The article presents some major researches concerning the concept of backwash effect of language testing; analyses both the positive and negative effects and their implications in EFL classrooms; then provides some su...The article presents some major researches concerning the concept of backwash effect of language testing; analyses both the positive and negative effects and their implications in EFL classrooms; then provides some suggested ways to be followed when creating positive backwash effects on teaching and learning.展开更多
TEM-8,which aims at testing students’integrated abilities of English,is more and more highly valued.Advanced Eng-lish,with its core teaching aim of cultivating this ability,should have high-quality teaching and optim...TEM-8,which aims at testing students’integrated abilities of English,is more and more highly valued.Advanced Eng-lish,with its core teaching aim of cultivating this ability,should have high-quality teaching and optimized test as its objectives.Thus the test and the course can bring out the best in each other.展开更多
Chinese traditional medicine wastewater, rich in macromolecule and easy to foam in aerobic biodegradation such as Glycosides, was treated by two identical bench-scale aerobic submerged membrane bioreactors （SMBRs） o...Chinese traditional medicine wastewater, rich in macromolecule and easy to foam in aerobic biodegradation such as Glycosides, was treated by two identical bench-scale aerobic submerged membrane bioreactors （SMBRs） operated in parallel under the same feed, equipped with the same electronic control backwashing device. One was used as the control SMBR （CSMBR） while the other was dosed with powdered activated carbon （PAC） （PAC-amended SMBR, PSMBR）. The backwashing interval was 5 min. One suction period was about 90 min by adjusting preestablished backwashing vacuum and pump frequency. The average flux of CSMBR during a steady periodic state of 24 d （576 h） was 5.87 L/h with average hydraulic residence time （HRT） of 5.97 h and that of PSMBR during a steady periodic state of 30 d （720 h） was 5.85 L/h with average HRT of 5.99 h. The average total chemical oxygen demand （COD） removal efficiency of CSMBR was 89.29% with average organic loading rate （OLR） at 4.16 kg COD/（m^3.d） while that of PSMBR was 89.79% with average OLR at 5.50 kg COD/（m^3.d）. COD concentration in the effluent of both SMBRs achieved the second level of the general wastewater effluent standard GB8978-1996 for the raw medicine material industry （300 mg/L）. Hence, SMBR with electronic control backwashing was a viable process for medium-strength Chinese traditional medicine wastewater treatment. Moreover, the increasing rates of preestablished backwashing vacuum, pump frequency, and vacuum and flux loss caused by mixed liquor in PSMBR all lagged compared to those in CSMBR; thus the actual operating time of the PSMBR system without membrane cleaning was extended by up to 1.25 times in contrast with the CSMBR system, and the average total COD removal efficiency of PSMBR was enhanced with higher average OLR.展开更多
To improve the efficiency of backwashing in upflow biological aerated filter （BAF）, a novel backwashing process named air-water siphon backwashing （AWSB） was proposed and applied on laboratory scale. The effects o...To improve the efficiency of backwashing in upflow biological aerated filter （BAF）, a novel backwashing process named air-water siphon backwashing （AWSB） was proposed and applied on laboratory scale. The effects of backwashing on turbidity and suspended solid （SS） in backwashing efluent using this new backwashing process were compared with those of traditional backwashing process, namely air-water backwashing （AWB）. In AWB, the turbidity of backwashing efluent maintained 100 NUT when consumed 60 min and 10.5 L water. However, in AWSB, it declined to 44 NUT, consumed 40 min, and 7 L water. The COD removal of BAF after backwashing was also analyzed. The average removal rate of COD in the reactor backwashed by AWB and AWSB was 89.34% and 90.91%, respectively. Compared with AWB, the backwashing interval had been prolonged 35%. The volume of backwashing water in that AWSB was only 66.7% of that in AWB. The results demonstrated that AWSB required less water and took shorter backwashing timerelative to AWB to achieve the same turbidity of backwashing efluent, and AWSB was more effective in removing fouling than that of AWB. More significant advantage of AWSB was that the backwashing interval was effectively prolonged展开更多
