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briefintroductionofespteachingandresearchinchina中国专门用途英语教学与研究概况

本科毕业设计（论文）

（2011届）

题目：

中国专门用途英语教学与研究概况

BriefIntroductionofESPTeachingandResearchinChina

Contents

ChapterOneIntroduction----------------------------------------------------------1

ChapterTwoAnOverviewofESPTeachingandResearch-----------------1

2.1TheDefinitionofESP-----------------------------------------------------------------------1

2.2TheClassificationofESP---------------------------------------------------------------2

2.3TheDevelopmentofESP-------------------------------------------------------------------3

2.3.1RegisterAnalysis-------------------------------------------------------------------3

2.3.2RhetoricalorDiscourseAnalysis-----------------------------------------------4

2.3.3TargetSituationAnalysis---------------------------------------------------------4

2.3.4SkillsandStrategiesApproach--------------------------------------------------5

2.3.5Learning-centredApproach-----------------------------------------------------5

2.4TheDevelopmentofESPinChina-------------------------------------------------------6

ChapterThreeTheCourseDesignofESP--------------------------------------6

3.1TheCourseDesignofESPinChina-----------------------------------------------------6

3.2NeedsAnalysis--------------------------------------------------------------------------------7

3.1.1TargetNeed---------------------------------------------------------------------------8

3.1.2LearningNeeds----------------------------------------------------------------------8

3.1.3TheNeedsofChina’sStudents---------------------------------------------------9

3.2ApproachestoESPCourseDesign--------------------------------------------------------9

3.2.1Language-centredCourseDesign------------------------------------------------10

3.2.2Skills-centredCourseDesign------------------------------------------------------10

3.2.3ALearning-centredApproach---------------------------------------------------11

ChapterFourTheESPTeachingMaterialsinChina------------------------12

4.1TheRelationshipwithTeacher,StudentandTeachingMethod------------------12

4.2TheExistedProblemofChineseESPTeachingMaterials-----------------------13

4.3ThePrincipleandMethod---------------------------------------------------------------13

ChapterFiveTheRoleofESPTeacher----------------------------------------14

ChapterSixConclusion------------------------------------------------------------15

Acknowledgements

IwouldliketoexpressmydeeplythankstomysupervisorMs.LiPei,whohasofferedmealotofvaluablehelpinwritingthisthesis.Withoutherhelpandwiseguidance,itisimpossibleformetofinishthethesis.Atthesametime,IwanttosaythankyoutomygoodfriendswhohelpmeoutwhenIcometotroublesintheprocessofwriting.Finally,mygratitudealsogoestomyroommateswhogivemelotsofadvice.

Abstract：

Withthedevelopmentofourcountry’ssociety,andin-depthstudyoflinguistics,EnglishforSpecialPurposesisbecomingmoreandmoreimportantinChina’sEnglishEducation.ThispaperdescribesthecharacteristicsandcontentsofEnglishforSpecificPurposes,andcomparingthedomesticandforeignstatusofteachingstudiesofESP,makingamorecomprehensiveassessmentandputtingforwardspecificrequirementsindevelopingteachingmaterials,strategies,curriculum,evaluationandsoonwithinChineseEnglishteaching,whichhopestogivethepracticeofESPteachingalittlerevelation.

KeyWords：

EnglishforSpecificPurposes;teachingstudies;analyzingandrequiring;revelation

摘要：

随着我们国家社会的发展，以及语言学的深入研究，特殊用途英语教学在中国的英语教学上也越来越突显出其重要性。

本文通过介绍特殊用途英语的的特点和内容，调查研究并比较国内外ESP的教学和研究现状，对中国英语教学中的师资教材制定、教学策略、课程设置等多方面做出比较全面的分析并且提出具体的要求，从而希望能给我国ESP教学的实践以一定的启示。

关键词：

特殊用途英语；教学研究；分析要求；启示

ChapterOneIntroduction

ESP（EnglishforSpecificPurposes）teachingisabranchofthefieldofEnglishlinguisticsandfirstlyappearedinEnglishspeakingcountriesintheearly1960s.Likeanyformoflanguageteaching,ESPisprimarilyconcernedwithlearning.Itcansaythatitsappearanceanddevelopmentcomesfromtheneedsofthecommunity.Alongwiththeincreasingglobalpolitical,economicandculturalexchange,thestatusofEnglishbeingtheuniversallanguageintheworldisincreasinglygettingholdofstrength.MoreandmorepeoplebegintopayattentiontoEnglishandlearnit.ThereisagreatenthusiasminstudyingEnglisharoundtheworld.InordertomeetthevariouskindsofEnglishlearners’needsofdifferentpurposes,ESPwasborn.WhilethecontinuousgrowingEnglishlearningenthusiasmleadtotherapiddevelopmentofESP.

