Faculty Publications and Conference Presentations

@本書完整介紹英文文法結構，從最基本的概念與規則，到較為複雜 的例外狀況，均予詳細說明。 @以生動活潑的圖文解說，代替枯燥乏味的文字說明，將抽象文法概 念化為具體的意象，刺激學生的聯想力與學習興趣。 @以精心設計的習題搭配文法概念，讓讀者邊學邊做，從實際演練中 體會文法規則的妙用。 @章末均附有「複習測驗」，可撕下作為測驗試題或課後作業。

Dickinson (1987) stresses that self-access learning is using materials in a self-instructed way to facilitate learning. The term is "neutral on how self-directed or other-directed the learners are". Thus, students could choose to be either self-directed or tutor-directed learners in the centre. Seen in this light, tutor-guided schemes might be considered to be an appropriate device for students who opt for tutor-directed learning in the self-access learning centre. This article tries to look into the practical use of tutor-guided schemes in a self-access centre.

To investigate the value of electronic conferences for English learners, I will first review some major studies related to the use of computers in language classrooms, then present a qualitative analysis of an e-mail corpus collected from a large-scale international writing project that involved 20 ESL discussion groups at the college level. The study attempts to investigate the democratic influence of computer-mediated communication (CMC), and examine the subsequent benefits for language learners. It was found that electronic conferencing encourages a movement from teacher-centred to learner-centred pedagogy, resulting in students constructing their knowledge together, heightening their language awareness, developing spontaneity in communicating in English and sharpening the precision of their word choice.