英语报刊阅读教学对提高医学生写作能力的研究

A study of improving medical university students＇ writing ability by English newspaper reading teaching

目的探讨英语报刊阅读教学对提高医学生英语写作能力的作用。方法以滨州医学院选修英语报刊阅读课程的40人为实验组．选择未选修英语报刊阅读课程的学生40人为对照组。把英语报刊阅读引入选修课程中，通过作文批改网进行实时作文写作，以考查作文写作前测、后测成绩的差异。组间比较采用配对t检验，以P〈0．05为差异有统计学意义。结果实验组学生的英语作文成绩（前测、后测）相比差异有统计学意义（t=-17．590，P=-0．000）；对照组学生的英语作文成绩（前测、后测）相比差异无统计学意义（t=1．347，P=-0．186）；实验组学生英语作文文本的用词准确性、内容复杂度、流利性和连贯性（前测、后测）相比差异均有统计学意义。结论英语报刊阅读教学对提高医学院校学生英语写作能力有明显促进作用，经过英语报刊阅读教学，学生的写作能力在用词准确性、内容复杂度、流利性和连贯性方面都有了明显提高。

Objective To verify the effect of English newspaper reading teaching on improving students＇ writing ability. Methods Forty students in Binzhou Medical College choosing English news- paper reading as elective course were enrolled as experimental group while 40 students not choosing English newspaper reading as elective course were enrolled as control group. English newspaper read- ing was introduced into the selective course and www.pigai.org was employed to do online real-time composition writing. Differences in pre-test （before online real-time composition writing） and post-test （after online real-time composition writing） scores were compared by paired t test and P〈0.05 wasconsidered statistically different. Results There were statistical differences between pre-test and post- test scores in experimental group （t=-17.590, P =0.000）. There was no statistical difference between pre-test and post-test scores in control group （t=1.347, P=0.186）. There were statistical differences in accuracy, complexity, fluency and coherence of the composition between pre-test and post-test in ex- perimental group. Conclusions English newspaper reading teaching plays an important part in im- proving medical college students＇ writing ability. After a semester of English newspaper reading, the writing ability of students had obviously improved in language accuracy, complexity, fluency and co- herence.