大学日语教学模式研究——以中国农业大学为例

Exploring the Modes of Teaching College Japanese——A Case Study at China Agricultural University

外语教育是我国高等教育的重要组成部分,对于促进大学生知识、能力和综合素质的协调发展具有重要意义。日语是外语中继英语之后学习人数最多的语种之一,其作用不可小觑。本文回顾了国内外外语教学理念的变迁,特别是理念的变迁给日语教学带来的变化和影响,指出了目前教学中存在的问题。本文以中国农业大学的教学案例为例,分析了其中的三个闪光点,即(1)从'知道(to know)'到'去做(to do)'。(2)让学习者置身于情境之中学习。(3)通过合作学习提高学生学习热情。本文通过对大学日语教学模式的研讨,以期对外语教学模式的构建有所启示,让外语教育真正成为培养学生人文素养的一个组成部分。

Foreign language education is considered an important part of higher education.Japanese is currently the second most commonly-taught foreign language in China’s universities,which has induced more research on how it should be taught and learned.This paper intends to shed some light on the construction of appropriate college Japanese teaching Modes through a case study.First,this paper reviews the historical changes in principles of teaching foreign languages at home and abroad,and then studies the approaches in Japanese language teaching in particular.It shows that Japanese language teaching is now going through a reform,i.e.,a shift from focus on teaching language knowledge and training basic language skills to cultivating intercultural communication competence,and the reform has produced significant results in Japanese teaching.Second,this paper presents some common problems in China’s college Japanese education.Third,this paper analyzes the methods of college Japanese teaching at China Agricultural University,and summarizes three distinctive features of the teaching mode adopted.The teaching practice at China Agricultural University shows that the teaching modes of college Japanese in China are undergoing a reform under the influence of the changing principles and approaches of foreign language teaching in general.