摘要
为了证明全球影响力很大的英国本土报刊《经济学人》是否适合大学非英语专业的学生阅读,采用了分析论证的手段来说明其非语言层面的易读性,之后运用易读性测量软件AntwordProfiler测量了其语言方面的易读性。结果表明:《经济学人》报刊能满足学生的阅读兴趣,提高学生的阅读动机,只是生词比例较大,但通过替换部分生词并提供文章涉及的背景知识,可将其变为非英语专业学生易读的材料。
In order to prove whether The Economist-one of the most influential British-born magazine in the world-is readable to college non-English majors, its non-language factors such as readers' reading interest, reading motivation and background knowledge concerning the articles are analyzed. Besides, the software AntwordProfiler is used to measure its language difficulty. The result shows The Economist can satisfy college students' reading interest and enhance their reading mo- tivation. The only difficulty lies in high proportion of new words. However, The Economist is able to become readable materials for college non-English majors as long as some of the new words are replaced by familiar words and background knowledge related to the articles are provided.
出处
《北京印刷学院学报》
2013年第3期33-36,共4页
Journal of Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication
基金
北京市2012年本科生科学研究计划项目资助(PXM2012_014223_000029)
关键词
经济学人
易读性
语言因素
非语言因素
The Economist
readability
language factors
non-language factors