基于多元化需求的大学英语选修课体系的构建

传统的《大学英语》课程设置因其单一化而存在一定的局限性。随着中小学英语教改的深入以及大学新生英语水平的不断提高,大学英语教学正面临来自学生、社会及教师多元化需求的挑战。开设语言技能、文化知识和专门用途英语等方面的拓展类选修课程,为学生提供尽量大的选择空间,这有望拓展学生的学习兴趣、搭建大学英语教师的专业发展平台。     

英语阅读中学生思维能力的培养

大学英语教学在培养学生的语言能力和交际能力的同时,也应和其它学科一样,致力于发展大学生的思维品质。本文以培养大学生的思维素质为目的,结合逻辑思维原理,以教学实例具体地说明了如何在英语阅读中培养学生的概括思维,整体／分析思维、联想／扩展思维和逻辑推理思维     

中国的大学英语改革

The key factors that pushed College English in China to the stage of transformation are: globalization, student challenges, expansion of enrolment and primary and high school coordination challenge. The theoretical frameworks should cover the concepts of communicative competence, the learning-centered approach and learner autonomy. It then describes the major areas affected by the transformation to a new CE, in which the primary objective is to develop students’ English comprehension and communicative competence: the nature and goal of the curriculum, curriculum requirements, teaching mode, assessment, and administration, In the new CE, focus has shifted from reading to listening and speaking, and special attention is now given to independent learning by capitalizing on advanced information technology; five principles are understood as the underpinnings of the transformation: a shift in orientation towards competence, the dominance of learning, focus on process, emphasis on culture, and increasingly democratic learning.      

信息的三层论与阅读的心理机制

本文按信息三层次论把英语阅读过程分为三阶段：语言阶段、语义阶段和语用阶段,并试用信息论的角度去分析英语阅读的心理机制,以图对英语阅读教学有所启发。