大学英语课程与学生批判性思维能力培养

College English Classes and the Cultivation of College Students' Critical Thinking Ability

大学英语课堂教学实践对培养大学生批判性思维能力具有重要意义。大学英语课程应坚持课外与课内并重、知识讲授与实践活动并行,营造有利于培养批判性思维人才的互动环境。本文从"学生与教材"、"学生与教师"、"学生与学生"、"学生与自我"的互动以及"教学评估的改进"两大维度进行批判性思维能力培养的策略构建,创新大学英语课堂教学模式,进一步提升大学生批判性思维能力。

Teaching practice of college English classes is of great significance in cultivating students＇ critical thinking. In college English courses,equal emphasis should be put on in-class and out-of-class activities,and that＇s to say,equal emphasis should be put on knowledge teaching and practical activities. Only in this way can we build up the interactive environment,which is good for cultivating talents with critical thinking. This paper tries to construct the strategies for cultivating critical thinking from the following two dimensions： first,the interactions between students and textbooks,between students and teachers,between students and students,and between students and their egos; secondly,the improvement of teaching evaluations. This paper also tries to renovate the teaching modes of college English classes,and further improves college students＇ critical thinking ability.