Seminar教学范式在商务英语案例教学中的应用研究

How to apply“Seminar Model”to the case study of Business English

Seminar教学范式最早于18世纪在德国的大学产生,后来,在20世纪80年代美国高等教育改革中成为一项重要改革措施。Seminar教学范式旨在为学生提供综合性的、跨学科的和有深度的大学学习体验,强调学生不但要成为知识的接受者,而且要成为知识的探索者、创造者。本文将Seminar教学范式应用在商务英语案例教学中,发现对商务英语教学具有十分重要的功效:它能促进学生实践能力的发展,促进学生的自主学习,激发探究知识的热情,加强研究型人才的培养。

Seminar Model first started at German University in the 18th century.Late in the 1980s it was one of the most important reforms of American college education.Seminar Model aims to offer students a college exploring life with comprehensive,cross-disciplinary and expressive experiences.The focus is that students are not only the recipients but also the explorers and creators of knowledge.The paper applies Seminar Model in Business English teaching and finds that Seminar Model has a great positive effect on Business English teaching.It can enhance students’practical ability;it can improve students’autonomous learning;it can inspire students’enthusiasm in exploring new knowledge and it can also cultivate talented personnel.