 34 stuttering and 42 nonstuttering children between the age of three and six on two separate occasions. After the initial testing, the children were retested a week to 12 days later. For both groups of participants, the scores of the first and second test administration correlated significantly, and the average scores did not differ from each other to a statistically significant extent. Thus, the repeated administration of the test revealed that the obtained first and second test scores were highly dependent and predictable from each other, and stable over time. As a side issue, it was, once again, confirmed that the scores of the children who do and do not stutter differed to a statistically significant extent.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed and elaborated the correlation between labor and economic growth based on the Solow model and analyzed factors affecting economic growth of ten Asian countries through statistical analysis of public data, elaborating the causal relationship between population growth and economic development, and put forward corresponding suggestions.
Abstract: Population size, as an important factor to economic growth, determines supply of human resources directly. The proportion of skilled labor to human resources exerts great influence on a nation’s economy. This essay analyzes and elaborates the correlation between labor— which consists of skilled labor and unskilled labor, and economic growth based on the Solow model. This essay also analyzes factors affecting economic growth of ten Asian countries through statistical analysis of public data, elaborates the causal relationship between population growth and economic development, and puts forward corresponding suggestions.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a content analysis paper of two Hollywood movies (The Kingdom and Rendition ) was presented, both movies were released on 2007 after 9/11 attacks and that is because the paper focusing on the era after 9 /11.
Abstract: This research paper is basically a content analyses paper of two Hollywood Movies ( The Kingdom and Rendition ). Both movies were released on 2007 after 9/11 attacks and that is because the paper focusing on the era after 9/11. It consists of two parts: The literature review part where the author looked into numerous articles and studies that aim at explaining the situation on how Hollywood films depicted the Muslim community after the September 11th attack. In addition, the author looked at different articles and books that studied the history of Muslims and Arabs depiction in the Western media in general and Hollywood movies specifically to find out how theses portrayals and stereotypes have changed after 9/11 attacks. The second part involves the analysis of both movies to find out how Hollywood portrays Arabs and Muslims after 9/11. I analyzed and criticized most of the movies’ scenes with regard to the language they used, the places where the scenes of both movies took place and other minor details such as how the directors narrated and articulated different events and scenes with different Islamic symbols.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the collection of Etudes-Tableaux for piano solo by Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) for the composer's unique manipulation of tonal areas as the basis of the Romantic concept of musical color.
Abstract: The intention of this study is to explore the collection of Etudes-Tableaux for piano solo by Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) for the composer’s unique manipulation of tonal areas as the basis of the Romantic concept of musical color. What is the harmonic linkage that binds these etudes together internally as a set? In order to understand how Rachmaninov uses tonal areas and keys to invoke a special quality, let us first define what we mean by “color.” Traditionally, the term “color” refers to the texture and density of sonority, hence sonic color. In this case, the notion of “color” is related to the way tonal areas and keys play a significant role in the musical context by creating a desired atmosphere and an emotional quality. Intrinsic harmonic qualities of tonal regions are essential to Rachmaninov’s musical expression, according to which color areas may be seen as tableaux or sonic pictures. The term Tableau in Rachmaninov’s double title to signify a “picture” or “painting” also strongly reflects the composer’s use of musical color to suggest some kind of pictorial connotation.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a view into the civic mind of the greatest scholar of the Socratic school whose clinical and critical study of his society has continued to influence the modern thought.
Abstract: The notions of citizen and citizenship have been understood in different senses. When Barrack Obama was campaigning for his presidential election some years back, many conservatives peddled conflicting stories about his US citizenship. Some of the stories alleged that: his birth certificate was forged, he had dual citizenship in both the US and Britain and his country of birth was either Kenya or Indonesia, not Honolulu in Hawaii where he was actually born. Thus citizenship today denotes a link between a person and his state of birth with the rights to work, trade, reside and participate in the civic life of the community. Compared with the ancient world, citizenship, with regard to the state, conveyed deeper meaning. The ancient Greeks believed that the state is a creature of nature. By nature, man himself is a political animal, only capable of relating to humanity through his rights to participate in the affairs of the state. The state is a multifaceted entity, made up of citizens. Therefore, without the citizens, there is no state and without the state, no citizens. It then follows that the extent to which a state is good is proportional to the nature of its citizens and vice versa. For the Greeks, like Aristotle, the city-state should be the only proper setting for man’s greatest good (summum bonum). In view of the above and in the face contemporary realities in African states, it becomes imperative to look again at the roots of citizenship in order to understand both its historical and cultural context. Using Aristotle’s Politics as a template, this paper reviews the concept of citizenship by providing insights into the workings and attitudes of the citizens of the state of Athens, the city that served as “education to all Hellas”. Simultaneously, the paper presents a view into the civic mind of Aristotle, the greatest scholar of the Socratic school whose clinical and critical study of his society has continued to influence the modern thought.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose to change the double-track system into unitary track system, that means every citizen or farmer, whatever, so long as a Chinese would have the right to buy the land wherever is located in the rural area or in the urban area.
