国际化、本地化、全球化——国内高校英语专业课程设置探索

Internationalization,Localization and Globalization:On Course Design and Arrangement of English Major in China

英语专业国际化人才培养的探索为改革课程设置提供了新的视角。计算机领域的国际化、本地化和全球化的概念带给我们启示:英语专业在课程设置上可根据国际化、本地化的原则,培养全球化人才。国际化的课程包括人类历史、世界思想文明、文化、道德修养类的课程,培养学生具有人类普遍的、基本的价值观,使学生具备在不同文化环境生活工作的能力。本地化课程既包括英语语言技能类课程,也包括在具体领域、场合工作所需的知识能力课程,使培养的英语专业人才适应一个特定环境的需求,如外贸、外交场合等。国际化、本地化的课程设置对英语专业全球化人才的培养具有参考价值,有助于英语专业转向英语类专业,促进英语专业的多元化发展。

A new perspective is provided for course design and arrangement of English major in China by exploring cultivation of international talents.The concepts of Internationalization,Localization and Globalization in computer science inspire us.To cultivate Global talents,we need to arrange internationalized courses including history,world civilization,moral cultivation and localized courses including knowledge of English and skills of doing aparticular job.English majors will have potential to work and live well all over the world with universal values.They also have the capacity to do well in a particular situation and place.Course design and arrangement in the light of Internationalization,Localization and Globalization values much for the reform of English major and urges English major to turn to English majors,thus realizing diversified development of English major in China.