Ultrafiltration(UF)has been increasingly implemented in drinking water treatment plants;however,algae and their secretions can cause severe membrane fouling and pose great challenges to UF in practice.In this study,a ...Ultrafiltration(UF)has been increasingly implemented in drinking water treatment plants;however,algae and their secretions can cause severe membrane fouling and pose great challenges to UF in practice.In this study,a simple and practical chemically enhanced backwashing(CEB)process was developed to address such issues using various cleaning reagents,including sodium hypochlorite(NaClO),sodium chloride(NaCl),sodium hydroxide(NaOH),sodium citrate,and their combinations.The results indicate that the type of chemical played a fundamental role in alleviating the hydraulically irreversible membrane fouling(HIMF),with NaClO as the best-performing reagent,followed by NaCl.Furthermore,a CEB process using a combination of NaClO with NaCl,NaOH,or sodium citrate delivered little improvement in the alleviation of membrane fouling compared with NaClO alone.The optimized dosage and dosing frequency of NaClO were 10 mg·L^(-1) two times per day.Long-term pilot-scale and full-scale experiments further verified the feasibility of the CEB process in relieving algae-derived membrane fouling.Compared with the conventional hydraulic backwashing without chemical involvement,the CEB process can effectively remove the organic foulants including biopolymers,humic substances,and proteinlike substances by means of oxidization,thereby weakening the cohesive forces between the organic foulants and the membrane surface.Therefore,the CEB process can efficiently alleviate the algae-related membrane fouling with lower chemical consumption,and is proposed as an alternative to control membrane fouling in treating the algae-containing surface water.展开更多
Practical English Test for Colleges (PRETCO) is a large-scale national standardized EFL test for the students of higher vocational colleges,postsecondary specialized colleges,and colleges for adults.This thesis is for...Practical English Test for Colleges (PRETCO) is a large-scale national standardized EFL test for the students of higher vocational colleges,postsecondary specialized colleges,and colleges for adults.This thesis is for a preliminary research of PRETCO backwash based on previous studies from home and abroad,making use of their research methods and models.It attempts to explore the aspects of practical English learning of students from higher vocational colleges (HVC) influenced by PRETCO,and the nature of the backwash.Based on the results reported in the study,the writer analyzes the factors inducing negative backwash and puts forward some suggestions for promoting positive one.展开更多
Biomass and microbial activity in backwashing processes of a biofilter for tertiary treatment were investigated. The microbial groups revealed new distribution along the biofilter depth after low flow rate backwashing...Biomass and microbial activity in backwashing processes of a biofilter for tertiary treatment were investigated. The microbial groups revealed new distribution along the biofilter depth after low flow rate backwashing for a short time. Then the start-up process was accelerated by backwashing. The biomass profile and microbial activity profile both varying with depth before and after backwashing, can be mathematically described by quadratic equations. Using the profiles, the difference of oxygen demand can be calculated to determine the airflow rate during backwashing. Combined with the difference between biofilters and rapid gravity filters, analysis of biomass and microbial activity can determine more accurately the required airflow rate during backwashing.展开更多
Herein,we reported a method to prepare magnetic sodalite sphere by using the mud from backwash wastewater after polyaluminum chloride(PAC)coagulation.The results showed that approximately 100%of Fe in the wastewater w...Herein,we reported a method to prepare magnetic sodalite sphere by using the mud from backwash wastewater after polyaluminum chloride(PAC)coagulation.The results showed that approximately 100%of Fe in the wastewater was precipitated as flocculent iron mud(FM)by adding PAC.FM was converted to spherical magnetic sodalite(FMP)with a diameter of 3μm via a facile alkali hydrothermal method without adding Al/Si resources or reductant.The product FMP had the saturated magnetization of 10.9 emu g^(-1) and high Zn^(2+)adsorption capacity of 50.6 mg g^(-1).Without coagulation with PAC,the removal rate of Fe from the wastewater was only 92.7%,and the precipitated mud(RM)was converted to irregular particles(RMP),which had weak magnetic response and low capacity of Zn^(2+)adsorption comparing with FMP.With the method,the Fe in backwash wastewater was effectively recycled,and the generated sludge was converted to well-formed sodalite sphere without generating any secondary waste.展开更多
