阅读层次理论视角下的英语专业学生批判性思维培养

Cultivation of English Major's Critical thinking Based on the Theory of Level of Reading

批判性思维能力是创新思维的核心,是决定学生学习能力的重要因素,制约着学生创新能力的发展,是培养复合型外语人才的重要方面,影响着我国复合型外语人才的培养质量。《综合阅读》是英语专业必修课程之一,是提高学生批判思维能力的主要途径。本文以艾德勒和范多伦提出的阅读层次理论为基础,结合学生阅读实际,以邹为诚的《综合英语教程》第三册第十单元"Bargains"阅读教学设计实施为例,侧重学生分析性阅读层次,分层设计批判性问题,引导学生主动探寻答案,讨论互动,批判分析和撰写摘要,探索培养学生批判性思维的有效途径。

Critical thinking, as a vital factor determining the students＇ learning ability and constraining their further development of reading, is the core of creative thinking, and is the main content of the cultivation of talented foreign language personnel with muhi-abilities and influences its qualification. Integrated Reading is one of the compulsory courses for English majors, which is the main course to cultivate English majors＇ critical thinking. Based on the theory of the level of reading proposed by Mortimer J Adler ＆ Charles Van Doren and the students reading development, the paper presents a reading lesson design of Unit 10 Bargains from Book Three of Integrated Skills of English by ZOU Weicheng as a case and mainly probes the students analytical reading level to explore the possible efficient approaches of cultivating their critical thinking by designing critical reading questions, leading students to search for the answers, discussing and analyzing the question critically and summarizing.