融入自动评价系统的英语写作实验教学对高校英语教师的影响研究

Impact of Integrating an Automated Assessment Tool into English Writing on University Teachers

本研究通过一项为期一学年、将基于现代信息技术的自动评价工具运用于写作教学的实验,探讨写作教学和教师的变化。研究表明,写作教学从关注语言错误转化为关注内容的挖掘和表达,从关注写作结果转化为关注写作过程。教师的教学理念、行为、角色均发生了变化。评价工具的运用诱发了教学变革,然而,成就教学变革的基本力量是教师、教师学习以及教师对评价工具的把握。

The study investigated how the one-year experimental teaching that had integrated an automated writing assessment tool into English writing has impacted on the teachers and their teaching. Data were collected from open- ended questionnaires, interviews, and journals. It was revealed that the teaching focus has shifted from attending to language forms to content exploration and expression, from the learners＇ writing product to their writing process and pedagogy. Teachers＇ beliefs in teaching writing, their practices, and roles have also changed. The assessment tool acted like a catalyst for reform. The main force of the changes, however, was the teachers, their learning, and their effective integration of the tool into their teaching of writing.