商务汉语阅读理解与案例讨论中的问题类型与应用

Question Types and Application in Reading Comprehension and Case Discussion in Business Chinese Teaching

通过学习商务案例来学习汉语是近年商务汉语教学的主要内容之一。本文重点考察如何在这类教学中设计和使用各种类型的问题或(教师)提问来帮助学习者学习目标语言、理解案例内容,并在此基础之上推动课堂讨论,培养以目标语进行思考和表达的能力。文章在综述“提问法”与“问题类型”研究的基础上对案例教学中常用的问题重新分类,讨论其各自的特点与功能,进而从实际使用的角度就案例阅读理解教学和案例讨论活动中的问题设计与应用提出意见。

Learning Chinese by studying business cases has become one of the main subjects of business Chinese teaching in recent years.This paper discusses how to design and utilize effective questions when using business cases in business Chinese instruction to help students learn the target language and better understand the content of a case,and then to lead a successful class discussion and train students to use the target language to think and express themselves.Starting from a literature review,the paper recategorizes the common types of questions used in the casebased teaching,and further discusses their characteristics and functions.It provides practical suggestions on utilizing questions in reading comprehension and case discussion in business Chinese instruction.