医学院校专门用途英语教材建设实践

Practice of writing an ESP textbook in a medical university

随着全球化逐渐推进和国际学术交流的日益频繁，我国外语教学的重点逐步转向专门用途英语（EnglishforSpecificPurposes，ESP）。教材编写是ESP教学与研究的关键环节，因而受到越来越多的关注。对于医学院校而言，ESP即医学英语。尽管医学英语教材不断增多，但较为成熟实用的医学英语教材仍然较为缺乏。本研究以最新ESP理论为指导，将教材定位为以专业知识为依托、展示语言规律、培养医学英语交际能力，随后对学生进行需求分析，并根据动态需求变化调整设计与任务设置，最终编写完成适用于医学院校本科生教学的ESP教材——《医学英语基础教程》，以期为我国医学院校ESP教材建设提供借鉴。

With the development of globalization and increase of international academic exchan- ges, the focus of foreign language teaching in China has shifted to English for specific purposes （ESP）. Writing of teaching materials is a key step to ESP teaching and research, and ESP teaching materials thus receives increasing attention. For medical institutions, ESP indicates medical English. Despite growth of medical English books, a book based on in-depth needs analysis and for practical purposes still remains deficient. Guided by latest ESP theories, the current study set the objectives of our teaching material as developing communicative abilities by demonstrating language principles. Dynamic needs analysis was re- alized by conducting surveys throughout the whole course, and the design of content and activities was ad- justed accordingly. Finally,an ESP textbook--Basics of Medical English--that is best suited for medical undergraduates was completed and published. This book may contribute to improving the teaching materi- als design for ESP in China.