语言教材评价的哲学和语言学观照——以Cunningsworth教材评价框架为例

Philosophy and linguistics perspectives of language teaching materials evaluation

语言教材评价在本质属性上遵循哲学范畴关于价值判断的内在规定,在理论根源上吸纳语言学及语言教学理论的主流思想。Cunningsworth的教材评价理论一方面以学习者为价值主体,明确"事实判断"与"价值判断",另一方面以语言项目为视角设计指标的"描述"特征和内容,体现了早期教材评价研究的哲学和理论思考。

Evaluation of language teaching materials follows the inherent rules of philosophy on value judgment, and absorbs the essential ideology of the mainstream theories of linguistics and language teaching. Cunningsworth proposed the theory of teaching materials evaluation which based itself on the ＂learner-centered＂ value and defined ＂fact judg- ment＂ and ＂value judgment＂. Meanwhile, he developed the ＂description＂ features and contents in the perspective of linguistic items, reflecting the philosophical considerations and theoretical traces in the early studies on the evaluation of language teaching materials.