基于需求分析的ESP课程体系优化与升级——以东南大学医学院教改实践为例

Needs-Analysis-Based College English Curriculum Upgrade

本文旨在探讨高等教育国际化的背景下,大学英语教学改革的有效途径和方法。作者基于本校大学英语教学的客观现状,采用问题导向和需求分析的方法,以问卷形式对150名在校本科生和研究生以及40名中大医院副高以上职称的在职医师就英语教学及其在工作中的应用开展调查。调研结果表明,受访者既对EGAP各项技能均有提升的需要,又对ESAP有强烈的需求,认为EGP不能完全满足他们职业发展的需要,而掌握ESP技能则可以增加职业竞争力。基于此,东南大学外国语学院联合医学院以ESP课程体系建设为导向,从课程设置、教学内容、教学方法、教学团队建设、教材研发等方面入手,对现有的大学英语课程进行了全面改革与升级,为医学院学生的英语能力和国际专业交流能力的培养和提升奠定坚实的基础。

This paper aims to explore an effective approach and methods of college English teaching at School of Medicine,Southeast University in the context of internationalization of higher education,based on school-specific problems and needs analysis.Questionnaires were distributed to a total of 150 undergraduate and postgraduate medical students,and 40(deputy)chief physicians at Zhongda Hospital.Results indicated that the respondents showed increasing demand for both EGAP and ESAP skills,that the existing EGP curriculum could not meet students’needs of career development,and that ESP skills could increase the students’competitiveness in the job market.Based on these results,the School of Foreign Languages,together with the School of Medicine,optimized the existing curriculum towards an ESP orientation,in curriculum design,teaching contents and methods,teaching team building,and textbook development,which may lay a solid foundation for the cultivation and improvement of the English competence and professional communication skills of medical students.