Are Chinese nationals’ attitudes to wildlife tourist attractions different from those of other nationalities?

Many wildlife tourist attractions (WTAs) have negative impacts on animal welfare and species conservation. In the absence of regulation, raising standards requires tourists to create market pressure by choosing to attend WTAs with benefits for wildlife. We surveyed respondents from five countries – China, Australia, Canada, UK, and USA – to quantify how attitudes to captive animals, and towards WTAs’ outputs and standards, may vary with nationality. Our aim was to provide a firm basis for behaviour change interventions to alter current patterns of tourist consumption of WTAs. All respondents agreed on the importance of conservation and animal welfare, but Chinese respondents were twice as likely to believe that WTAs would not be allowed to exist if they were bad for animals, and that WTAs’ promotional materials were reliable indicators of welfare and conservation standards. These findings indicate Chinese respondents had fundamentally similar attitudes to those from the other countries, but differed in how those attitudes were likely to be applied. Chinese tourists may experience more barriers to aligning their actions with their values with respect to WTAs. Removing these barriers may require information campaigns to highlight the lack of regulation, and the unreliability of some WTAs’ promotional materials and tourists’ reviews.     

Do national political parties matter? Evidence from Italian municipalities

Recently several countries have experienced a drop in popularity of national political parties, accompanied by the success of independent movements (e.g. “Civic Lists” in Italy). I exploit the success of “Civic Lists” in Italian municipalities and use them as a comparison group for party-affiliated politicians, to test whether national parties affect fiscal discipline. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD), I show that party-affiliated mayors are more fiscally responsible: they run lower deficits, accumulate less debt and reduce expenditures. The effect is significant only for municipalities not constrained by fiscal rules. This suggests that national parties act as a substitute for fiscal rules in constraining politicians. Besides, I provide evidence that the discipline of party-affiliated politicians is linked to better career prospects: party-affiliated mayors have a higher probability of being re-elected and better chances of being promoted to higher levels of government. Alternative stories find less support in the data.     

深化学科认知与构建中国特色社会主义政治经济学理论体系

对学科的认知包括认识学科内涵、学科性质与任务、学科发展进路等核心问题,关系到如何构建学科体系,是学科建设的重要内容。从深化学科认知的视角,中国特色社会主义政治经济学的学科发展与理论体系构建,要坚持几个重大原则,包括把中国特色社会主义政治经济学建立在历史唯物主义的基础之上;要以生产关系分析为核心来构建中国特色社会主义政治经济学的理论范式;坚持以人民为中心是中国特色社会主义政治经济学的本质属性;把共同富裕作为中国特色社会主义政治经济学的逻辑主线;以问题为导向研究新时代中国特色社会主义建设的重大理论与实践问题;《中国特色社会主义政治经济学》教材要体现学科的创新发展。     

跨境电商英语沟通中的语用移情策略研究

跨境电商的飞速发展离不开跨境电商英语沟通质量的提升,跨境电商英语沟通是在交流过程中,买卖双方传递、共享信息和感情的过程。运用语用学的移情理论,结合跨境电商英语沟通特点,从礼貌语、委婉语、模糊语和幽默语等方面,建构语用移情策略,有助于缩短买卖双方的心理距离,达到预期的语用效果,推动畅通有效地跨境电商沟通。     

大学英语教学应激发学生的学习兴趣

学习兴趣是学生学习的动力。大学英语教学应通过培养良好的师生关系,根据学生差异,做到因材施教,努力创设语言环境,合理使用奖惩,激发学生的学习兴趣。     

英语专业教学中写作与阅读的互动模式

从ESL写作理论有关阅读和写作的相互关系出发,我国英语专业教学应加强读写教学的联系,建立读写互动模式。由读到写,从写作者角度阅读;以写促学,从读者角度写作。     

大学英语课堂教学中学生主体作用探究

学生是学习的主体,英语教师的重要任务是帮助学生学会主动学习和思考,开发其潜能,在教学中充分发挥学生的主体作用。     

综合英语课程基础阶段的教与学

综合英语课基础阶段的教学直接关系着英语专业的教学质量。营造语言环境,加强语言基本功训练,全面提高学生素质,是保证基础训练教学质量的关键之所在。     

广告英语的修辞魅力

现代广告的作用举足轻重,它可以使一个名不经传的品牌一夜间家喻户晓,也可以使老品牌重新焕发勃勃生机。广告语力求新颖别致,不落俗套,就少不了各种修辞手法,英文广告也不例外。     

英语听力学习策略的个案调查

学习策略研究的重点在于元认知策略中的计划、监控、评价等策略和情感策略运用结构化访谈的方法对学习英语成功者与不成功者进行对比研究,发现其在元认知策略、情感策略的使用上存在较大差异。