Biological aerated filter （BAF） is an advanced oxidation process that can sustain high volumetric loads with high quality effluent. However, backwashing process needed for the system limits its applicability. This s...Biological aerated filter （BAF） is an advanced oxidation process that can sustain high volumetric loads with high quality effluent. However, backwashing process needed for the system limits its applicability. This study is to investigate the possibility of removing carbon and nitrogen simultaneously in a biological aerated filter （BAF） with partially packed media without any backwashing process. The upper part of BAF up to 0.5 m depth is packed with plastic media （Kaldnes K1） with diameter and length of 10 mm and 7 mm respectively. This partially packed BAF creates a hybrid system of attached growth and suspended growth combined in a single reactor. Three C：N ratios, i.e. 15, 10 and 4, were compared during this study by varying the nitrogen loading while the carbon loading was kept constant at 1.0±0.54 kg COD/（m^3·d）. The organic loading rate （OLR） ratios were calculated based on carbon and TKN loading. The carbon removal percentage of 86.7±7.3%, 85.1±10.3%, and 91.0±5.6% and TKN removal percentage of 24.7±11.6%, 48.0±25.9% and 62.8±7.9% were achieved after steady-state for the C：N ratio of 15, 10, and 4 respectively. Suspended solid concentration in the effluent was found to be high throughout the treatment, but no clogging occurred during the 4 months of operation period even though backwashing was eliminated.展开更多
The evaluation model which is dominated by formative evaluation can help the teacher diagnose the teaching activity in the process of students learning and timely find the problems, which can timely correct and contro...The evaluation model which is dominated by formative evaluation can help the teacher diagnose the teaching activity in the process of students learning and timely find the problems, which can timely correct and control the teaching and learning strategies. The questionnaire survey, oral English test, experimental research design and practice prove that establishing a dynamically professional oral English formative evaluation based on student behavior not only has good backwash effect, ensure the enthusiasm and interest of students learning oral English, but also can enhance the autonomic learning awareness and ability of students and improve the cooperative learning and communicative ability of students, which greatly improve the learning effect of students.展开更多
＂Backwash＂ has usually been described in terms of the effect of testing on language teaching and learning. ＂Backwash can be harmful or beneficial＂, as Arthur Hughes states. （Hughes： 1989） This paper set out to ...＂Backwash＂ has usually been described in terms of the effect of testing on language teaching and learning. ＂Backwash can be harmful or beneficial＂, as Arthur Hughes states. （Hughes： 1989） This paper set out to see how far this term can be applied to the ways in which both the students and teachers can benefit from language testing.展开更多
CET-4 is a national standardized English proficiency test designed and developed by the National College English Ex⁃amination Committee.The purpose of the test is to accurately measure the comprehensive English applic...CET-4 is a national standardized English proficiency test designed and developed by the National College English Ex⁃amination Committee.The purpose of the test is to accurately measure the comprehensive English application ability of college stu⁃dents in China.The more important the test,the more obvious its backwash effect.With the increase of the proportion of subjective questions in CET-4,teachers should pay more attention to the transfer of skills and correct English expression while teaching the basic knowledge of English.In particular,the students in vocational and technical colleges are weak in English abilities,and their errors in translation are even more numerous and varied.Therefore,this study will analyze the translation errors produced by 200 vocational and technical college students in CET-4 of June 2019.By interviewing and investigating the students’actual situation of English learning,tips and proposals on backwash effect on teaching can be achieved.展开更多
CET4 and CET6 (combined asCETsin thispaper) have played and are still playing undeniable rolesin motivating English teaching and learning as well as providing a unified standard according to which most universities an...CET4 and CET6 (combined asCETsin thispaper) have played and are still playing undeniable rolesin motivating English teaching and learning as well as providing a unified standard according to which most universities and colleges can compare with each other. However, in the recent years, a voice blaring their disadvantages has become louder and louder. This paper joins in the voice and expose their negative backwash effects on not only language education in colleges and universities but also on the activities of other institutions and organizations which are directly or indirectly involved in language training. This is what it means by"Language Education in a Broader Sense"in the title of this paper. Some improvements have been suggested in the end.展开更多
