全语言理论视阈下的新托福考试对大学英语的启示——以听力部分为例

Enlightenment from TOEFL on College English Listening—— From the Perspective of“Whole Language Approach”

我国大学英语教学改革正在火热进行中,改革目的是为了培养学生在工作、社交乃至海外学习中英语实际运用能力。历经多次变革后的新托福考试,正是主要衡量考生英语是否适应该语种国家学习和生活的实际能力为准则。新托福考试呈现的以北美真实语境语料来全面检测学生综合语言运用能力的特点,与我国大学英语改革的理念和方向是一致的,具有积极的参考启示意义。

Chinese educational reform of College English teaching is in full swing. Its objective is to develop students’ English competence in job hunting and cultivate their practical language skills in academic and daily life overseas. After experiencing decades＇ transformations, new TOEFL also evaluates how well students are able to master the communication skills and integrate into English speaking countries. Using the authentic context and language resources to test students’ comprehensive language application ability, new TOEFL is the one that fits Chinese educational reform in its philosophy and direction. Thus it is of great value.