外语院校专门用途英语教学模式探讨

On ESP teaching approaches in foreign languagesuniversities and institutes in China

在世界经济发展全球化和中国改革开放的大背景下,我国英语教学领域发生了许多重大变化,外语院校为了适应这些变化,整合自己的英语教学资源,推进英语教学改革,努力培养英语加专业的复合型人才。北京外语大学在2008年6月成立了专门用途英语学院,旨在于加强其英语学科建设和规范其课程设置,以增强自己的应变能力,更好地培养市场所需的复合型外语人才。然而,全国各外国语大学的专门用途英语教学与研究仍面临着许多挑战,任重而道远,需要学界同仁加倍努力,不断进取,与时俱进。

With the development of economic globalization in the world and the reform and opening-up policy in China,some major changes have taken place in the field of English language teaching(ELT).To adapt to these changes,foreign languages universities and institutes have been reforming their ELT and improving teaching approaches through establishing cross-disciplinary language-plus-subject programs.Beijing Foreign Studies University(BFSU)has established“the School of English for Specific Purposes”(SESP)to make the best use of its ELT resources and enhance its academic position by restructuring its ELT programs so that it functions more efficiently in producing multi-talented graduates for China’s changing employment markets.The ESP teaching and research,however,has met with some great difficulties which demand great cooperation among various parties concerned and devoted attention on the part of university authorities.Having said this,we firmly believe ESP teaching and research has a bright future in its development in China.