研究生专业交际英语教学的尝试与分析

Trial and analysis of ETC teaching for postgraduates

专业交际英语是专用英语按照社会需求而发展的产物，旨在提高学生用英语进行专业信息交流的能力。为检验专业交际英语的适用性，对研究生5个班进行专业交际英语教学并对教学效果进行问卷调查和测试分析。结果说明专业交际英语教学主要在阅读和写作两个方面明显地提高了学生的专业信息交流能力，但对口语交际能力提高不大。这需要改进教学方法，加强师生之间的双向交流，以提高学生的口语能力。

English for technical communication (ETC) is a development of English for specific purpose on the demand of the society for improving students' ability in communicating technical information. To assess the applicability of ETC, a specially designed ETC course was delivered to five classes of postgraduates, and a questionnaire and a test analysis were carried out. The results showed that the ETC training has significantly developed students' skills in technical reading and writing, but not so much in speaking. Therefore, we need to improve pedagogics and increase mutual communication so as to raise students' ability in oral English.