Creative literacy activities promote positive reading attitude in children learning English as a foreign language          下载免费PDF全文

Bonnie Wing‐Yin Chow  Anna Na Na Hui  Barbie Hiu‐Tung Chui 《Journal of Research in Reading》2018,41(2):278-289

This study investigated the effects of creative literacy classroom activities on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. Ninety Chinese second graders were tested on reading attitude and English receptive vocabulary knowledge. They were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group, which engaged in English creative classroom activities for 10 weeks. Repeated measures analyses showed a significant interaction effect for reading attitude, providing empirical evidence that English creative classroom activities can enhance reading attitude. This study extends past research by demonstrating the links between creative activities and reading attitude, as well as highlights the feasibility of incorporating creative literacy activities within foreign language education. This provides a new direction for researchers and educators to develop instructional practices that incorporate a stimulating environment for English‐as‐a‐foreign‐language students. Future longitudinal research could examine whether these benefits can be maintained over a longer period.  相似文献   

Echoslamming: how incivility interacts with cyberbalkanization on the social media in Hong Kong     

Chung-hong Chan  Cassius Siu-lun Chow  King-wa Fu 《亚洲交流杂志》2013,23(4):307-327

Cyberbalkanization has growingly become common on the Internet and can lead to public’s opinion polarization. This study investigates a specific process of cyberbalkanization through which incivility is circulated within online communities. From a dataset of Hong Kong-based Facebook Pages collected during a social movement, a set of politically-organized communities was identified and their connectivity generated a post-sharing network. A random sample of contents shared between and within these communities was then manually classified based on the level of incivility. The targets of offence through the use of uncivil language were also coded. Contents shared within ideologically compatible communities were found to be more likely to be uncivil. The association was significantly more positive in a populistic community, of which members had unique political nature and cultural norms. The targets were usually political opponents and incivility was adopted to petition detractors from within-community discussions. We therefore suggest ‘echoslamming’ is an online phenomenon through which uncivil contents catalyse anger toward political opponents among ideologically congruent information sources and consequently reinforce the audience’s predilection. Such a mechanism can be one underlying explanation for a vicious circle of cyberbalkanization-induced polarization on political opinions.  相似文献   

Effect of Twinning on Chinese and English Vocabulary Knowledge     

Simpson W.L. Wong  Him Cheung  Mo Zheng  Xiujie Yang  Catherine McBride  Connie Suk-Han Ho  Judy Sze-Man Leung  Bonnie Wing-Yin Chow  Mary Miu Yee Waye 《Child development》2020,91(6):1886-1897

Vocabulary knowledge was tested in a native (Cantonese-Chinese) and foreign (English) language in 150 twins and 150 singletons aged 6–11 years, matched on age, gender, grade level, nonverbal intelligence, parents’ education, family income, and number of siblings and household members. The singletons clearly outperformed the twins on the native vocabulary, but this “twinning effect” was much less noticeable for the foreign vocabulary. The effect on English vocabulary was further reduced after exposure to English at home was controlled. Given that these participants learned most of their English in school rather than home, the present findings support the notion that the twinning effect is associated with increased competition for family interaction in twins compared with singletons.  相似文献   

Child Effects on Parental Negativity: The Role of Heritable and Prenatal Factors     

Chang Liu  Linying Ji  Sy-Miin Chow  Boyoung Kang  Leslie D. Leve  Daniel S. Shaw  Jody M. Ganiban  Misaki N. Natsuaki  David Reiss  Jenae M. Neiderhiser 《Child development》2020,91(5):e1064-e1081

This study examined two possible mechanisms, evocative gene–environment correlation and prenatal factors, in accounting for child effects on parental negativity. Participants included 561 children adopted at birth, and their adoptive parents and birth parents within a prospective longitudinal adoption study. Findings indicated child effects on parental negativity, such that toddlers’ negative reactivity at 18 months was positively associated with adoptive parents’ over-reactive and hostile parenting at 27 months. Furthermore, we found that child effects on parental negativity were partially due to heritable (e.g., birth mother [BM] internalizing problems and substance use) and prenatal factors (e.g., BM illicit drug use during pregnancy) that influence children’s negative reactivity at 18 months. This study provides critical evidence for “child on parent” effects.  相似文献   

