普通高校中通用大学英语结合学术英语内容的教学尝试

A Pilot Experiment of Teaching General College English with EAP Contents to Students in Chinese Local Universities and Colleges

近十年来,不少重点高校的英语教学重点由通用英语转向学术英语。本文基于对120名学习者需求问卷调查发现,普通高校的学习者与重点高校的学习者有共同的学术英语需求,但在某些方面存在程度上的差异。访谈中发现长期目标和短期目标在学习者选择学术英语课程中起到很大作用。尽管学习者认为应该学习学术英语,但实际参与的积极性不高。本文以为,尽管学术英语被认为具有前沿性和实用性,但鉴于校本特色、师资力量、培养目标和方案、学习者长期目标和短期目标的差异,在重点高校的大学英语教学中增加学术英语的内容是很好的选择,而学术英语在普通高校中仅适合少数学生。

As to the current reform of college English courses, English for Academic Purpose(EAP) instruction is preferably a better alternative to college English for a decade in key national universities in China. Local universities and colleges are facing the issue of whether to follow suit or create their own style. Needs analysis has been conducted among 116 participants, and it is found that all learners in both key and local universities share the same needs of EAP course, but differ in degrees of needs. Further, interviews have shown that long-term goals and short-term goals play an important role in the choice of EAP courses. Though EAP course is ideal in the pursuit of professional knowledge, students did not sign in this course in their actual course selection. Based on the above-mentioned findings, taking into consideration university-specific attributes, students’ needs, teaching faculties, students’ long-term and short-term goals, after one semester’s pilot experiment in the classroom instruction, it is concluded that though currently considered more advanced and practical, EAP courses could only be taught to a very few top students in local universities while a new approach is more suitable for most students: a combination of general college English and EAP contents.