网络辅助外语教学中的教师角色——基于Blackboard网络教学平台的研究

Teachers' Roles in Network-Assisted EFL Instruction——A Study Based on Blackboard Academic Suite

网络辅助外语教学(Network-assisted EFL Instruction)是基于网络技术与传统课堂教学整合的一种新型外语教学形式。近年来,随着计算机和网络技术的发展,如何利用网络辅助建构新型教学模式,进行外语教学已成为一项热门课题。教师作为教学模式的重要组成部分,在教学过程中一直扮演着"传道,授业,解惑者"的角色,而多媒体网络技术的发展打破了教师在教学过程中的权威地位。网络辅助外语教学在给传统教学注入活力的同时,也对教师提出了更高的要求,教师的角色必将发生变化。论文通过问卷调查和访谈的研究方法,定量分析了在Blackboard教学平台这种典型网络辅助外语教学中,教师所进行的各项教学活动,从而定位和构建了网络辅助外语教学中教师的角色,即课前是课程的信息发布者和设计者,课中是课程的讲授者和组织者,课后是课程的协助者、学习资源提供者及促进者。本文同时分析了目前网络辅助外语教学中教师所面临的各种障碍,为网络辅助外语教学的完善及新型教学模式下的教师培训提供了新的思路。

Network-assisted EFL Instruction is an integration of network technology and the traditional face-to-face classroom teaching. In recent years, with the rapid development of computers and network, more and more educational institutions around the world are applying computers and network to facilitate learning and teaching. In the field of English language study, network- assisted EFL instruction is also burgeoning. As an element of education, the teacher is crucial to the teaching progress, and the study of teachers＇ roles has always been of great concern for educators. Now with the adoption of computers and network in Eng- lish education, teachers should also adjust their roles so as to fit into this new type of teaching. The thesis aims at studying and exploring teachers＇ roles in Network-assisted EFL Instruction. By conducting questionnaires and interviews, the author analyzes the frequency of teachers＇ different teaching activities in using the Blackboard Academic Suite, and thus draws a continuum of teachers＇ roles： in Network-assisted EFL Instruction, teachers are announcers and designers before class, lecturers and organ- izers in class, and assessors, assistants, resources and facilitators after class. The thesis further studies the barriers for teachers to perform their roles in Network-assisted EFL instruction, which provides new insights for Network-assisted EFL Instruction and teacher training in the very field.