结合语言神经机制探究英语听说教学滞后的弊端

Negative Effects of Delaying English Listening and Speaking Teaching Based on Studying Brain Neural Mechanism

结合人脑语言神经机制研究的重要成果,分析我国英语听说教学滞后的主要弊端:在语言神经机制成熟后学习英语,大脑在处理新的语言材料时缺乏灵活扩展能力;错过右脑开发时限,影响地道英语语音的形成;言语肌灵活度相对减弱,影响精细的言语活动;学习者容易借助母语表达,不利于英语思维。倡导英语教学要遵循大脑语言神经机制发育特点,重视早期英语听说教学:在学龄前阶段,尝试同序输入汉语和英语;中小学阶段,重视英语听说测试的监督作用;大学阶段,努力创建母语化英语学习社区,给学生提供更多的实践机会。

Negative effects of delaying English listening and speaking teaching to non-native speakers to their college years are studied in light of the important findings from investigating human brain mechanism, which includes three aspects： human brain is not so agile in dealing with new language materials when its neural system is completely mature; it is hard to pro- nounce as native speakers because of the late development of the right brain hemisphere ; it influences the accurate communi- cation due to the lack of enough flexibility of muscles in charge of speaking; learners turn to their mother tongue to think and express ideas. It is suggested in this paper that English teaching should follow the rules of brain neural mechanism develop- ment and more attention should be paid to listening and speaking teaching when learners are young. Some methods are recom- mended for both parents and teachers： try to input Chinese and English simultaneously to children in their pre-school years; give students more tests in listening and speaking in primary school and middle school; try to establish a native-like communi- ty where students can practice speaking English during their college years.