This paper explores the perceptions of college English teachers towards language test development, with a focus on the harmful backwash effects, specifically derived from teachers' misconceptions. Personal account...This paper explores the perceptions of college English teachers towards language test development, with a focus on the harmful backwash effects, specifically derived from teachers' misconceptions. Personal accounts of ten college teachers of English were cited and analyzed in themes, and misconceptions were identified through descriptive interpretations. The study reveals that English teachers at college are not well-acquainted with the conceptual bases for language testing due to little formal instructions. Uninformed decisions on testing and unintelligent teacher-assessment practices are potential sources of harmful backwash on teaching and learning. A dangerous tendency of reduced efforts in teacher-assessments is present among language teachers, due to blind faith in established tests, and the absence of language testing competence or excessive emphasis on High-stakes tests in research. More in-service teacher training and action research are called for.展开更多
Based on the fact that recycling of combined filter backwash water（CFBW）directly to drinking water treatment plants（WTP）is considered to be a feasible method to enhance pollutant removal efficiency,we were motivat...Based on the fact that recycling of combined filter backwash water（CFBW）directly to drinking water treatment plants（WTP）is considered to be a feasible method to enhance pollutant removal efficiency,we were motivated to evaluate the genotoxicity of water samples from two pilot-scale drinking water treatment systems,one with recycling of combined backwash water,the other one with a conventional process.An integrated approach of the comet and micronucleus（MN）assays was used with zebrafish（Danio rerio）to investigate the water genotoxicity in this study.The total organic carbon（TOC）,dissolved organic carbon（DOC）,and trihalomethane formation potential（THMFP）,of the recycling process were lower than that of the conventional process.All the results showed that there was no statistically significant difference（P〉0.05）between the conventional and recycling processes,and indicated that the genotoxicity of water samples from the recycling process did not accumulate in 15 day continuous recycling trial.It was worth noting that there was correlation between the concentrations of TOC,DOC,UV（254）,and THMFPs in water and the DNA damage score,with corresponding R^2 values of 0.68,0.63,0.28,and 0.64.Nevertheless,both DNA strand breaks and MN frequency of all water samples after disinfection were higher than that of water samples from the two treatment units,which meant that the disinfection by-products（DBPs）formed by disinfection could increase the DNA damage.Both the comet and MN tests suggest that the recycling process did not increase the genotoxicity risk,compared to the traditional process.展开更多
As a routine measurement to alleviate membrane fouling, hydraulic cleaning is of great significance for the steady operation of ultrafiltration（UF） systems in water treatment processes. In this work, a comparative s...As a routine measurement to alleviate membrane fouling, hydraulic cleaning is of great significance for the steady operation of ultrafiltration（UF） systems in water treatment processes. In this work, a comparative study was performed to investigate the effects of the composition of backwash water on the hydraulic cleaning performance of UF membranes fouled by humic acid（HA）. Various types of backwash water, including UF permeate, Milli-Q water, Na Cl solution, CaCl_2 solution and HA solution, were compared in terms of hydraulically irreversible fouling index, total surface tension and residual HA. The results indicated that Milli-Q water backwash was superior to UF permeate backwash in cleaning HA-fouled membranes, and the backwash water containing Na＋or HA outperformed Milli-Q water in alleviating HA fouling. On the contrary, the presence of Ca^（2＋） in backwash water significantly decreased the backwash efficiency. Moreover, Ca^（2＋） played an important role in foulant removal, and the residual HA content closely related to the residual Ca^（2＋） content.Mechanism analysis suggested that the backwash process may involve fouling layer swelling, ion exchange, electric double layer release and competitive complexation. Ion exchange and competitive complexation played significant roles in the efficient hydraulic cleaning associated with Na＋and HA, respectively.展开更多
文摘The article presents some major researches concerning the concept of backwash effect of language testing; analyses both the positive and negative effects and their implications in EFL classrooms; then provides some suggested ways to be followed when creating positive backwash effects on teaching and learning.
文摘TEM-8,which aims at testing students’integrated abilities of English,is more and more highly valued.Advanced Eng-lish,with its core teaching aim of cultivating this ability,should have high-quality teaching and optimized test as its objectives.Thus the test and the course can bring out the best in each other.
基金Project supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program(863)of China(No. 2002AA601310).
