Abstracts of Major Papers in This Issue

Market-based Reform of the Teaching of Business English Correspondence,

by SHANG Yan &JIN Xin, p.38

Business English correspondence course is one of the core courses in Business English and International Trade. Recently, with the intensification of social competition and the severe employment situation, requirements brought by employers on students’ practical ability of correspondence are increasing. This paper takes an investigation on 45 foreign trade enterprises and 70 students who have already graduated or who are trainees. Through this investigation, we find that there is an asymmetry issue of supply and demand between the teaching of Business English correspondence and market demand. This paper studies the methods of reforming the teaching of Business English correspondence from the angle of social market demand.

An Investigation on Causes and Suggestions of English Learning Burnout of Students at

Application-oriented Colleges,

by LUO Huqin, p.49

From the perspective of qualitative research, the present study investigates the causes of English learning burnout of students at application-oriented colleges by interview. It is found out that the learning burnout was mainly caused by several pairs of contractions. They are the contractions between students’ learning situation and the requirements of college English course, between the requirements raised by students and the curriculum design, between students’ demand of more class activities and the limited teaching resources, between the language used in class and the native language environment, between English learning atmosphere and diversified value orientation of college students, and between the entertaining nature of English learning and students’ assessing methods. The author puts forward some suggestions to decrease students’ learning burnout to some extent, such as teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and foundations, improving students’ interest and enthusiasm in learning, urging students to learn with a rich variety of teaching methods, and encouraging students to participate in the rich and interesting classroom activities to realize their English learning satisfaction and achievement; University should pay more attention to the college English teaching and organize more activities to help create a good atmosphere of learning English and establish a more reasonable examination system.

A Review of Studies of L2 Written Corrective Feedback in China

by FAN Yongmei, p.58

Written corrective feedback (WCF) has always been the focus of L2 writing studies abroad. In recent years, an increasing number of researchers at home have paid much attention to this issue. In spite of the controversy on how to make written corrective feedback and which kind of WCF is more effective, the existing studies of written corrective feedback have demonstrated that WCF research is of great significance to guiding classroom teaching and improving students’ writing ability. The current article reviews the studies of WCF in China in the following aspects, namely, the effectiveness of WCF, the efficacy of different types of WCF, the factors affecting the effectiveness of WCF and learners’ attitudes’ towards WCF, and points out the limitations of these studies. Finally,

suggestions are offered for future WCF research.

An Empirical Study of English Learning Motivational Regulation Strategies

by YU Wei, p.62

The present study investigated, by the quantitative analysis, Chinese university students’ use of English learning motivational regulation strategies. Eight types of motivational regulation strategies were identified through an exploratory factor analysis, that is, interest enhancement, performance self-talk, mastery self-talk, self-reward, negative-based incentive, task value enhancement, volitional control, and self-efficacy enhancement. The result of descriptive statistics showed that generally speaking, Chinese university students used all the eight strategies with medium frequency.

Think-aloud Studies in ESL Reading in a Vocational College,

by LIU Niuwei, p.94

The first part of the research identified proficient readers’ processing Strategies with thinking aloud. The second part of the study investigated whether teaching reading strategies of thinking aloud resulted in acquisition of the target strategies and improving comprehension. The results revealed that there is an increase in mean score of treatment group, and as an instructional approach, think aloud showed the potential to be a useful technique for helping Chinese English learners learn and apply processing strategies to their reading.

The New Research for Fostering the English Versatile Talents Based on Serving the Local

Economy Development

by LIU Xiao Fen & JIANG Wei Ping, p.113

In the present economy development of diversified society, the formal English translators are not so popular as those who can both speak English and be good at other aspects. So, it is urgent for polytechnics to cultivate the both highly-qualified and versatile students with international view. The Applied Foreign Languages Department of Guangdong Polytechnics has worked hard to try a new talent cultivation mode of Business English Majors and found a special way to train versatile graduates for Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta in the past few years.

Stance Adverbs in English Research Articles,

by LUAN Liping & JI Chao, p.138

In recent years, stance expressions have drawn much attention from researchers at home and abroad. Based on the previous studies, the paper explores the stance adverbs in English research articles. Adopting the framework of Biber et al. (1999) for analyzing stance, the study divides the stance adverbs into epistemic, attitude and style adverbs and analyzes the characteristics and functions of stance adverbs by specific instances. The study will make theoretical and practical contributions to the English research article writing and teaching.

Creative Treason in the Translation of Children’s Literature,

by CAI Yan, p.158

Since children are the target readers of children’s literature, translators should take the language features of children’s literature as well as children’s taste into consideration. Therefore, the translator’s creative treason is inevitable in children’s literature translation. This paper makes an analysis of the Chinese version of The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to discuss the use of creative treason in the translation of children’s literature. It proves that in order to convey the content andthe artistic conception of the source text, the translator is required to be creative in translation of children’s literature.

Construction of Translation Teaching Mode from Cognitive Linguistics Perspective on

Translation

by JIANG Hua, p.165

Cognitive linguistics perspective on translation emphasizes the importance of embodiment and cognition, and insists on the dynamic balance between subjective initiative and restriction in the process of translation. Cognitive linguistics perspective on translation provides a new angle on translation research and bears instructive significance on translation teaching. This paper points out the disadvantages of traditional translation teaching mode, and analyzes the elements in translation ability cultivation of objectives of translation teaching, and illustrates how to construct a new translation teaching mode based on cognitive linguistics perspective on translation.

Translation Teaching in Colleges from the Cognitive Linguistics Perspective on Translation

WANG Lisi, p.168

The core of translation teaching is to develop translation abilities. A cognitive linguistic perspective on translation provides a new outlook on the relationship between translation and translation teaching. In translation teaching we should follow the cognitive rule of students to adjust the teaching model so that students could have the capacity of re-expressing the meanings and the world in the target language. Based on the theories of cognitive linguistics and translation, this article analyzes the translation teaching matters and explores the translation teaching in colleges from the Cognitive Linguistics Perspective on Translation.

Urgency of Researches on Translation Strategies for Chinese Cultural Dissemination during International Exchanges of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Profound Considerations about the

Two present Standard Translation Programs of Traditional Chinese Medical Terminologies

LU Yan & TIAN Yang & SHEN Yanxing & SHI Wenjun & HOU Qian, p.177

The paper puts forth the urgency of researches on translation strategies for Chinese cultural dissemination during international exchanges of traditional Chinese medicine from the angle of culturally strengthening the Chinese nation. By studying the two present standard translation programs of traditional Chinese medical terminologies, the purpose is to explore possible translation strategies of both expressing traditional Chinese medical information and spreading Chinese culture simultaneously.

A Feministic Interpretation of the Image of A Lan in The Good Earth

by ZHANG Yige, p.196

Pearl S. Buck, a famous American woman writer, Nobel Prize winner of the year 1938, spent 41 years of her life in China and was deeply immersed in Chinese culture. Although she was ignored by the west feminism, Pearl S. Buck is one of the first proponents of women’s liberation. This paper analyzes the heroine A Lan in The Good Earth, the most representative work of Pearl S. Buck, from a feministic perspective. The author resurveys plots relevant to A Lan, and interprets her female consciousness.