Abstract: In China, there are two tracks in the system of land ownership which are respectfully adaptable for urban citizens and for rural farmers. The ownership of rural land belongs to the village whereas the ownership of urban land belongs to the state, the government, in a sense. Therefore, based on the double-track system the land in urban can be sold to anyone for use but the land in the village can only be sold to the villagers, that means, the identities of buyers must be restrained, which is absolutely unfair and unjust to Chinese people. Therefore we need to change the double-track system into unitary-track system, that means every citizen or farmer, whatever, so long as a Chinese would have the right to buy the land wherever is located in the rural area or in the urban area. Everyone in China has the right to buy or to sell the land you have occupied lawfully. Cancellation of the special track to farmer’s land, making all lands belong to the state, controlled and supervised by state special departments, is not just imperative, but also feasible.
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TL;DR: Transcatheter closure can be used as an alternative to surgical treatment in the range of indication and is lower than SC in operation success rate, operation complication rate and operation immediate residual shunt rate; and TC is higher thanSC in the hospitalization expenses.
Abstract: Objective: To compare the curative effect, safety and medical cost of transcatheter closure and surgical closure in ventricular septal defect in China，so as to provide references for treatment plans of ventricular septal defect in clinic medicine. Methods: Chinese literature databases such as CBM, VIP, CNKI, Wan Fang and English literature databases such as PubMed, Ovid and EBSCO were searched from the date of their establishment to June 2015 for collecting the related articles, the collected articles were screened, extracted, evaluated, and analyzed by using Revman5. 3 software. Results: 23 articles (16 Chinese articles, 7 English articles) met the inclusion criteria，transcatheter closure (TC) group included 2801 cases，surgical closure (SC) group included 3,086 cases. Meta-analysis results showed as following：(a) operation success rate：TC group was lower than SC group (RR=0.98, 95% CI=0.96~0.99, P = 0.008)；(b) operation complication rate：TC group was lower than SC group (RR=0.62, 95% CI=0.46~0.84, P=0.002)；(c) operation immediate residual shunt rate：TC group was lower than SC group (RR=0.69, 95% CI = 0.51~ 0.95, P=0.02)；(d) operation time：TC group was shorter than SC group (SMD= -2.87, 95% CI = -3.60 ~ -2.13, P<0.00001)；(e) length of hospital stay：TC group was shorter than SC group (SMD= -1.55, 95% CI=-2.14 ~ -0.95, P<0.00001)；(6) hospitalization expenses：TC group was higher than SC group (SMD=1.02, 95% CI=0.12~1.93, P=0.03). Conclusion: TC is lower than SC in operation success rate，operation complication rate and operation immediate residual shunt rate; and TC is shorter than SC in operation time and length of hospital stay；but TC is higher than SC in the hospitalization expenses. Thus, transcatheter closure can be used as an alternative to surgical treatment in the range of indication.
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TL;DR: This paper explored the practice of insisting among people in the Palestinian society with respect to invitations and found that it is desirable and expected behavior which usually aims at highlighting in-group solidarity and revealing affiliation and hospitality.
Abstract: This paper explores the practice of insisting among people in the Palestinian society with respect to invitations. Even though insistence is perceived as a Face Threatening Act (FTA) in some societies (Brown & Levinson, 1987), the study shows that insistence in Palestinian society is desirable and expected behavior which usually aims at highlighting in-group solidarity and revealing affiliation and hospitality. Building mainly on studies in socio-pragmatics and some ethnographic work in communication, this study examines instances of insistence by means of which caring and hospitality are conveyed as markers of affiliation that recreate an interpersonal ideology of connectedness.
