美国西班牙语专业本科课程设置特点与启示——以耶鲁大学为例

Features and Insights of Undergraduate Curriculum for Spanish Majors in the U.S.:Yale University as an Example

随着经济社会的高速发展,国家对具有跨领域知识融通能力的高层次外语人才的需求不断增加。发展跨学科专业是高等教育适应并响应国家需求的重要途径,而课程建设是学科建设的基础,各院校西班牙语专业应该找准国内外协同方向,服务国家和社会发展需求。以耶鲁大学为例,分析美国西班牙语专业培养目标、课程设置和自主学习体系,明确其外语教育的跨学科目标、服务国家的目标和国际化目标,以期为我国高校西班牙语专业课程设置、外语测评体系和跨学科课程体系的建立提供借鉴。

With the rapid development of economy and society,the country’s demand for high-level foreign language talents with interdisciplinary knowledge integration ability is increasing.Taking Yale University as an example,this paper analyzes the training objectives,curriculum and independent learning system of Spanish majors in the United States,and clarifies the interdisciplinary goals,the goals of serving the country and internationalization of its foreign language education.It is expected to provide reference for the establishment of curriculum,foreign language assessment system and interdisciplinary curriculum system of Spanish majors in Chinese colleges and universities.There is no doubt that the development of interdisciplinary majors is an important way for higher education to adapt and respond to the needs of the country,while curriculum construction is the basis of discipline construction,and Spanish majors in each institution should find the direction of domestic and international synergy to serve the needs of national and social development.