英语教学目标的范畴化视野——以英语专业英语教学目标为例

English Teaching Objectives:A Categorization Perspective

英语教学是一个复杂的系统,在该系统中确定具体的、可操作的教学目标是核心问题。英语教学的目的不只是传授语言知识,更重要的是要培养学生运用所学语言知识在不同场合对不同对象进行有效交际的能力。因此,根据范畴化的典型理论,培养学生的语言交际能力才是英语专业教学目标范畴中的典型成员,处于该范畴的中心位置。而语言基础知识的学习、语言基本技能的培养、有效学习策略的形成、文化意识的培养、情感态度的养成都必须服务于学生语言交际能力的培养和发展这个中心目标。

English language teaching is a complex system in which the key issue is to make a specific and operative teaching objective. The aim of English language teaching is not only to impart linguistic knowledge to students but to develop their effective communicative competence in various situations. Therefore, according to the classical theory of categorization, the prototype of English major teaching category is to decelop students’ linguistic communicative competence, while some other factors such as learning basic linguistic knowledge and forming effective learning strategies are just the atypical members in this category which must serve the prototype.