主流批评话语分析研究与英语专业写作教学

Introducing Critical Discourse Analysis into English Writing Classroom

培养英语专业学生的批判思维能力历来是教学研究的一个重点。批评话语分析的社会观、语言观和思维观有助于在英语专业写作教学中提升学生的批判思维能力。本文对主流批评话语分析的研究方法进行梳理,析取批评话语分析对话语研究的认识,并与英语专业写作特点相结合,探讨批评话语分析理论对英语专业写作教学的启示。首先,批评话语分析积极向上的社会观,有利于学生在写作前明确写作立场,确立文章的中心思想和议题,并对论据材料进行合理地取舍;其次,批评话语分析的语言观则有助于引导学生在写作中学会选择恰当的语言形式来准确地表达特定的内容;最后,批评话语分析的思维观有利于学生在写作中学会利用不同的认知策略,将"社会认知"转化为读者的"个体认知",服务写作目的。

In order to write effectively,students need to establish the central idea in the pre-writing stage,select proper words and structures to express their meaning in writing and evaluate their essay after writing.During this process,various critical skills are required.These critical skills can be acquired and enhanced if students are exposed to Critical Discourse Studies in their classroom.This paper first analyzes the research methodologies of the mainstream approaches to critical discourse analysis to make a comprehensive overview of how critical analysts carry out discourse studies.Then views from Critical Discourse analysis are discussed on account of their value of helping students build positive social values,selecting proper linguistic form and appealing to readers' cognition in their writing procedure.