宁夏地区大学英语课堂中交际型任务的可行性研究

The Feasibility of Communicative Tasks in the College English Classroom in Ningxia

交际型任务是一项与现实世界相联系的课堂活动,其目的主要是在意义而不是在形式上。宁夏地区地处西部,高校学生的英语语言能力比较薄弱,为了提高非英语专业学生的英语交际能力,将交际型任务引入到宁夏大学的英语课堂,并通过调查问卷的方法对大学英语课堂中交际型任务的可行性进行了分析。结果表明:交际型任务能够引起学生主动用目的语交际的兴趣,值得在宁夏地区大学英语课堂中推广。

The communicative task （CT） is a piece of classroom activity related to the real world which involves learners in comprehending, manipulating, producing or interacting in TL while their attention is principally focused on meaning rather than form. Therefore, the author carries out CTs in the English classroom of Ningxia University in order to improve non-English majors＇ English communicative competence because Ningxia ties in the west of China, and college students there are weak in foreign language ability. Then, a questionnaire is distributed to test the feasibility of CTs. The results show that CTs are attractive enough to arouse learners＇ interest in communicating in the target language.