摘要
《大学英语教学指南》(2020版)将大学英语定性为核心通识课程。这是对大学英语教学定位的重大改变。高校大学外语通识教育的发展已走过了大约13年。传统的外语通识课程主要以人文教育和跨文化教育为核心,尤其是英美文化文学社会为主要内容。这种单一教学内容的外语通识课程既违背了通识教育的最初目的,也影响了高校外语教育的健康发展。因此,有必要对传统的外语通识课程进行范式转移,即实现从外向性跨文化教育转向结合内省的立德树人教育,从单一的人文教育到人文教育和科学教育并举,从去语境通识教育到专业通识教育,从文化素质培养到批判性思辨和沟通能力培养的范式转移。通识教育这四个转向都是课程思政的具体内容体现,即培养全面发展的人。
College English Teaching Guidelines(2020)redefines college English as General Education(or Liberal Arts Education).General Education in college English teaching has developed in China's Mainland since 2007.Its curricula have focused on teaching cross-cultures,especially on the British and American culture and literature.This orientation and teaching content have not only misinterpreted the original purposes of General Education,but also exerted negative influence on tertiary English teaching.The purpose of the provision of College English programs in universities for all students is to serve the need of their academic studies-teaching them to use English to access disciplinary information and communicate their research ideas.Obviously,General Education alone can’t be qualified for such a task.It is suggested that General Education might be integrated into teaching English for academic purposes(EAP).To meet the end,traditional General Education may have a paradigm shift in the following aspects:First,cross-culture education could be combined with moral education, the core of Ideological and Political Education(IPE) underway in different courses of tertiary institutions in China's Mainland.In this aspect,General Education and IPE share the common basis:to cultivate an all-round person.Without such personal traits as patriotism,honesty,dedication,love and sympathy,a person could be of no use.Second,science education should also be highlighted together with humanistic education.General Education without STEAM(Science,Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) could not function properly in the world of science and technology development.Third,General Education should be discipline-specific instead of de-contextualization.Although General Education is cross-disciplinary,it might be more effective when combined with students’ own disciplines.Finally,China Discipline Ranking might influence the teaching content of language teachers.As core foreign language journals and school authorities place the emphasis on the
作者
蔡基刚
CAI Jigang(Xianda College of Economics&Humanities,Shanghai International Studies University,Shanghai 202162,China;College of Foreign Languages and Literatures,Fudan University,Shanghai 200433,China)
出处
《外语电化教学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2021年第1期27-31,4,共6页
Technology Enhanced Foreign Language Education
基金
国家社科基金项目“中国大学生学术英语能力及素养等级量表建设和培养路径研究”(项目编号:016BYY027F)的阶段性研究成果。
关键词
《大学英语教学指南》
通识教育
课程思政
通识英语
大学英语
College English Teaching Guidelines
General Education
Curriculum-Based Political and Virtuous Awareness
General Education in English
College English Teaching
