实施“情境-合作-探究”大学英语口语教学模式的实证研究

通过运用定量分析的方法,对一所普通本科院校大学生在英语口语表达中存在的问题以及对组成"情境-合作-探究"大学英语口语教学模式的主要环节的认可度进行问卷调查并对数据进行了分析。结果表明,受测学生在语言表达层面、篇章衔接层面、社会情感策略的运用以及学习者自主探究能力四个方面均存在一定的问题;学生对组成"情境-合作-探究"口语教学模式的各个环节认可度较高,但对如何进行合作与探究缺少相应的学习策略。因此,在口语教学过程中不仅要注重学生语言应用能力的训练,还要引导学生学会进行合作学习和自主探究,从而提升社会语言能力。

An Empirical Study of the Teaching Mode of College Oral English by the Three Steps-Situation-setting,Cooperation and Exploration

In the paper,an empirical study is conducted to discover the existing problems of oral English; an investigation by means of questionnaires is carried out concerning the acceptability of the major links of the teaching mode of oral English characterized by ＂Situation-Setting by Teachers,Cooperation between Students and Exploration by Students＂（SCE） on the basis of data analyses.The findings show that the subjects have some problems in the four following aspects-their language expression,their textual transitions,their application of social-effective strategies and their self-exploration competence in their studies; and that the subjects think highly of all the aspects making up this SCE teaching mode,although they are short of corresponding learning strategies.Therefore,the teacher is expected not only to improve students＇ skills of using a language,but also to enhance their ability to cooperate with each other and to learn how to explore in person,thus enlarging the width and intensifying the depth of their thoughts to improve their sociolinguistic competence.