我国西部外语类大学生批判性思维能力现状及其教改措施

On the Critical Thinking Skills of English majors in the Western Regions and the Corresponding Reform Measures

近年来有关我国外语专业大学生"思辨缺席"的呼声越来越高。对我国西部地区外语类大学生批判性思维能力现状进行调查的数据显示,西部地区外语专业大学生的批判性思维能力与上海地区的基本持平,但与美国本科生的相差甚远,均低于美国CCTST所提供的常模。最后在分析影响西部地区外语类大学生批判性思维能力教学因素的基础上提出相应的教改措施。

Recently the voice of “absence of critical thinking ”in English majors is getting louder and louder.The survey data on the current situation of western English majors’CTS shows that the difference is small between western English majors and Shanghai English majors’,but both are lower than the data offered by CCTST and lag far behind the American university students.The paper at-tempts to put forward some corresponding reform measures on the basis of analyzing factors that af-fect the development of English majors’CTS.