EGP教师承担ESP课程探讨——以建筑工程专业为例

The Only Way EGP Teachers to Instruct ESP Courses in the Area of Construction Engineering

首先介绍了大学公共英语(EGP)课程改革的趋势,分析了EGP教师目前承担专业英语(ESP)分类课程的教学状况,以及EGP教师能否胜任ESP课程的教学。ESP教学所面临的问题是专业领域中的英语运用问题而不是专业问题。提出EGP教师如要胜任ESP课程的教学必须具备3项专业知识:专业语言知识;专业逻辑语言;该专业的基本概念性知识。建议EGP教师必须了解建筑工程专业基本概念性知识的几个主要方面。

The paper introduces the trend of college EGP course reform, analyzes EGP teachers to instruct ESP branch courses, and tries to tell whether EGP teachers are courses. Paper holds the opinion that what ESP teachers confront is the English language the teaching situation of competent to deliver ESP application in the professional area instead of the professional knowledge itself. The paper suggests that a certain kind of knowledge of EGP Teachers have to acquire if they are to be competent to deliver the ESP courses： professional language knowledge, professional logic language and fundamental ESP professional knowledge. The paper finally advises EGP teachers to be familiar with a few aspects of fundamental professional knowledge in construction engineering.