外语教学的宏观策略:后方法的视角

Macrostrategies in Foreign Language Pedagogy:From the Postmethod Perspective

针对现有方法概念的不足,本文提出后方法视角的外语教学理念,论述后方法教学的10大宏观策略:1)学习机会最大化;2)理念错位最小化;3)语言输入语境化;4)语言技能综合化;5)激活直觉探索;6)促进协商互动;7)促进学习者自主;8)保证社会关联;9)提高文化意识;10)培养语感。上述宏观策略与后方法教学的三大特征,即特定性、实用性、可行性一起,可以为具体情景下的后方法教学创造出有效的操作原则。后方法教学理念超越传统方法概念的局限,充分考虑到外语教学涉及的诸多因素,对我国外语教学理论和实践具有启发意义。

Based on the analysis of the limitation of the present methods to language learning and teaching, this paper proposes the postmethod conception, focusing on its 10 macrostrategies, which are 1） maximizing learning opportunities, 2） minimizing perceptual mismatches, 3） contextualizing linguistic input, 4） integrating language skills, 5） activating intuitive heuristics, 6） facilitating negotiated interaction, 7） promoting learner autonomy, 8） ensuring social relevance. 9） fostering language awareness, and 10） raising cultural consciousness. Integrating these macrostrategies into the parameters, which are particularity, practicality and possibility, can create unlimited opportunities for postmethod pedagogies. Considering all the related factors in EFL learning and teaching, the postmethod pedagogy goes beyond the concept of method and is of great value in both theory and practice to the EFL teaching and learning in China.