语言与知识的互动关系——学术英语研究新视角

The Interactive Relationship Between Language and Knowledge—A NewPerspective in EAP Research

学术英语本质上是描述学术研究的语言表达形式,语言与知识在学术英语中是互动关系,不能孤立地看待其语言形式。目前学术英语研究大部分集中于学术语篇文本的分析,通过分析体裁及语言特点,给学术英语教学提供指导。这种研究角度背后的语言观是把学术英语看成静止的,认为只要讲解体裁和语言特点,学习者自然可以掌握学术英语。学术英语的学习过程中,语言与知识交互发展。学术英语在知识探究中掌握,语言随着知识探究过程发展。语言与知识互动的动态语言观可以给学术英语研究及课堂教学提供积极的启示意义。

English for academic purposes （EAP） is the linguistic representation of academic research. Current EAP research focuses on the analysis of the linguistic characteristics and generic structures of academic discourse,aiming to provide pedagogical instructions for EAP courses.Such an approach views EAP as a set of static rules,assuming that learners can grasp EAP through studying those rules. The relationship between language and knowledge is interactive.EAP can be acquired through the inquiry process;language is the by-product of such a process.Such a dynamic approach to EAP sheds new light on the EAP research and classroom instruction.