Generally speaking, listening, speaking, reading and writing are four basic skills for English learners. Reading as a mean to learn English is indispensable in the process of English learning. Thus, English reading comprehension is especially important for English learners. However, grammatical metaphor in reading materials is always one of the reasons that cause troubles for English learners. Because of grammatical metaphors students may miss or misunderstand some important information in English reading materials. Thus, it is essential to conduct a deep research on grammatical metaphors. And this article will explore how interpersonal metaphors influence students’ English reading comprehension. This article will explore this kind of influence from two aspects: one is the Mood metaphors; the other is the Modality metaphors. In addition, some cases will be listed to support the ideas. Meanwhile, some feasible suggestions on English reading comprehension will be put forward

This paper attempts to discuss the need for fostering 21st century skills in schools, especially in English Language classrooms. Our school systems need to respond to the changing world. The new generation is to be prepared for the new careers, by connecting their learning with real life. Schools should build the young generation for the future. This is possible only when the curricula incorporate the 21st century skills to frame the syllabi to meet the changing needs. The teaching- learning process should be made challenging, inspiring, interesting and effective. Language classroom can contribute much to this effect by connecting physical and virtual environment that can connect the learners with a “variety of learning resources, and with people of different cultural backgrounds.” This may enhance learning experiences and individual development. The present century is technology rich and immensely complex. Learners in the present century need abundant opportunities to participate in connected learning environments that can ensure perfect learner engagement. Classroom environment should provide the learners with the opportunities to acquire the skills like critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, innovation, celebration, team work, leadership, cross-cultural understanding, etc. This can equip the learners with the ability to face the challenges of the modern society. Learning is a lifelong process .So the learners must get chances to update themselves with the latest trends and information. English is the ideal context for introducing and building 21st century skills

The present article deals with the syntactic position of the topic markers in Mandarin Chinese. One of the characteristics of the topic structures in Mandarin Chinese is that there is a topic marker attached to the topic. The topic markers don’t carry meaning in the structure but only serve as the functional markers in syntax. Therefore it may be argued that these topic markers are not heads of the topic structures but rather modality particles attached to the head of the topic.