文摘Chinese traditional medicine wastewater, rich in macromolecule and easy to foam in aerobic biodegradation such as Glycosides, was treated by two identical bench-scale aerobic submerged membrane bioreactors （SMBRs） operated in parallel under the same feed, equipped with the same electronic control backwashing device. One was used as the control SMBR （CSMBR） while the other was dosed with powdered activated carbon （PAC） （PAC-amended SMBR, PSMBR）. The backwashing interval was 5 min. One suction period was about 90 min by adjusting preestablished backwashing vacuum and pump frequency. The average flux of CSMBR during a steady periodic state of 24 d （576 h） was 5.87 L/h with average hydraulic residence time （HRT） of 5.97 h and that of PSMBR during a steady periodic state of 30 d （720 h） was 5.85 L/h with average HRT of 5.99 h. The average total chemical oxygen demand （COD） removal efficiency of CSMBR was 89.29% with average organic loading rate （OLR） at 4.16 kg COD/（m^3.d） while that of PSMBR was 89.79% with average OLR at 5.50 kg COD/（m^3.d）. COD concentration in the effluent of both SMBRs achieved the second level of the general wastewater effluent standard GB8978-1996 for the raw medicine material industry （300 mg/L）. Hence, SMBR with electronic control backwashing was a viable process for medium-strength Chinese traditional medicine wastewater treatment. Moreover, the increasing rates of preestablished backwashing vacuum, pump frequency, and vacuum and flux loss caused by mixed liquor in PSMBR all lagged compared to those in CSMBR; thus the actual operating time of the PSMBR system without membrane cleaning was extended by up to 1.25 times in contrast with the CSMBR system, and the average total COD removal efficiency of PSMBR was enhanced with higher average OLR.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30700010)the Eleventh Five-Year Plan National Key Technology R&D Program of China (No. 2006BAD07A01)+1 种基金the National Gongyixing Hangye Kejizhuanxiang (No. 200803033)the Special Program for Water Pollution Control of Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province (No. BK2007741)
文摘To improve the efficiency of backwashing in upflow biological aerated filter （BAF）, a novel backwashing process named air-water siphon backwashing （AWSB） was proposed and applied on laboratory scale. The effects of backwashing on turbidity and suspended solid （SS） in backwashing efluent using this new backwashing process were compared with those of traditional backwashing process, namely air-water backwashing （AWB）. In AWB, the turbidity of backwashing efluent maintained 100 NUT when consumed 60 min and 10.5 L water. However, in AWSB, it declined to 44 NUT, consumed 40 min, and 7 L water. The COD removal of BAF after backwashing was also analyzed. The average removal rate of COD in the reactor backwashed by AWB and AWSB was 89.34% and 90.91%, respectively. Compared with AWB, the backwashing interval had been prolonged 35%. The volume of backwashing water in that AWSB was only 66.7% of that in AWB. The results demonstrated that AWSB required less water and took shorter backwashing timerelative to AWB to achieve the same turbidity of backwashing efluent, and AWSB was more effective in removing fouling than that of AWB. More significant advantage of AWSB was that the backwashing interval was effectively prolonged
基金The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51778170)State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment(2020DX04)+1 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M651290)Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Science Foundation(LBH-Z19153).
文摘Ultrafiltration(UF)has been increasingly implemented in drinking water treatment plants;however,algae and their secretions can cause severe membrane fouling and pose great challenges to UF in practice.In this study,a simple and practical chemically enhanced backwashing(CEB)process was developed to address such issues using various cleaning reagents,including sodium hypochlorite(NaClO),sodium chloride(NaCl),sodium hydroxide(NaOH),sodium citrate,and their combinations.The results indicate that the type of chemical played a fundamental role in alleviating the hydraulically irreversible membrane fouling(HIMF),with NaClO as the best-performing reagent,followed by NaCl.Furthermore,a CEB process using a combination of NaClO with NaCl,NaOH,or sodium citrate delivered little improvement in the alleviation of membrane fouling compared with NaClO alone.The optimized dosage and dosing frequency of NaClO were 10 mg·L^(-1) two times per day.Long-term pilot-scale and full-scale experiments further verified the feasibility of the CEB process in relieving algae-derived membrane fouling.Compared with the conventional hydraulic backwashing without chemical involvement,the CEB process can effectively remove the organic foulants including biopolymers,humic substances,and proteinlike substances by means of oxidization,thereby weakening the cohesive forces between the organic foulants and the membrane surface.Therefore,the CEB process can efficiently alleviate the algae-related membrane fouling with lower chemical consumption,and is proposed as an alternative to control membrane fouling in treating the algae-containing surface water.
文摘Practical English Test for Colleges (PRETCO) is a large-scale national standardized EFL test for the students of higher vocational colleges,postsecondary specialized colleges,and colleges for adults.This thesis is for a preliminary research of PRETCO backwash based on previous studies from home and abroad,making use of their research methods and models.It attempts to explore the aspects of practical English learning of students from higher vocational colleges (HVC) influenced by PRETCO,and the nature of the backwash.Based on the results reported in the study,the writer analyzes the factors inducing negative backwash and puts forward some suggestions for promoting positive one.
