论大学英语教学中西方文化的批判性导入

The Critical Input of Oriental and Western Culture of College English Teaching

大学英语教学改革当下成为社会和学界普遍关注的一个研究领域。我国延续了多年的具有中国特色的英语教学方法取得了相当大的成绩,培养了一大批基本功扎实的英语人才。但随着新技术的诞生和全球一体化进程的加快,尤其是中国经济连续多年的快速增长,中国大学生可以更加轻易地接受更多来自西方的信息,学生视野开阔了,他们的心理也悄然发生了变化,这在一定程度上为大学英语教学提出了新的课题,如何才能做到与时俱进,在教学方法上实现新的突破。本文从语言教学与文化认同的角度入手,结合我国当前面对的国际形势及信息全球化的时代背景特点,论证了在大学英语课堂上批判性地导入西方文化的必要性。

College English education reform has been a heated discussion researching field of the society and the academic world. Traditional English teaching method has been practiced in China for many years, turning out a large group of talents fluent in English language with solid knowledge foundation. However,with the development of new technology and the coming of globalization era, espedally the long - time strong momentum demonstrated by China＇ s economic development, current Chinese college students can have easy access to more and more international information, whose horizons have been broadened and outlooks are experiencing changes at the same time, which poses a new challenge for college English education that how to adept our language teaching philosophy and method in accordance with the new changes of times to realize breakthrough in the area of English teaching and learning. Starting with discussing the relation between culture and language, the author analyzes the current international situation faced by China and argues the necessity of introduce western culture into college English class in a critical way.