学术英语词汇与阅读-3.ppt

* * Academic Words and Expressions In Literature Reviews Of Research Articles 2. Literature review 2.1. Characteristics and needs of learning in young gifted children Generally speaking, exceptionally gifted children are children who exhibit a higher level of personal maturity in one or more areas than others of the same age or others at similar stages of intellectual and emotional development (Hoeksema, 1982; Gross, 1993). The advanced cognitive abilities of gifted children at four or five may include (a) high verbal ability, such as using words they create and familiar words to create long and complicated sentences, ability to explain more than ten simple terms, and faster responses to questions asked by teachers; (b) high reading ability, such as ability to read before the age of five without direct vocabulary teaching by adults, or having a wide range of reading materials, especially those reading materials for primary school students or adults; (c) high mathematical ability, such as counting by fives and tens and adding and subtracting double-digit numbers; (d) good time perception, such as ability to read the clock and tell the time to the hour and minutes, and to read months, days of the week, and dates from a calendar; (e) good memory, to be able to memorize or recite exactly five or six numbers or terms or more, to memorize by repeating the words or painting, and to have a more complex memory span than peers; and (f) sustained attention, to be able to direct and focus on a specific object or activity for a period of time, and hate being interrupted. Questions: What is the whole paragraph about? What writing method is used at the beginning of this paragraph? The instruction of young gifted children should be based on an understanding of their characteristics and appropriate assessments. The uneven intellectual, socio-emotional, and motor development of gifted preschoolers should be understood and considered. The assessment should be chosen to bene