ELE还是ESP,再论我国大学英语的发展方向

ELE vs.ESP——the Orientation of College English

外语通识教育或通识教育英语（ELE）这个概念最近频繁出现在大学英语教学中，并受到强力推崇和推广，被视为大学英语教学改革的转折点和深化大学英语教改的关键。本文从外语专家的观点和世界公共英语教学趋势等方面论证了大学英语教学的发展方向应是ESP，而非外语通识教育。文章分析了通识教育英语课程出现的背景以及它在大学英语教学中的定位，认为外语通识教育课程准确的说法应该是英语人文类选修课程（ECH），虽然它是结合内容学习英语的一个路子，并能满足不同兴趣的学生要求，但是它只能是基础英语后选修课程中的一类，它不是也不应该上升到大学英语教学的主流地位，更不是大学英语的发展方向；

The concept of English for liberal education （ELE） is recently emerging in College English Teaching （CET） and increasingly gaining popularity. It is strongly recommended as a turning point or key point of the development of CET. Based on the analysis of the views of foreign language teaching experts and the trend of the nonmajor English teaching in the world, the paper arrives at the conclusion that the orientation of CET is academic English rather than ELE. The further analysis of ELE＇s background and definition reveals that ELE in CET is nothing more than English courses of the humanities（ECH）. Despite a laudable attempt to learn English through content and to meet the individualized needs, the courses are one kind of optional courses of CET and they should not be viewed as the mainstream and even orientation of CET.