上海高校学术英语教学改革试点回顾与反思

EAP Instruction in Shanghai Tertiary Institutions:Reviews and Reflections

上海高校学术英语改革试点已进行了两年。两年以来,试点获得很大成功。改革实践表明:一个自上而下的改革必须得到市领导的支持;必须有妥协,制订可接受的新课程体系;要有面对反对而百折不挠的精神;要抓住教师观念的转变,积极开展培训;要开发本土学术英语教材;要建设能让学生可以施展所学到的学术英语技能的论坛;要建设可评估的学术英语测试体系等。

Since the autumn of 2013,EAP instruction has been implemented in 26 tertiary institutions in Shanghai,China.The past two years has witnessed its success.Summarizing the experiences of the reform,the paper argues that it is important to gain the support of the local government as it is carried out top-down,to design a compromised wide-angled EAP program,to push the reform forward despite the obstacles and difficulties,to conduct the training for those EAP teachers who lack correct perceptions of EAP and confidence in its teaching,to develop localized EAP materials,to organize discipline-based students’forums or conferences where students could apply the EAP skills they have acquired,and to develop EAP standardized tests for evaluation and positive washback on EAP instruction.