听写——有效的外语教学与评估手段

Dictation: An Effective Means of FL Teaching and Teaching Evaluation

听写既是有效的外语教学评估手段 ,也是有效的外语教学手段。为了充分发挥其作用 ,必须加强对听写的理论研究。通过剖析听写中的一些常见错误 ,结合作者多年从事英语教学与测试工作的体会 ,本文对听写的主要方面———作用、性质和心理过程等进行初步的理论探讨 ,并就如何加强听写教学提出一些建议。

Dictation is an effective means of FL teaching as well as teaching evaluation. In order to bring its role into full play, it is necessary to put more effort into its theoretical study. Based on an analysis of some common errors made in dictation, coupled with the authors years' of experience in FL teaching and testing, the present paper attempts to explore the major aspects of dictation—its function, nature, and psychological processes, and puts forward some suggestions on the teaching of dictation.