项目申报是开展科研工作的重要环节之一，也是衡量科研水平的重要标杆、争取科研资源的重要渠道。为了有效提升项目论证水平, 提高立项率,申报者必须详细了解各级各类科研项目的评审过程以及对选题、论证材料的具体要求，以便采取针对性措施，提高课题申报书的撰写质量。本讲座系统回顾2015年度国家社科基金和教育部人文社科规划基金项目的立项情况，对比各学科项目立项比例，详细分析获准立项项目的学科分布以及所占比重，探讨获批项目在选题设计方面的共同特点，透视评审专家对选题的选择倾向以及当前的研究热点和新动向。最后，与研究生探讨并列举实例，讲解申报书各栏目内容的具体写作要求，以期帮助深入了解项目申报的具体要求和新趋势，以便申报者根据国家需求和自身研究基础，更好地规划、凝练选题，科学设计研究内容、方法，合理归纳重点、难点问题，有效地提高项目的论证水平，同时也有助于加强研究生的学术科研能力。

正能量是人正面情绪的集合，它可以使人拥有积极的心态。负能量则是人负面情绪的集合，它会使人拥有一个消极心态。古人在长期的自我修炼中发现，每个人都有自己的生物能量场，只是能量场的强弱不同。能量场强（正向信息）的人不仅可以使自己保持身心上的健康，而且其强大的能量磁场可以同化身边的人；能量场弱（负向信息）的人不仅可以使自己受到负向信息的抑制，而且负向信息会导致身心各方面的气血亏虚，脏腑功能失调。
信念是不断地把讯息传给大脑和神经系统，造成期望的结果。所以，如果你相信会成功，信念就会鼓舞你达成；如果你相信会失败，信念也就会让你经历失败。信念能帮助我们，挖掘出深藏在内心的无穷力量。信念也像指南针和地图，指引我们要去的目标，并确信必能到达。
本讲座旨在引导大学生如何在面对各种压力与历练的同时，通过改变和调整工作生活中的限制性信念，效仿成功者的成功信念模型，运用自身正能量克服各种阻碍，加强身体力行的信念支持，将稳定的正向气场应用于生活、工作的方方面面，促使自己不断前行，走向光明的未来。

Individual differences in learners play a major role in second language learning. For teaching to be effective it needs to take account of individual learner factors. While a number of individual learner factors have been studied, two in particular have been found to influence learning – language aptitude and motivation. This seminar will focus on motivation. It will explore how motivation has been researched, its contribution to L2 learning and how teaching can best take account of what we know about motivation .

Without motivation, an aptitude for learning an L2 is of little value. Learning a second language involves hard work. Therefore, no matter how able the learner is, if he/she is not prepared to put in the necessary hard work, little will be achieved. Motivation is arguably the single most important factor influencing learners’ success in learning an L2. It attracted the attention of both researchers and teachers and has spawned huge interest from researchers.

It will present opportunities and challenges in big data era.

What is comparative sociolinguistics? How is it different from sociolinguistics? This talk tries to answer these questions. It first introduces the concept of comparative sociolinguistics, its origin, its methodology, and its significance for sociolinguistic research. It will look into three types studies of comparative sociolinguistic studies. The first is a comparative study of variations within the same language among different socioeconomic status. The second is a comparative study of a language contact situation where two generations of learners of English adopted different strategies, resulting in different phenomena in variations in the target language. The third is a comparative study of three different types of variations in language contact and its significance beyond sociolinguistics. In conclusion, this talk demonstrates the significance of theoretical conceptual frameworks in sociolinguistic research.

In this talk I will discuss, in my capacity as a guest editor of international scholarly journals, member of editorial boards and referee of such journals, how to research and publish for the international scholarly community
First, I will demonstrate how to write abstracts for international conferences. We will review six anonymous abstracts submitted to recent international conferences. I will ask the workshop participants to read and rate those six abstracts in terms of clarity and scholarly merits, and than I will compare the participants’ ratings with the conferences’ anonymous ratings. I will show how English abstracts are different from Chinese abstracts so that translation of Chinese abstracts into English does not work. Further I will guide the participants through the steps to write a good conference abstract.
Second, I will focus on how to write a manuscript for international scholarly journals by reviewing two submitted anonymous manuscripts with the workshop participants. We will discuss the merits of the research and writing of these two manuscripts and give ratings to them as referees. We will compare the participants’ ratings with anonymous referees’ ratings and examine in what ways the two groups deviate. We will further compare the accepted manuscript and the rejected one to see the correct steps in research and writing up the research for publication.
In conclusion, I will stress that writing actually starts as we plan to do a research in the following steps: (1) identifying the problem/issue, (2) bibliography research, (3) finalizing the methodology, (4) carrying out the research, (5) analyzing the data and exploring its significance, and (6) drawing the conclusion. Writing an abstract and the whole manuscript is to document and represent the above truthfully and skillfully in writing.

一个民族精神生活的基础不外乎以下几种选择：第一，在现世生活的对面，构筑一个神居的彼岸世界，借助现世生活世界与彼岸世界的紧张对立，力求完成文化生活的自我改造；第二，在现世生活之上，构建一个纯粹天然的理念世界，力求借助理性统摄现世生活的欲求；第三，在现世生活之中，引入自然的感性与感性的自然，希望与自我生命的内在本质达成和解。
有趣的是，基于独特的历史境遇与时代背景，美国文化在其开端之处，同时兼具以上三种相悖而又并行的文化精神。它们相互渗透，互为表里，共同构建了美国文化精神的独特气质。美国文明在其“轴心时代”形成的文化精神遗产，深深影响了美国历史的发展进程，并在当代美国政治生活中发挥着潜移默化的作用。

Looking at why Chinese came to Canada - specifically British Columbia in the 1850s – the Gold Rush in the 1880s to build the national railway Negative attitudes held by people in BC.
Attempts by the Federal government to stop Chinese immigration:
1. By imposing a head tax which most Chinese workers could not afford
2. By outright exclusion in 1923
Changes that came after WWII
Chinese community mobilizing to end the Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Canadian activists working for equality
Modern movement to ask the Canadian government to apologize for the Head Tax and compensate them