英语文化意识评价可行性研究:反拨作用机制视角

The Feasibility of the Study on the Assessment of Cultural Awareness: From the Perspective of the Mechanics of Washback Effect

在我国英语教学中,英语教师欲对英语学习者文化意识发展情况进行有效的评价却没能找到适用的评价工具,更缺乏一种可以遵循的评价模式。这一现象引发我们对英语文化意识评价的研究。从反拨作用机制看,文化意识评价的实施能够促使英语教师对教学内容、教学方法、教学评估方法等做出调整,落实文化意识的培养目标。基于反拨作用机制的视角的分析诠释了文化意识评价研究内容的可行性和研究路径的可行性。这不仅为后续研究架设可行性路径,也为文化意识评价体系建构奠定基础。

In English language teaching in our country, there exists a dilemma that English teachers who want to assess English learners＇ development of cultural awareness fail to get available measuring instruments, let alone a model of assessment for them to follow. This is the motivation of our research into the assessment of cultural awareness. In view of the mechanics of washback effect, the assessing of cultural awareness helps to facilitate English teachers to adjust their teaching content, teaching methods, and teaching evaluation so as to realize the goal of cultivating cultural awareness. The analysis based on the perspective of the mechanics of washback effect interprets the feasibility of the research content and research methods for assessing cultural awareness. The analysis not only suggests plausible approaches to follow-up researches, but also lays foundations for constructing the framework of assessing cultural awareness.