探究式学习在高职英语教学中的应用

The Application of Inquiry Learning to English Teaching in Higher Vocational Education

探究式学习是指学生在学科领域或现实生活的情境中,通过主动发现问题、体验感悟、实践操作、表达与交流等探究活动,获得知识、技能的学习方式和学习过程。探究式学习具有问题性、主体性、实践性、开放性和参与性等特征。可以从提出问题、设计方案、监控过程、交流成果四个方面来设计高职英语探究式学习活动过程,其学习评价应遵循鼓励性原则、多样性原则和过程性原则。

Inquiry learning is a learning approach and process in which learners acquire knowledge and skills through various in- quiry activities, such as finding out problems initiatively, experiencing and thinking, practical operating, expressing and communicat- ing in their specialty and real - life situations. It is a question - based open and practical learning approach, taking learners as the principle part and requiring all learners＇ participation. From the angle of design of inquiry learning, the implementation of English inquiry learning in higher vocational education is discussed from the aspects of promoting questions, designing proposals, supervising processes and exchanging inquiring results. In addition, the evaluation of inquiry learning in English lessons should abide by the principles of encouragement, diversity and process.