基金Project (No. 2002BA806B04) supported by the National Techno-logical Research Program of China
文摘Biomass and microbial activity in backwashing processes of a biofilter for tertiary treatment were investigated. The microbial groups revealed new distribution along the biofilter depth after low flow rate backwashing for a short time. Then the start-up process was accelerated by backwashing. The biomass profile and microbial activity profile both varying with depth before and after backwashing, can be mathematically described by quadratic equations. Using the profiles, the difference of oxygen demand can be calculated to determine the airflow rate during backwashing. Combined with the difference between biofilters and rapid gravity filters, analysis of biomass and microbial activity can determine more accurately the required airflow rate during backwashing.
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2019YFE0117900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52070038 and 51878134)the Science and Technology Program of Jilin Province(Grant No.20190303001SF).
文摘Herein,we reported a method to prepare magnetic sodalite sphere by using the mud from backwash wastewater after polyaluminum chloride(PAC)coagulation.The results showed that approximately 100%of Fe in the wastewater was precipitated as flocculent iron mud(FM)by adding PAC.FM was converted to spherical magnetic sodalite(FMP)with a diameter of 3μm via a facile alkali hydrothermal method without adding Al/Si resources or reductant.The product FMP had the saturated magnetization of 10.9 emu g^(-1) and high Zn^(2+)adsorption capacity of 50.6 mg g^(-1).Without coagulation with PAC,the removal rate of Fe from the wastewater was only 92.7%,and the precipitated mud(RM)was converted to irregular particles(RMP),which had weak magnetic response and low capacity of Zn^(2+)adsorption comparing with FMP.With the method,the Fe in backwash wastewater was effectively recycled,and the generated sludge was converted to well-formed sodalite sphere without generating any secondary waste.
文摘Biological aerated filter （BAF） is an advanced oxidation process that can sustain high volumetric loads with high quality effluent. However, backwashing process needed for the system limits its applicability. This study is to investigate the possibility of removing carbon and nitrogen simultaneously in a biological aerated filter （BAF） with partially packed media without any backwashing process. The upper part of BAF up to 0.5 m depth is packed with plastic media （Kaldnes K1） with diameter and length of 10 mm and 7 mm respectively. This partially packed BAF creates a hybrid system of attached growth and suspended growth combined in a single reactor. Three C：N ratios, i.e. 15, 10 and 4, were compared during this study by varying the nitrogen loading while the carbon loading was kept constant at 1.0±0.54 kg COD/（m^3·d）. The organic loading rate （OLR） ratios were calculated based on carbon and TKN loading. The carbon removal percentage of 86.7±7.3%, 85.1±10.3%, and 91.0±5.6% and TKN removal percentage of 24.7±11.6%, 48.0±25.9% and 62.8±7.9% were achieved after steady-state for the C：N ratio of 15, 10, and 4 respectively. Suspended solid concentration in the effluent was found to be high throughout the treatment, but no clogging occurred during the 4 months of operation period even though backwashing was eliminated.
文摘The evaluation model which is dominated by formative evaluation can help the teacher diagnose the teaching activity in the process of students learning and timely find the problems, which can timely correct and control the teaching and learning strategies. The questionnaire survey, oral English test, experimental research design and practice prove that establishing a dynamically professional oral English formative evaluation based on student behavior not only has good backwash effect, ensure the enthusiasm and interest of students learning oral English, but also can enhance the autonomic learning awareness and ability of students and improve the cooperative learning and communicative ability of students, which greatly improve the learning effect of students.
文摘＂Backwash＂ has usually been described in terms of the effect of testing on language teaching and learning. ＂Backwash can be harmful or beneficial＂, as Arthur Hughes states. （Hughes： 1989） This paper set out to see how far this term can be applied to the ways in which both the students and teachers can benefit from language testing.
文摘CET-4 is a national standardized English proficiency test designed and developed by the National College English Ex⁃amination Committee.The purpose of the test is to accurately measure the comprehensive English application ability of college stu⁃dents in China.The more important the test,the more obvious its backwash effect.With the increase of the proportion of subjective questions in CET-4,teachers should pay more attention to the transfer of skills and correct English expression while teaching the basic knowledge of English.In particular,the students in vocational and technical colleges are weak in English abilities,and their errors in translation are even more numerous and varied.Therefore,this study will analyze the translation errors produced by 200 vocational and technical college students in CET-4 of June 2019.By interviewing and investigating the students’actual situation of English learning,tips and proposals on backwash effect on teaching can be achieved.