A study of student participation and nonparticipation in prelecture electronic surveys     

Vincent C. H. Tong  Danny S. L. Chow 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2013,44(5):869-880

Student nonparticipation in electronic surveys represents a challenge to educators as it may impact significantly on the implementation or evaluation of the associated teaching activities. We here study the student evaluation of a pedagogical project consisting of prelecture online polling followed by linked revision lectures. This investigation involves studying the responses from 43 undergraduate students following a course in accounting at a British university. With regard to the students' views on the use of prelecture polling, our study shows that there are no statistically significant differences between those who did not participate in the online polling and those who did. Both groups of students were generally positive about the use of (1) polling results in structuring the revision lecture, (2) online survey in helping them prepare for the examination and (3) online polling as a teaching platform in other courses. Our findings therefore suggest that prelecture electronic surveys can help engage students with follow‐up lectures, including those who did not participate in the prelecture survey.  相似文献   

Correction to: Within- and cross-language contributions of morphological awareness to word reading and vocabulary in Chinese–English bilingual learners     

Xiuhong Tong  Catherine McBride  Connie Suk-han Ho  Mary Miu Yee Waye  Kevin Kien Hoa Chung  Simpson Wai Lap Wong  Bonnie Wing Yin Chow 《Reading and writing》2018,31(9):2211-2211

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Ground reaction forces and kinematics of plant leg position during instep kicking in male and female collegiate soccer players     

Orloff H  Sumida B  Chow J  Habibi L  Fujino A  Kramer B 《Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports》2008,7(2):238-247

The players' ability to achieve the greatest distance in kicking is determined by their efficiency in transferring kinetic energy from the body to the ball. The purpose of this study was to compare the kinetics and kinematics of the plant leg position between male and female collegiate soccer players during instep kicking. Twenty-three soccer players (11 males and 12 females) were filmed in both the sagittal and posterior views while performing a maximal instep kick. Plant leg kinetic data were also collected using an AMTI 1000 force platform. There were no significant differences between the sexes in plant leg position, but females had significantly greater trunk lean, plant leg angle, and medial-lateral ground reaction force than the males. Males showed higher vertical ground reaction forces at ball contact, but there were no significant differences in ball speed at take-off between the sexes. Ball speed at take-off was inversely related to peak anterior-posterior ground reaction force (-0.65). The anatomical differences between the sexes were reflected in greater trunk lean and lower leg angle in the females.  相似文献   

Teaching Variation Using an Interactive Classroom Activity     

Alan F. Chow  John C. Howard  Nancy J. Lambe 《Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education》2008,6(2):305-311

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中外交流史的文物見證吴哥窟壁畫中的宋朝軍隊     

周之銘 《中国文化》2010,(2)

一 前言 柬埔寨吴哥窟,這個位於柬埔寨暹粒市的聯合國世界文物古迹,自公元1432年真臘(Cambodge)王朝遷都金邊後,就逐漸被埋没在熱帶森林中.一直到1850年,法國探險家波耶服(C.E.Bouillevoux)發現并開始發掘,吴哥窟這才重見天日①,成為了世界級的觀光名勝之一.  相似文献   

Asymptotic Stability of a Class of Non-linear Singularly Perturbed Systems²     

Joe Hong Chow 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1978,305(5):275-281

Sufficient conditions are obtained to guarantee the asymptotic stability of a class of non-linear singularly perturbed systems. A procedure for constructing a Lyapunov function for such a class of systems is given, and a clearly defined domain of attraction of the equilibrium is obtained. A stabilizing feedback control for such systems is also proposed.  相似文献