Recognising continuous speech in a second language is often unexpectedly difficult, as the operation of segmenting speech is so attuned to native-language structure. We report the initial steps in development of a novel training method for secondlanguage listening, focusing on speech segmentation and employing a task designed for studying this: word-spotting. Listeners detect real words in sequ...

In this paper, the writer aims to the cultivation of electrical specialists on the basis of training mode of the engineering talent at colleges and universities and puts forward the research on reform in education and innovative cultivation of electrical specialty by analyzing the teaching conditions of electrical specialty. Then the author puts forward some new ideas on the aspects of the teac...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of digital storytelling (DST) in improving oral reading fluency by using the preview function of the software Photo Story 3. This application easily handles the recording and revising of a narration, which is an essential part of oral reading. DST is the art of telling stories through the use of various multimedia, such as text, still im...

This Article presents an overview of the higher legal education system in China: its structure, purposes, teaching methods, and problems. The Article suggests ways to reform China’s higher legal education system, including clinical legal education, one of the new practical teaching methods that has been used by many law schools in China with promising results. CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION AND THE R...

In problem solving situation, cognitive flexibility appears to be a major skill. Fostering cognitive flexibility is therefore a specific stake in mathematics education. This research introduces a learning method to develop mathematical concepts when solving word arithmetic problems. The study was conducted with 8 classes (4-5 Grades) from highpriority education schools in the Paris area followi...

This paper discusses business games as teaching tools in Technology Management (TM). The discipline’s traditional teaching methods, while appropriate for the dissemination of foundational knowledge, do not provide the optimal platform for students to link abstract concepts and real-world problems. We suggest that business simulation games are an effective way to engage students in TM topics; th...

The author compares the relative successes of two different teaching techniques in seminars for a first year university course in Finance. This paper tests to see if there is one overriding approach that enables all students to learn effectively in seminars or whether different students benefit from different teaching techniques. An experiment will be carried out on a subset of a first year Fin...

As learning is seen to be a social process as well as an intellectual activity in which teachers work in active partnership with students, “Teaching by Joint Presentation” (TJP) project sought to investigate what a humanistic concept of teacher-student joint presentation and critical inquiry can evoke in the language classroom within Chinese context. 289 college English literature learning stud...

This paper,based on the “knowledge,ability and quality”,establishes knowledge integration modular curriculum system. For the first time in Henan Province,this paper creates a professional ability standard module for tourism management,establishes the diversified teaching method which possesses the characteristics of teaching process integration. To enhance the learning assessment method of stud...

Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching technique in which authentic, real-world projects are used as the primary vehicle to drive the student’s learning experience. This technique has been found to be very effective, but its overall adoption rate is relatively low, in part due to teachers’ unfamiliarity with how to best use technology to successfully implement it. This research study involv...