图式理论与大学英语听力教学

The Application of Schematic Theory to College Listening Comprehension Teaching

图式是“先存知识”或“背景知识”,是人们存储头脑中所有对世界的一般认识。有关读者运 用图式知识进行语言理解和文本解读的学说被称为图式理论,图式理论注重两种信息处理 方式,一是至下而上法,二是至上而下法。听的过程也是信息处理的过程,听力理解不仅需 要语言知识,更要依赖于图式知识。

Schema is interpreted as one' s pre - existent knowledge or background knowledge. Schema theory is about a reader's utilizing his schema knowledge when reading or listening. There are two basic modes of information processing, bottom - up and top- down. This paper mainly concerns how schema theory is applied in college listening comprehension teaching, and it points out that in teaching listening comprehension, the key to success lies in evoking the students' existing schematic knowledge and creating new schematic knowledge for them.