A Study of the Effects of the Content-Based Instruction for English Majors in the Chinese Context  

中国背景下英语专业内容依托教学的效果研究(英文)

作　　者：常俊跃[1] 夏阳[1] 

机构地区：[1]大连外国语学院英语学院

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics》2011年第3期25-38,127,共15页中国应用语言学（英文）

基　　金：supported by a national project funded by the National Planning Office on Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences in 2007

摘　　要：This study focused on the effects of the Content-Based Instruction （CBI） for English majors in the Chinese context. A quasi-experiment was conducted in an English teaching institution with tests as data collection instruments. The quantitative study indicates that CBI brings better outcome than Skill-Oriented Instruction （SOI） in developing language knowledge, language skills and disciplinary knowledge, achieving the general objectives of the national curriculum more effectively than the conventional SOL The findings throw a positive light on the reform of the national curriculum for English as a specialty and the education of English majors in China.本项研究依托教学改革的准实验研究,运用了测试采集研究数据,重点关注了中国高等院校英语专业基础阶段内容依托教学改革的实践效果。实验研究表明,和以语言技能为导向的教学相比,内容依托教学在语言知识教学、语言技能发展和学科知识的传授方面取得了更好的效果,更好地实现了国家大纲规定的总体教学目标。这项研究结果对我国英语专业教学大纲的改革及英语专业教育的发展具有重要的启示意义。

关 键 词：English as a specialty CBI （Content-Based Instruction） SOI （Skill- Oriented Instruction） curriculum 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]