上外法硕“区域与国别法”讲座系列

上外法硕“法律职业与涉外法务”讲座系列

Metacognition, or “cognition about cognition” is essentially about how learners understand themselves as learners, their learning tasks, and strategies for effective learning. In this talk, the presenter will clarify these three aspects as to how they can be better and more effectively used in classroom pedagogy for engaging foreign language learners as well as for improving their language learning efficacy through a pedagogically scaffolding approach. The whole talk will be a nice blend of a simple presentation of the ideas related to the concept of “metacognition” and the “metacognitively-scoffolded” approach before specific classroom processes and strategies are to be discussed.

Nowadays, schools are pressed to equip students with advanced literacy skills to navigate an information-based society, where access to educational and professional opportunities, as well as to health, politics, civic and even social news, relies more than ever before on individuals’ literacy skills (Wagner, 2015). Yet, today many schools around the world struggle to adequately support their adolescent students’ literacy achievement. In the United States, for instance, by the end of middle school, a disquieting majority of students perform below expected proficiency levels in reading and writing (National Center for Educations Statistics, 2015). Motivated by this reality, Prof. Uccelli discusses academic language as a promising research area to better understand why so many adolescents struggle with reading comprehension. Building upon a newly proposed operational construct, Core Academic Language Skills (CALS), Prof. Uccelli will introduce a program of research that empirically assesses an array of cross-disciplinary language skills and their contribution to adolescents’ reading comprehension.

诗经《关雎》篇属于《国风·周南》，是《诗经》全篇的第一首诗，也是整部《诗经》中流传最广、影响最大的诗篇之一。相传《诗经》由周代尹吉甫收集、孔子编订，而《关雎》被选为《诗经》的开篇之作，其中是否有特殊用意，至今已不得而知。

一般认为《关雎》是一首描述青年男女之间爱恋的诗歌，孔子在《论语》中对其评价为“乐而不淫，哀而不伤”，民国学者陈子展注解“乐得淑女以配君子之诗”。而司马迁则评述为“周道缺，诗人本之衽席，《关雎》作”，认为《关雎》是在周道衰微时产生的一首昭示道德、讽喻政事的诗作，在男女恋爱之上又增添了一层政治含义。

而无论在哪种解释中，对“君子”和“淑女”两个意象的解读，以及对其背后蕴藏的历史、道德、文化逻辑的梳理，都是学者们绕不开的重要课题。

11月19日，学者姚小鸥将从《关雎》入手，具体阐释诗歌产生的文化背景，带来对诗作的文化解读。欢迎同学们参加。

在上一场导师经验分享会中，作为嘉宾的查明建老师在以“心远地自偏——我的阅读体验”为主题的讲座中，向我们讲述了他从少年时代一路走来的阅读经历，和他踏上比较文学之路的历程，与我们分享了在不同的人生阶段中曾经给予他心智启迪和人生感悟的书籍，以及他对“有情怀的学者”的理解。査明建老师在导师分享会上的精彩分享也收到了同学们的热烈反响和一致好评。
今年，学生联合会研究生工作部倾力打造了升级版的导师分享会，在导师经验分享的基础上，加长问答互动环节。同时，为鼓励同学们好好把握与老师难得的直接交流机会，更特设有奖互动环节。
本期分享会，我们有幸邀请到英语学院吴其尧教授为我们做精彩分享。

为探讨2018年中东地区形势和热点问题的新变化，分析中东国家内部发展和对外政策面临的新问题，研判中东局势和大国中东政策的走向，同时为《阿拉伯世界研究》发掘学术前沿议题、提高期刊理论深度和学术影响力，上海外国语大学中东研究所和《阿拉伯世界研究》编辑部于2018年11月17日联合举办“中东地区形势研讨会暨《阿拉伯世界研究》2019年度选题策划会”。