English for Specific Purposes(ESP) is an inevitable trend for reform of college English teaching. The paper is on the basis of theories on ESP teaching. Based on extensive investigation, it analyzes the main problems ...English for Specific Purposes(ESP) is an inevitable trend for reform of college English teaching. The paper is on the basis of theories on ESP teaching. Based on extensive investigation, it analyzes the main problems in current college English teaching which is EGP-oriented(English for General Purpose) and the necessity of teaching model"EGP + ESP"is demonstrated in this paper. Moreover, it discusses specific measures on how to conduct teaching reform on the combination of"EGP and ESP"from five aspects including faculty construction, selection of teaching materials, curriculum design, teaching model, evaluation system in order to change students' general dissatisfaction for college English teaching and achieve the goal to cultivate interdisciplinary talents of foreign language for society.展开更多
本文探讨专门用途英语在中国大学的实施和发展前景。首先基于参考文献,试图对EAP与ESP的课程内涵进行释义,以澄清两者在意义上的划界。同时就当前中国学生英语课程通用英语(General English)或专门用途英语(English for Specific Purpos...本文探讨专门用途英语在中国大学的实施和发展前景。首先基于参考文献,试图对EAP与ESP的课程内涵进行释义,以澄清两者在意义上的划界。同时就当前中国学生英语课程通用英语(General English)或专门用途英语(English for Specific Purposes)的并存关系做进一步阐述。此外,针对高校专门用途英语的教学现状做出基本概述,并基于以学生为中心的教学理念,提出建设性的ESP组织教学。希望教师以对专门用途英语等教学理念的正确理解为基础,提高自身的学术文化、学术语言、学科知识等方面的底蕴,不断拓宽职业发展,改进我国大学外语教育的教学功效。展开更多
The world has witnessed the development of China in different fields.The increasing international cooperation,the Belt and Road Initiatives,disciplinary journal articles,and exchanging research with international coll...The world has witnessed the development of China in different fields.The increasing international cooperation,the Belt and Road Initiatives,disciplinary journal articles,and exchanging research with international colleagues require more Chinese to learn English in a larger scale.But most colleges still focus on General English teaching,helping students to follow the rules of grammar,to memorize more vocabulary,etc.,and to pass kinds of exams.The fact is more than 80%of the college students have adequate ability to read their disciplinary specific journal articles,or finish their written assignments which follow academic conventions.This paper aims at the necessity of the paradigm shift in tertiary English teaching from General English to English for academic purposes(EAP),paving the way for the transformation of English education and improvement of the teaching syllabus for EAP/English for specific purposes(ESP)students.展开更多
摘要English for Specific Purposes(ESP) is an inevitable trend for reform of college English teaching. The paper is on the basis of theories on ESP teaching. Based on extensive investigation, it analyzes the main problems in current college English teaching which is EGP-oriented(English for General Purpose) and the necessity of teaching model"EGP + ESP"is demonstrated in this paper. Moreover, it discusses specific measures on how to conduct teaching reform on the combination of"EGP and ESP"from five aspects including faculty construction, selection of teaching materials, curriculum design, teaching model, evaluation system in order to change students' general dissatisfaction for college English teaching and achieve the goal to cultivate interdisciplinary talents of foreign language for society.
摘要本文探讨专门用途英语在中国大学的实施和发展前景。首先基于参考文献,试图对EAP与ESP的课程内涵进行释义,以澄清两者在意义上的划界。同时就当前中国学生英语课程通用英语(General English)或专门用途英语(English for Specific Purposes)的并存关系做进一步阐述。此外,针对高校专门用途英语的教学现状做出基本概述,并基于以学生为中心的教学理念,提出建设性的ESP组织教学。希望教师以对专门用途英语等教学理念的正确理解为基础,提高自身的学术文化、学术语言、学科知识等方面的底蕴,不断拓宽职业发展,改进我国大学外语教育的教学功效。
摘要The world has witnessed the development of China in different fields.The increasing international cooperation,the Belt and Road Initiatives,disciplinary journal articles,and exchanging research with international colleagues require more Chinese to learn English in a larger scale.But most colleges still focus on General English teaching,helping students to follow the rules of grammar,to memorize more vocabulary,etc.,and to pass kinds of exams.The fact is more than 80%of the college students have adequate ability to read their disciplinary specific journal articles,or finish their written assignments which follow academic conventions.This paper aims at the necessity of the paradigm shift in tertiary English teaching from General English to English for academic purposes(EAP),paving the way for the transformation of English education and improvement of the teaching syllabus for EAP/English for specific purposes(ESP)students.