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TL;DR: In this article, the current situation and problems of educational inheritance of the intangible cultural heritages of the Man ethnic group in Liaoning province in China are analyzed, and the corresponding countermeasures, in order to provide ideas for their educational inheritance and protection.
Abstract: Education, as an important way of spreading human civilization, has the far-reaching influence on the cultural heritance and development. Educational inheritance of the intangible cultural heritage is one of the best forms of protection at present. This paper mainly analyses the current situation and problems of educational inheritance of the intangible cultural heritages of the Man ethnic group in Liaoning province, and puts forward the corresponding countermeasures, in order to provide ideas for their educational inheritance and protection.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose two pedagogical approaches to teaching culture: critical pedagogy and comparison pedagology, and integrate the cultivation of critical thinking skills and inter-cultural communication competence in intercultural communication course.
Abstract: The cultivation of critical thinking skills and intercultural communication competence have been put on list of top priorities in the current English teaching and education reform. The 2000 version of Higher Education Teaching Syllabus for English Majors stresses the importance of cultivating independent thinking and innovative skills, and also emphasizes the significance of incorporating students’ cultural sensitivity, flexibility to meet the demands of increasingly widespread international communication. Moreover, fostering intercultural communication competence is an important part of developing critical thinking skills, and these two are correlated in the process of language teaching. This paper explores how to integrate the cultivation of critical thinking skills and intercultural communication competence in intercultural communication course by proposing two pedagogical approaches to teaching culture: critical pedagogy and comparison pedagogy.
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper conducted a literature review and comparative analysis on translation turns and definitions of translation at home and abroad, and concluded that although translation studies have seen a great number of turns, few scholars studied turns of translation systematically and showed interests in the influence of the translation definitions on the turns.
Abstract: With the development of such disciplines as linguistics, literature, sociology, anthropology, psychology and the rise of deconstructionism, post colonialism, feminism, more and more theories are applied to translation studies since the 1950s. The introduction of the theories from various kinds of thoughts and disciplines not only offers new perspectives for translation studies, but also brings new turns to it. As a specific turn of translation studies is one of the nuclear parts of translation studies, the study of translation and its turns attracts some scholars’ attentions. Abroad, the representative figures are Andre Lefevere, Susan Bassnett, Mary Snell-Hornby, Jeremy Munday, and Edwin Gentzler and so on. In China, there are few scholars such as Wang Ning, Lu Jun, Xie Tianzheng have ever studied on the turns in translation studies. Owing to the role translation definition plays in translation studies as well as the turns of the methodology, the aspects of the research background are viewed in this paper: the studies on the translation turns and the definitions of translation at home and abroad. Based on literature review and comparative analysis, the paper finally comes to the conclusion: although translation studies have seen a great number of turns, few scholars studied turns of translation systematically and showed interests in the influence of the translation definitions on the turns.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that there is an aspect of ẹbọ as spirit of the divine obtainable only from a ritual action, which is fundamentally lacking in the concept of afu as spirit.
Abstract: Ẹbọ is divine Spirit It is the creative and sustaining principle with which the Supreme Being—Ọjọ creates and re-creates the Igala universe It is through ẹbọ as spirit, that Ọjọ reveals God’s self through the earth deity—anẹ, the ancestors—ibegwu and other nature spirits Therefore, as spiritual beings ẹbọ have autonomous iconic existence apart from its physical representation in Idols, effigies and artifacts—ode Through symbolic-ritual actions, ẹbọ makes Ọjọ accessible and beneficiary to the human through the ministry of healing and charisma In the 1920s, while recognizing the positive influence of the ẹbọ—ibegwu cult among the Igala, the Ajokodo Bible translated the spirit as ibegwu During the later missionary era, ẹbọ was diminished and demonized As a result, ẹbọ lost its spirit connotation and dangerously become a synonym of idol—ode On account of this pejorative association the 1970 translation of the Igala bible translated divine spirit as afu—wind, instead of ẹbọ—ibegwu The appreciation of ẹbọ as spirit has enormous implication for Igala Christian Pneumatology—science of the spirit and the Holy Spirit The conception of any authentic Igala Pnuematology must first confront the reality ẹbọ as divine spirits in the Igala spirit—world In essence, the appropriation of the word afu for spirit constitutes not only an escapism, but a monumental hindrance to theological inculturation In this essay, I argue that there is an aspect of ẹbọ as spirit of the divine obtainable only ritual action—worship, that is fundamentally lacking in the concept of afu as spirit In that, among the Igala, afu has no cult, or ritual significance My take in this essay can be stated as follows: unless we know what is spirit within the Igala world we cannot claim to know what the Holy Spirit is doing in the lives of the Igala Christian
TL;DR: In this article, a summary after reading Kant's "Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals" is given, and it clarifies the logical sequence of the book and tries to answer the fundamental question of the possibility of a moral.
