英国ESP合作教学对中国ESP教学实践的启示

Implications of British ESP Team Teaching for Chinese ESP Practitioners

本文以高等教育人才培养所提出的与国际接轨的需求为背景,通过分析并探究早期英国ESP合作教学实践在职业教育、高等教育的开展形式与实践方式,为中国ESP教师合作教学实践提供借鉴。本文总结并归纳合作教学对于教师与学习者的优势与劣势,旨在帮助中国ESP教师扬长避短,结合自身实际走出一条中国ESP合作教学道路。研究发现,英国ESP合作教学实践在教学设计、教材设计以及教学手段等方面较传统课堂教学是一个巨大的变革,中国ESP教学可以将其优势嫁接到中国的ESP课堂教学。

Based on the demand for higher-level talents with international visions in higher education, this paper explores early ESP team teaching modes and methods in EOP and higher education in the UK by reviewing Teaching English Series edited by the British Council in 1978, so as to provide implications for the teaching practices of Chinese ESP teachers’ teams. This paper summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of team teaching for teachers and learners to help Chinese teachers to foster strength and circumvent weakness, aiming to take into account their own situation to develop Chinese ESP team teaching mode. The results show that the UK ESP team teaching practices invoke vast changes in the traditional classroom teaching in terms of course design, material development and teaching methods. However, there is still a long way to go for Chinese ESP teachers to adopt the advantages of team teaching. It is hoped that the British ESP team teaching modes can bring some inspirations to Chinese ESP teachers.