基于母式语理论分析教师在大学英语口语课堂的角色

Analysis of Teacher's Role in Oral English Class based on Motherese Theory

心理语言学理论中的母式语理论对英语口语教学具有指导意义。作者从成年人对儿童说话的特点、成年人言语调节与儿童语言发展的关系、成年人在儿童习得母语中的情感贡献三方面分析了成年人在儿童习得母语中的作用,指出口语教师在教学中应起到同样的作用,并对口语教师的教学提出建议:要善于对学生使用母式语;要给学生提供"i+1"的语言输入;要给学生"立体式"的关注。

The motherese theory in psycholinguistics has shed light on oral English teaching. The paper analyzes the aduh influence on the child＇s language acquisition from three aspects： characteristics of motherese, relationship between the speech adjustments the adult makes and the child＇s language development, affective contribution the adult makes to the child＇s language acquisition process. And the author claims that the oral English teacher is capable of playing the role of adult during the oral English teaching on three conditions： First, the teacher should make use of motherese while speaking; Second, the teacher should provide ＂i＋1＂ input for students; Third, the teacher should pay multidimensional attention to students.