“外研社杯(CCTV杯)”全国大学生英语演讲比赛对参赛选手的影响研究

A Study on the Influence of Participating in “CCTV CUP”English Public Speaking Contest on the Contestants

"外研社杯(CCTV杯)"全国大学生英语演讲比赛是该领域最重要的比赛之一。尽管有文献对该比赛本身进行了一些研究,但少有文章从参赛者的角度来分析研究。本文首先从社会文化理论角度来分析该比赛,然后对7名最终参赛者"参加比赛反馈"进行分析,重点关注参加比赛对其影响。结果表明,参加该比赛不仅加深了参赛者对英语公开演讲的理解,而且在能力训练、生活经验和智慧的增加方面带来了丰硕的收获。最后,对英语演讲课堂和英语口语课程的教学提出了相关建议。

The"CCTV CUP"English public speaking contest is one of the most important contests of this field.Up to now there still lacks relevant study on what role participating in English public speaking contests plays in cultivating students'English public speaking ability and the instruction of this course.Despite a few studies on the contest"CCTV CUP",none of them has focused on the contestants.This paper first attempts to describe the"CCTV CUP"English public speaking contest from the perspective of sociocultural theory.Then it takes 7 final contestants'reactions to participating in the contest for analysis,focusing on what impacts participating in this contest brought on them.The results show that participating in the"CCTV CUP"English public speaking contest not only deepened the contestants'understandings about English public speaking,but brought significant harvests at ability training,and the increase of lire experience and wisdom.At last,it gives relevant suggestions on the instruction of English public speaking course.