《牛津高中英语》中口语教材评估

Evaluating Speaking Materials of Advance with English

外语教材在我国外语教学中具有举足轻重的地位。而教材评估对教材的优化与改进具有很大的促进作用。虽然教材评估在国外已有三十余年的发展,但在我国对教材评价和研究起步较晚。其中对已被广泛使用的《牛津高中英语》[1]的评价的研究较少,而其口语教材的分析与评价更是屈指可数。本文对该教材的口语材料进行评估,综合分析了其优势与不足,提出了改进意见及对口语教学的启示。

Textbooks play a vital role in foreign language teaching in China.Textbook evaluation can mainly facilitate the optimization and adaptations of textbooks.It has been developed for last three decades abroad,while still in infancy at home.The target textbook in the present study——Advance with English has been widely used in high schools,but not fully analyzed and evaluated in literature,let alone the speaking materials contained in the book.This paper attempts to appraise the book and examine the strengths and weaknesses of the speaking elements.It also proposes ideas for possible adaptations and pedagogical implications.