Abstract: In response to Hume’s skepticism, in the book “Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals”, Kant proved the possibility of moral. This paper is a summary after reading this book of Kant. It clarifies the logical sequence of “Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals”, and tries to answer this fundamental question––the possibility of a moral.
TL;DR: In this paper, a transition from leaping type growth to stable development has happened during the last 10 years of Chinese postgraduate education, but the growth of scale is still rising rapidly.
Abstract: A transition from leaping type growth to stable development has happened during the last 10 years of Chinese postgraduate education, but the growth of scale is still rising rapidly. Expansion of scale brings up a series of problems need to be solved, in which the most prominent problem is excessively focusing on academical postgraduate education and ignoring the training of professional postgraduate at the same time. This paper is aimed at clarifying the development trend of postgraduate education in China from academical to professional, and tries to explore the direction for further reform.
TL;DR: The authors defined the meaning of new media literacy of children and suggested that all manner of effort should be made to safeguard childhood in experiencing children new media with the objective of fostering proactive target audience and the kernel of reconstructing the subject of children.
Abstract: Rapid development of new media has given birth to the so-called participatory culture. However, as an active group, children are swept along in this trend and moreover, they are thrown to the edge of danger of over-entertainment and over-consumption. This paper sorts out and defines the meaning of new media literacy of children, suggesting that all manner of effort should be made to safeguard childhood in experiencing children new media with the objective of fostering proactive target audience and the kernel of reconstructing the subject of children.
TL;DR: In this paper, a tentative comparison of address forms in Chinese and English has been made from a cultural-pragmatic perspective with the aim to guide the interpersonal communication, and an investigation of various kinds of meanings conveyed in address forms and the way they affect the use has also been carried out with the purpose to offer explanations associated with cultures in different languages.
Abstract: Address forms are the most frequently used words in speech communication, and they are of great importance in interpersonal communication, particularly in cross-cultural interaction. In this article a tentative comparison of address forms in Chinese and English has been made from a cultural-pragmatic perspective with the aim to guide the interpersonal communication. Meanwhile, an investigation of various kinds of meanings conveyed in address forms and the way they affect the use has also been carried out with the purpose to offer explanations associated with cultures in different languages.
TL;DR: Zhang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the influence of economic new normal on college students' business startups and main difficulties faced by college students during business startups under economic new norm and found that the economic newnormal generated more needs of business startups, needed more entrepreneurship participation of college students and required impressive promotion of the entrepreneurship efficiency.
Abstract: The economic new normal has become a necessary stage of China’s economic development. In order to promote effective business startups of college students under economic new normal, research on influences of economic new normal on college students’ business startups and main difficulties faced by college students during business startups under economic new normal was carried out. Findings of research: The economic new normal generated more needs of business startups, needed more entrepreneurship participation of college students and required impressive promotion of the entrepreneurship efficiency. However, the present entrepreneurship environment cannot satisfy urgent needs of college students’ business startups. What’s more, factors such as lack of entrepreneurship capital, insufficient education on college entrepreneurship, low entrepreneurship quality of college students and social prejudice seriously impeded the development of college students’ business startups. Hence, support of college students’ business startups should be strengthened in aspects of entrepreneurship environment optimization, fund-raising channel innovation for entrepreneurship, innovation of the college entrepreneurship education system and social support etc..
TL;DR: This paper summarized the application of different information technology in China's classroom teaching with the advances in modern technology, including audio-visual teaching, multimedia teaching, interactive electronic whiteboard teaching, and micro-teaching.
