双语教学与大学英语教学改革

Bilingual instruction and the reform of university English education

我国高校的双语教学是以提高外语(主要是英语)水平为主的教育,其目标是培养大批能同时使用母语和英语进行交际的复合型专业人才。高校双语教学为打破大学英语教学的严重的应试倾向开辟了道路。要搞好双语教学,必须借鉴国外的成功经验,采用依托式教学模式。教师能用全英语讲授专业课,学生达到中等以上英语水平,是搞好双语教学必备的条件。

The goal of the bilingual instruction in Chinese universities and colleges is to enhance the teaching of foreign languages(mainly English) and train large numbers of professionals who can communicate in English as efficiently as in their mother tongue. The bilingual instruction at the tertiary level of education has opened up a new avenue to redress the situation in which university English teaching is examination-oriented. To do a good job in bilingual education, it is imperative to learn from the successful experience abroad and adopt the content-based approach. Two prerequisites for successful bilingual instruction are: course instructors can conduct classed entirely in English and students have an intermediate level of English proficiency.