“世界咖啡”:一种促进成人英语学习的新方法

World Cafe: An Innovative Strategy to Facilitate Effectiveness of Adult English Learning

"世界咖啡"是一种汇谈方式,是学习型组织中最常见的一种形式。其特点是鼓励参与者在一种放松、舒适的环境中深度汇话(对话)与反思,发表各自的见解,让意见相互碰撞,激发出意想不到的创新点子。"世界咖啡"强调跨界汇话,让不同专业背景、不同职务、不同领域的人针对数个主题发表各自不同的见解,并相互连接观点,最终形成集体智慧。文章通过论述"世界咖啡"的内涵及特征、成人学生学习英语的主要特点,创新性地将"世界咖啡"运用在继续教育阶段成人英语学习中,并提供了具体的实施步骤,以期提高成人英语学习的实效性。

＂World café＂, a community engagement method, is one of the most popular forms of learning organization. The feature of it is to encourage participants to engage in reflection and dialogue in a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere. It promotes the use of multiple methods in capturing insights of individuals whose professional background, social status and field are different from each other ＇s in communication. It links the various opinions from individuals and finally formulates collective intelligence. This article discusses the connotation and features of ＂World café＂, introduces the characteristics of adult English learning, focuses primarily on how ＂World café＂can be used in practice and provides a step-by-step guide on how to organize and facilitate adult English learning.