大学英语说明文教学中图式建构

Schema construction in expository reading passages of college English

对大多数学习者来说,英语阅读是个艰难的任务。如何创新阅读方法,找到适合学生这个阅读主体学习的有效途径,已成为人们关注的重要课题之一。语言教学作为一种实践活动,从许多领域得到启示。那么,我们能否通过图式教学来克服学生学习英语的困难,发展学生的组织技巧,既能局部阅读又能全局阅读,提高他们的阅读水平呢?通过探讨大学英语说明文阅读教学中的图式建构,说明如何内化图式和修正图式,解决由于图式差异或不合适的图式干扰而造成的阅读问题,从而协调读者和作者在内容图式和形式图式上的不同。

To most English learners, English reading is a tedious task and how to innovate the reading method and find an effective way for them has become a major concern to many people. As a practical activity, language teaching derives revelations from various fields. Then, with the help of schema construction in English teaching, can students＇ difficulty in English learning be overcome and their skills of organization be developed to ensure a good partial and overall reading？ Accordingly, this paper, through exploring schema construction in teaching the reading of expository writings in college English, expounds how to internalize and modify schemas, and remove the reading problems caused by schema disparity and schema distraction so as to bridge schema gaps between the writer and the students.