提升文化认知与思辨能力——英语专业“读写课程”教学改革研究

Cultural Awareness and Critical thinking Enhancement Training:A Study on Teaching Reforms in“Reading and Writing Courses”for English Majors

针对当前外语专业学习常常存在的“盲目崇尚西方文化”和“思辨能力欠缺”两大突出问题,本文全面介绍了首批国家级线下一流本科课程《英语读写(1-4)》的课程应对方案。本文详细解读了价值引领、知识探究、能力建设和人格培养“四位一体”课程目标,同时介绍了语言基础课程学习过程中提升学生的文化认知和思辨能力的具体课程实践。教改实践表明,在外语基础课程中的文化认知和思辨能力训练不仅是可行的,而且可以有效提升学生学习的获得感。

In view of the two prominent problems that often exist in foreign language learning,namely“blind worship of Western culture”and“lack of critical thinking ability”,this paper comprehensively introduces the reform efforts made in the course“English Reading and Writing(1-4)”,which is titled National Offline Premiere Undergraduate Courses.This paper presents a detailed description of the“Four-In-One”curricular goals:value shaping,knowledge exploration,capacity building and personality cultivation.It also introduces the teaching practices that can be integrated into language foundation courses to effectively enhance students'cultural cognitive ability and critical thinking ability.Our reforms show that in language foundation courses cultural cognition and critical thinking enhancement training are both feasible and effective in improving students'overall sense of growth.