英语专业阅读课任务型教学模式探讨

The Application of Task-based Instructiom to Reading Coursefor English Majors

阅读是英语专业学生最主要的语言和文化的输入渠道之一。阅读教学不仅要训练学生的阅读能力,而且要培养学生的思堆能力。根据任务型学习理论,语言的习得应当是有目的的交际活动,任务应当是由浅表性理解到综合性领会,由数个微型任务构成的任务链。任务驱动策略体现了以学生为中心的教育理念,能最大限度地发挥学生的学习潜能,提高思维能力。

Reading is one of the most important accesses to the target language and culture for English majors in China. The aim of reading course is not only to train learners' reading skills but also to raise their thinking ability. According to the theory of task-based instruction, language acquisition involves purposeful interactive activities. Task cycle arranged from simple ones to complicated ones may help students exert their learning capacity and raise their thinking ability. In the light of the task-based learning framework, this paper attempts to elaborate a iearn-er-centered modei in the EFL reading classroom.