学术英语写作研究述评

A critical review of academic English writing studies

近四十年来,国内外学术英语写作研究总体上呈现三大路径:系统功能语言学视域下的学术英语写作研究、学术语言能力理论视域下的学术英语写作研究、对该领域自身理论范式的探讨。国外研究覆盖面广,进展主要表现在界定重要概念,创建与修正分析框架;考察的对象范围逐步详尽完整;研究视角从宏观走向具体深入。与国外研究相比,国内研究多关注学术文本特征,少关注写作者的认知过程。本文评析表明,该领域当前面临研究范式的接口问题,如何运用理论阐释数据的问题以及国内缺乏人本研究和跨学科创新研究的问题。

Academic English writing studies,both international and domestic,have been developing rapidly since 1980 sin three areas,i.e.,EAP writing studies with the approach of systemic functional linguistics,EAP writing studies with the approach of academic literacies,and reflections about research paradigms of the field per se.Covering all the three areas,the international studies have gained marked achievements,in particular,important concepts are defined,and analytical frameworks created and modified;agreater variety of research objects is investigated;and research foci are undergoing a shift from macro to specific.Compared with the international studies,the development of domestic research is behind for about nine years,with more focus on text but less on process.The field in general presents some problems related to the interface of research paradigms,application of theories to data analysis,and a lack of innovative studies domestically.