生态学对成人英语教学的启示

Implications of Ecology for Adult EFL Instruction

生态学已经成为众多学科研究的热点,人们开始将生态学理论运用到教育领域之中,并形成诸如教育生态学、生态语言学等新兴学科。本文将整合生态学在教育领域的理论及研究成果,结合成人英语学习的特点,尝试从英语教学的整体观、环境观、互动观、多样观、适应观等五方面对成人高校英语教学进行较全面的生态分析,并提出了相应教学建议。

Recently ecology has been a hot topic among many fields and it has been applied into the educational areas, forming some new disciplines such as ecology of education and eco-linguistics. Based on the adult EFL students＇ characteristics and findings of the above disciplines, this paper attempts to analyze the adult EFL instruction ecologically from the perspectives of integrity, environment, interaction, diversity and adaptation. Meanwhile, some pedagogical suggestions are provided.