文摘CET4 and CET6 (combined asCETsin thispaper) have played and are still playing undeniable rolesin motivating English teaching and learning as well as providing a unified standard according to which most universities and colleges can compare with each other. However, in the recent years, a voice blaring their disadvantages has become louder and louder. This paper joins in the voice and expose their negative backwash effects on not only language education in colleges and universities but also on the activities of other institutions and organizations which are directly or indirectly involved in language training. This is what it means by"Language Education in a Broader Sense"in the title of this paper. Some improvements have been suggested in the end.
文摘This paper explores the perceptions of college English teachers towards language test development, with a focus on the harmful backwash effects, specifically derived from teachers' misconceptions. Personal accounts of ten college teachers of English were cited and analyzed in themes, and misconceptions were identified through descriptive interpretations. The study reveals that English teachers at college are not well-acquainted with the conceptual bases for language testing due to little formal instructions. Uninformed decisions on testing and unintelligent teacher-assessment practices are potential sources of harmful backwash on teaching and learning. A dangerous tendency of reduced efforts in teacher-assessments is present among language teachers, due to blind faith in established tests, and the absence of language testing competence or excessive emphasis on High-stakes tests in research. More in-service teacher training and action research are called for.
基金supported by the Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment(Nos.2012ZX07408001,2014ZX07405002)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51108118)the State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment(No.2013DX12)
文摘Based on the fact that recycling of combined filter backwash water（CFBW）directly to drinking water treatment plants（WTP）is considered to be a feasible method to enhance pollutant removal efficiency,we were motivated to evaluate the genotoxicity of water samples from two pilot-scale drinking water treatment systems,one with recycling of combined backwash water,the other one with a conventional process.An integrated approach of the comet and micronucleus（MN）assays was used with zebrafish（Danio rerio）to investigate the water genotoxicity in this study.The total organic carbon（TOC）,dissolved organic carbon（DOC）,and trihalomethane formation potential（THMFP）,of the recycling process were lower than that of the conventional process.All the results showed that there was no statistically significant difference（P〉0.05）between the conventional and recycling processes,and indicated that the genotoxicity of water samples from the recycling process did not accumulate in 15 day continuous recycling trial.It was worth noting that there was correlation between the concentrations of TOC,DOC,UV（254）,and THMFPs in water and the DNA damage score,with corresponding R^2 values of 0.68,0.63,0.28,and 0.64.Nevertheless,both DNA strand breaks and MN frequency of all water samples after disinfection were higher than that of water samples from the two treatment units,which meant that the disinfection by-products（DBPs）formed by disinfection could increase the DNA damage.Both the comet and MN tests suggest that the recycling process did not increase the genotoxicity risk,compared to the traditional process.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51308146)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-13-0169)+2 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (No. 2015T80360)the Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund (No. LBH-Z13083)the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (No. ES201511-02)
文摘As a routine measurement to alleviate membrane fouling, hydraulic cleaning is of great significance for the steady operation of ultrafiltration（UF） systems in water treatment processes. In this work, a comparative study was performed to investigate the effects of the composition of backwash water on the hydraulic cleaning performance of UF membranes fouled by humic acid（HA）. Various types of backwash water, including UF permeate, Milli-Q water, Na Cl solution, CaCl_2 solution and HA solution, were compared in terms of hydraulically irreversible fouling index, total surface tension and residual HA. The results indicated that Milli-Q water backwash was superior to UF permeate backwash in cleaning HA-fouled membranes, and the backwash water containing Na＋or HA outperformed Milli-Q water in alleviating HA fouling. On the contrary, the presence of Ca^（2＋） in backwash water significantly decreased the backwash efficiency. Moreover, Ca^（2＋） played an important role in foulant removal, and the residual HA content closely related to the residual Ca^（2＋） content.Mechanism analysis suggested that the backwash process may involve fouling layer swelling, ion exchange, electric double layer release and competitive complexation. Ion exchange and competitive complexation played significant roles in the efficient hydraulic cleaning associated with Na＋and HA, respectively.
