概述任务在学术英语读写课程中的运用探析

An exploration of the application of summary tasks in EAP reading and writing programs

概述写作技能是有效从事学术研究的入门技能,是学术英语课程不可或缺的一部分。研究表明,专家型和学徒型概述写作认知处理模式上存在差异,而宏观规则训练以及学习者对于文本的宏观结构、图式线索、结构线索意识的提高,将大大提高学习者的概述写作能力。本文针对我国大学EAP课程学习者特征,探析如何在学术英语读写课程中运用概述任务提高学习者学术英语阅读和写作能力,同时尝试性地提出概述任务文本选择、概述任务设置以及有效教学的一些原则和方法。

Summary-writing is a threshold ability that students need in order to be able to engage proficiently in academic studies.It is an essential part of EAP programs.Studies show that there exist differences in cognitive processes of experts and apprentice summary writers and that reading comprehension and the quality of summaries can be improved by macro-rules training and promoting learners’awareness of macro-structure,schema-based and structure-based cues of the text.Taking into consideration the features of EAP learners in China,the paper explores the ways in which summary tasks are applied in EAP programs to improve learner’reading comprehension and writing ability.Meanwhile,some principles and methods concerning summary task material choice and summary task design as well as its effective teaching are proposed.