浅谈GIS专业英语教学

Teaching Method of Specialty English for GIS

专业英语是高等学校本科各专业的一门重要辅助课程,是基础英语的延伸。学习它的目的是为了拓宽学生的专业词汇量和阅读量,特别是强化英文表达方法,为学生将来学术论文的阅读、写作和交流打下坚实的基础。地理信息系统(GIS)是20世纪60年代兴起的一门新学科,在中国起步较晚。为了追踪该学科的动态并赶上国际水平,必须熟练的掌握该专业的英语词汇量及表达方式,因此GIS专业英语的教学就显得尤为重要。基于此,介绍了GIS专业英语教学的一些经验和方法。

Specialty English is a very important cocurriculum for college students. It aims at broadening the number of specialty glossary and reading ability, especially strengthening English expression methods for college students and provides a firm basis for their future reading, specialty writing and communication. GIS is a burgeoning discipline, and its development in China lags behind foreign countries. In order to pursue the development situation of this discipline and keep up with the developed countries, the teaching methods of GIS specialty English becomes a very important task. In this paper, some teaching methods and thought are discussed based on the authors＇ teaching experiences, and they have good effects during practical teaching.