从坎宁斯沃思教材评估体系看《新视野大学英语》第三版的双文化图式构建
2021-09-12王胜利
王胜利
摘 要:外语教学最有效的方法就是中外语言文化的比较教学。《新视野大学英语》四册读写教程的单元主题涉及英语世界的社会、历史、经济、哲学、科技、文化等各个不同领域的内容,为学生构建了全方位的英语文化图式,同时通过融入汉译英练习中的汉语文化图式设计,使学生通过对比加深对所学语言的认识,同时也促进学生对中华优秀传统文化的深入理解,帮助学生更好地在文明交流互鉴中坚守中华文化立场,讲好中国故事,传播好中国声音。该教程双文化图式的构建不仅满足了坎宁斯沃思教材评估体系的四个原则,而且在坎宁斯沃思教材评估体系的基础上有所创新。
关键词:坎宁斯沃思教材评估体系;《新视野大学英语》(第三版);双文化图式
中图分类号:G640 文献标志码:A 文章编号:2096-000X(2021)22-0082-04
Abstract: The most effective method of the foreign language teaching is the comparative teaching of Chinese and foreign language and culture. The unit themes of four books of Reading and Writing Course of the Textbook "New Horizon College English"(the third edition) cover various subjects of society, history, economy, philosophy, science and technology, and culture in the English world, which constructs a comprehensive English cultural schema, and includes a comprehensive Chinese cultural Schema through the translation exercises from Chinese to English in order to help college students promote the in-depth understanding of the target language and their excellent Chinese traditional culture, training students' ability to apply language and cross-cultural communication skills, so as to better carry forward the excellent traditional culture, tell the Chinese story to the outside world, and spread the voice of China. The construction of the dual cultural schema of the tutorial not only meets the four principles of the Cunningsworth's teaching material evaluation system, but also is the innovation on the Cunningsworth's teaching materials evaluation system.
Keywords: Cunningsworth's teaching materials evaluation system; "New Horizon College English"(the third edition); dual cultural schemata
“工欲善其事,必先利其器”。在整個教学活动过程中,教师和学生使用教材的时间均占很高的比例。教材决定教学内容和教学程序,教材是教师主要的教学资源,是学生学习的重要指引,教材更是能达成国家教育目标、传递文化精华、形塑社会价值等的重要工具。研究发现98%的课堂指导来自教材而非教师,90%的学生课后作业也是由教材来指导的[1]。全球化和“互联网+”的时代背景使大学英语教师在教学观念、教学方法和教学技术等方面都发生了深刻的变化。当前,我国的大学英语教学蓬勃发展,外语教学与研究出版社、外语教育出版社、高等教育出版社、复旦大学出版社和上海交通大学出版社等都出版了风格各异、特色不同的大学英语教材,甚至一个出版社就出版了多种特色的大学英语教材。……