Abstract: The paper briefly sums up the application of different information technology in China’s classroom teaching with the advances in modern technology, including the audio-visual teaching, the multimedia teaching, the interactive electronic whiteboard teaching, and the micro-teaching.
TL;DR: Pushing Hands as discussed by the authors is a movie about the differences between Chinese and American family values, where the father-in-law from China and the daughter-inlaw from America can't adapt to each other in the family life because of the culture differences.
Abstract: Pushing Hands is a movie telling the differences between Chinese and American family values. In the movie, the father-in-law from China and the daughter-in-law from America can’t adapt to each other in the family life because of the culture differences. This paper mainly demonstrates the difference between China and the west in family values, describes its difference in various aspects as well as the causes of it and trends of integration.
TL;DR: This discussion paper used a brief qualitative research report to understand the meaning of driving to older Americans from the perspective of a Korean researcher in order to increase cultural sensitivity.
Abstract: This discussion paper used a brief qualitative research report to understand the meaning of driving to older Americans from the perspective of a Korean researcher in order to increase cultural sensitivity. In-depth audio-recorded interviews were conducted with two older Americans by the Korean researcher. A conventional content analysis was performed, resulting in the conceptual model describing their meaning of driving according to life cycle. The Korean researcher’s auto-biographical journal, a coding scheme, peer debriefing, and thick description with quotes were utilized to ensure the trustworthiness of study findings. Participants described the meaning of driving throughout their lifespan as having four themes: Starting to be autonomous, Staying autonomous, Losing autonomy, and Regaining autonomy. Unlike older Koreans, having driving privileges greatly influences the feeling of autonomy among older Americans. In order to provide culturally-sensitive care for older Americans, it is imperative to recognize the loss of autonomy that results from losing their driving privileges.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the present situation of education in the higher vocational colleges in Germany and brought great influence to the de-administration reform of the Higher Vocational Colleges in China.
Abstract: This research explores the present situation of education in the higher vocational colleges in Germany and it brings great influence to the de-administration reform of the higher vocational colleges in China Then, it concludes the manifestations of de-administration reform of the higher vocational colleges in China At the same time, it also analyzes the existing problems of de-administration in the higher vocational colleges in China Hence, it comes up with the reform paths of the higher vocational colleges (HVC) in China
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the changes of classroom questioning at senior secondary school in visual culture context so as to improve art appreciation instruction and find out the strategy for the further development of art education at junior secondary school based on that at primary and junior secondary schools.
Abstract: This paper discusses art appreciation instruction and the changes of classroom questioning at senior secondary school in visual culture context so as to improve art appreciation instruction and find out the strategy for the further development of art education at senior secondary school based on that at primary and junior secondary schools. It analyzes existing problems including classroom questioning in traditional appreciation education by the method of case analysis. It also makes in-depth discussion on art appreciation instruction and the changes of classroom questioning at senior secondary school in visual culture context.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply Foucault's theory of discourse to illustrate the relationship between the East and the West, and then give a comprehensive analysis of the function of the theory of enlightening us to establish a positive East-West relation.
Abstract: In the world today, there still exist the relationship of the mainstream and the marginal, the dominating and the dominated between the East and the West. And Foucault’s theory of Discourse offers us a powerful theoretical weapon to break the mentality of the binary opposition between the East and the West, for it not only exposes the deeper mechanism of the western mainstream discourse, but also proposes the strategy to subvert it, that is, to establish a kind of counter-discourse through education/knowledge, and in this way, to deconstruct the western dominant discourse and establish a dialogic and construcive relationship between the East and the West. So this article will apply Foucault’s theory of discourse to illustrate the relationship between the East and the West, and then give a comprehensive analysis of the function of Foucault’s theory of enlightening us to establish a positive East-West relation.
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors proposed to reform the traditional teaching mode, creativity and choice will help cultivate students' logic and ability and develop the new class teaching mode that can promote the students comprehensively.
