英语阅读教学中学生思辨能力的培养.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 23 英语阅读教学中学生思辨能力的培养 摘要：思辨能力是高素质人才的必备能力，思辨能力的培养已成为高等教育的重要目标。大量研究表明，在外语学习中，学生思辨能力的培养方法之一是通过批判性阅读，而有效阅读的前提又是分析与批判能力。本研究将探讨英语阅读与培养学生思辨能力的关系，并结合其他学者的实证研究，分析现今英语专业学生的思辨现状与英语阅读教学中存在的问题，为如何通过英语阅读教学尤其是批判性阅读教学以提高学生思辨能力提供一些英语阅读教学上的建议。 关键词：英语专业；思辨能力；英语阅读；批判性阅读；阅读课堂教学 Reinforcing Students Thinking Power through EFL Reading Classroom Instruction 1. Introduction Thinking power is considered as one of the most essential and necessary quality of a well-developed person. The cultivation of students’ thinking power has long been a hot topic among most developed countries. The level of thinking power has been considered as one of the most significant standards to evaluate the quality of talents (Huang, 2010). According to the guidelines of national program for a long-term educational reform and development, reinforcing students’ thinking power is the primary aim of higher education in China. And it is also what many universities are pursuing. Sun (2011) regards students’ thinking power as an important transferable skill that can be applied in their future career and life. It will be helpful to deal with different even difficult situations they may face after graduation. As an abstract ability, thinking power can help people solve practical problems on the basis of rational judgment (Ruan, 2013). Compared with the basic subject knowledge students have learned, thinking power plays a more fundamental role in enhancing their problem-solving capability. Students can think over different views profoundly and express their opinions freely through critical thinking. At the same time, it is beneficial for students to analyze the experience human beings have gained rationally so that they can carry on the further research and innovation (Sun, 2011). To some extent, students’ thinking power guarantees their ability of independent thinking as well as creativity. It is vital to their efficiency of learning and facilitates their life-long learning. As the foundation of students’ integ