交际意愿研究及其对大学英语教学的启示

Willingness to Communicate and Its Implications for College English Teaching in China

交际意愿是二语习得领域个体差异研究近年来新的研究热点,同时被认为是衡量外语教学成功与否的重要标准。在全球化高度发展的今天,有效提高大学英语学习者的交际意愿是中国外语教育工作者亟待解决的重大课题。通过梳理交际意愿概念的产生及回顾代表性研究,将交际意愿影响因素归纳为学习者个体相关因素,情感相关因素及时间相关因素三大类,进而指出交际意愿研究对我国外语教学的启示。

Considered as the criterion for successful foreign language teaching, willingness to communicate has been drawing lately increasing attention in the field of L2 - related Individual Difference research. In the world of globalization, the promotion of willingness to communicate by college learners of English is the main concern of all English teachers in China. Based on the review of representative studies on willingness to communicate, the author classified the variables underlying willingness to communicate into variables of individual differences, effective variables and time - related variables. Implications for college English teaching were provided at the end of the article.