英美文学多维度文化导入教学范例

Culture Input in English Literature Teaching: A Multi-dimensional Mode

外语教学的目的是提高学生的跨文化交际能力,包括文化知识和文化意识。为实现此目标,本文提出了在英美文学教学中以建构主义为理论基础、以文化主题为教学内容,结合使用纸质教材、网上超文本资源和电影录像创设文化语境的英美文学多维度文化导入教学模式。教学原则包括:系统性、比较性和真实性,相应的方法为分层系统法、列表比较法和真实交流法教学。文章最后提出了文化导入教学过程中存在的一些问题和建议。

The objective of foreign language teaching is to improve the students＇ intercultural communicative competence, consisting in cultural knowledge and culture awareness. To achieve this goal, this paper proposes a multi-dimensional mode of culture input in English literature teaching, guided by the theory of Constructivism. The teaching will be organized around cultural themes and take advantage of combined resources of textbook, the Internet and audlo-video material. The approach features systematicity, comparability and authenticity and will make use of hierarchical arrangement, tabulation and authentic communication. Implications and limitations of the approach are also discussed in the paper.