转型期的中国高校日语专业教育的几点思考

About the Transitional Stage of Japanese Language Teaching for Majors in China's Universities

经过十年多的快速发展,中国高校专业日语教学迎来了新的转型期。办学规模空前,学生人数剧增,教师队伍与科研水平提高迅速,象牙塔式教育和应用型教育并存。面向未来,要适应21世纪对专业日语人才的需求和直面激烈的就业竞争,必须重新审视转型期的新课题。要从对语言能力的培养、语言交际能力的培养转向运用日语进行跨文化交际能力的培养,从以学习日语为目的走向通过日语学习相关专业知识与技能为目的,从培养学生从事与日语相关工作的能力走向培养学生适应任何相关工作的能力。要重新审视基础阶段日语教学的任务,充分发挥学生自主学习、协作学习的能力。同时教师要在中国特色日语教育探索、日本语言文学研究的基础上,参与日本文化、社会等更广泛的科学研究。转型期的高校专业日语要解决的课题多,必须直面挑战,寻求新的发展。

Japanese teaching in China＇s universities has entered into a new transitional stage after a decade of rapid development. The number of universities setting up Japanese major programs has increased sharply along with the number of students majoring in Japanese, teaching staff, and published research reports. Ivory tower-style education and applied education coexist. We need to re-consider and address the new problems emerging in the traditional stage so as to meet the needs of Japanese major students in the 21st century and to survive the furious competition in the employment market. It is imperative to shift focus from cultivation of language ability and communication skills to emphasizing cross-cultural communication skills, from Japanese learning orientation to linguistic expertise and skills orientation, from the cultivation of ability to adapt to Japanese related job requirements to emphasizing the ability to fit into any kind of job requirements. We Japanese language educators ought to review the goal of Japanese language teaching in the preliminary stage which aims to fully develop students＇ capability to take the initiative to study with the instructions from teachers. Also teachers should participate in scientific research in broader areas such as Japanese culture, Japanese society, etc. In a word, we are now faced with a strand of difficulties which need to be tackled immediately during the transitional stage of China＇s Japanese teaching, and we must embrace the challenges and seek out new opportunities.