Abstract: Now according to the current conditions of Chinese talent market, Chinese higher education has not functioned enough in cultivating pragmatic talent with strong creativity, there is a necessity in reforming class teaching for Chinese universities. It depends on many factors when it comes to the point that how higher education cultivates creative spirit and ability of the students. It requires the educational ideas and educational concepts in the new century to guide the reform and practice; it has to start from reforming traditional teaching mode, creativity and choice will help cultivate students’ logic and ability and develop the new class teaching mode that can promote the students comprehensively. As the core and key of educational reform, class teaching directly relates to the quality of talent cultivation. It shall fully develop the function of the orientation of the policies and stimulate activity and initiative of the teachers so as to promote class teaching reform and establish relevant management system guaranty.
TL;DR: In the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the party overviewed the value goal, value orientation and value criterion of the core socialist values from the three aspects, the view of state, society and citizens as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In the 18th National Congress, our party overviews the value goal, value orientation and value criterion of the core socialist values from the three aspects, the view of state, society and citizens. Di Zi Gui or Standards for Being a Good Student and Child, a book in the Qing Dynasty, is one of the classical works that represents the Chinese traditional social ethics code and conduct requirements. Its connotation is identical with the moral demands of the core socialist values, “patriotism, dedication, integrity, friendship”, and become an important traditional culture source of the core socialist values. It has great significance to enhance the national cultural heritage of Di Zi Gui in the following aspects, cultivating the citizens the patriotic consciousness, solving the problems of moral anomie and lack of honesty, carrying forward the traditional virtues, and inspiring people’s mission and sense of responsibility for their work.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used survey questionnaires to observe the relationship between classroom environment and psychological suzhi of minority middle school students in Yunnan, and found a significant negative correlation between the factors of the burden of learning in the class environment and the psychological SUZHI of minority students.
Abstract: In this study, 1307 minority middle school students in Yunnan are surveyed. This study uses survey questionnaires to observe the relationship between classroom environment and psychological suzhi of minority middle school students. The results show that: (a) the psychological suzhi of the Bai middle school students in terms of cognitive qualities, adaptability and psychological suzhi overall score is significantly better than the Yi and Hui students; (b) there is a significant positive correlation between the factors of teacher-student relationship, order and discipline, competition, the relationship between students in the class environment and minority students’ psychological suzhi; there is a significant negative correlation between the factors of the burden of learning in the class environment and the psychological suzhi of minority middle school students; (c) the factors of the teacher-student relationship, competition and the relationship between students in class environment have a significant positive prediction function on the psychological suzhi of minority middle school students.
TL;DR: In this article, a double-edged effect of MOOC on the Chinese higher education and general education had a greater impact, general education curriculum is necessary to face the reality of the existing bottlenecks, confront new ideas and challenges that MOOC bring to.
Abstract: In recent years MOOC as a new curriculum model influence the development of higher education, it has a distinctive feature of digital information, have unique advantages with respect to the traditional online courses: improved learning, curriculum management system of good interaction and a rich learning experience and so on. Compared to the general education curriculum also has a better design and management systemic. MOOC give the “double-edged effect” on the Chinese higher education and general education had a greater impact, general education curriculum is necessary to face the reality of the existing bottlenecks, confront new ideas and challenges that MOOC bring to. Even the traditional teaching methods will not be replaced by MOOC, general education curriculum of Chinese can be absorbed MOOC’s development experience, reflection of immature at MOOC construction for the development of general education courses to provide rational thinking trial.
TL;DR: The authors analyzed the main obstacles in the improvement of students' intercultural communication competence in English teaching with an aim to probe into some solutions as to how to cultivate students' ICC in the process of English learning.
Abstract: Under the context of present globalization, it’s urgent to develop undergraduates’ intercultural communication competence (ICC). On the explanation of related theories of ICC, this paper will analyze the main obstacles in the improvement of undergraduates’ intercultural communication competence in English teaching with an aim to probe into some solutions as to how to cultivate students’ ICC in the process of English learning.
TL;DR: The revaluation of politeness with the amendment of the principles for intercultural communication must be implemented for the sake of efficacious interaction as mentioned in this paper, which has been so long approached by people from the distinctive perspectives of cultures.
Abstract: Politeness phenomenon is universal in language usage, which has been so long approached by people from the distinctive perspectives of cultures. With the advance of intercultural communication politeness can no longer be confined to the study of either the Chinese culture or the English culture, and the revaluation of politeness with the amendment of the principles for intercultural communication must be implemented for the sake of efficacious interaction.