EnglishforSpecificPurposesenteredintothefieldofEnglishteachingbyitsspecialrole.ESPhasbeenvaluedbymanylinguisticexpertsinChinaandalargeamountofcollegeshavesetupvariouskindsofESPcourses.Thefieldofapplicationlinguisticsalsohastheresearchdirection.However,EnglishforSpecificPurposesisnotverypopulartoallofthepeople.TheydonotknowthemaincontentsofESP.IsthereanyfunctionandfutureaboutESP?

Theobjectiveofthispaperistointroducethedevelopment,applicationofESPtoChineseteachersandstudents.

Thisthesisisdividedintofourparts.MainlytalkingaboutwhatisESP,thederivation,classificationanddevelopmentofESP,thepracticalapplicationofthecoursedesignintheformofasyllabus,materialsandassessment,theroleoftheESPteacherandprovidinginformationaboutresourcestohelptheteacher.

ChapterTwoAnOverviewofESPTeachingandResearch

2.1TheDefinitionofESP

Fromtheearly1960’s,EnglishforSpecificPurposes（ESP）hasgrowntobecomeoneofthemostprominentareasofEFL（Englishasaforeignlanguage）.ItisanewbranchofEnglishsubjectandonelearning-centeredteachingmethod.AftertheoutbreakofWorldWarII,withtherapiddevelopmentofscienceandgreatincreaseofeconomicactivitiesinwesterncountries,internationalexchangesbecomingmorefrequent,Englishmustbetheinternationalcommonlanguageasthekeytothetiesofinternationalscienceandtechnology.Therefore,thepurposesofpeoplelearningEnglishisveryclearthatcommandingEnglishasatoolforservicingtheirengagedprofession.InordertomeettheneedsofdifferentpeoplelearningEnglish,ESPhascomeintobeing.AndtheincessantstudypassionalsoleadstothecontinuedrapiddevelopmentofEnglishforSpecificPurposes.

Sincethelate1960s,thereweresomefamousbooksaboutEnglishforSpecificPurposes.TheyhavegivendifferentelaborationofESP.In1964,“TheLinguisticSciencesandLanguageTeaching”byHalliday,McIntosh&Strevenswrote:

“Englishforcivilservants;forpolicemen;forofficialsofthelaw;fordispensersandnurses;forspecialistsinagriculture;forengineersandfitters.”Afterthem,afewrepresentativeliteraturecameforthcontinuously,suchas“EnglishforSpecificPurposes”byTomHutchinson&AlanWatersand“DevelopmentsinEnglishforSpecificPurposes”byT.DudleyEvans&M.STJohn.

Hutchinson&Waters（1987）regardedESPasamethodbutnotaproductandthoughtthatwhattheESPincludingwasnotakindofspeciallanguage,teachingmaterialorways.Theypointedout“ThebaseofEnglishforSpecificPurposesisasimplyquestion:

Whyalearnerneedsaforeignlanguage?

”（Hutchinson&Waters,1987）.Thisquestion’sanswerisrelatedtothelearner’srequisitelanguageandenvironment.ItdecidestheleadingroleofrequirementinESPandtherequirementischangingbydifferentintention.SowhatweneedtodobeforemakingupourmindinlearningEnglishistomakesureforwhatpurposes.

2.2TheClassificationofESP

Intheclassification,ESPcanbedividedintothreeparts:

EnglishforScienceandTechnology（EST）;EnglishfortheSocialScience（ESS）andEnglishforBusinessandEconomics（EBE）.Eachbranchstillcanbeseparatedintotwopoints:

EnglishforAcademicPurposes（EAP）andEnglishforOccupationalPurposes（EOP）.Thewayofthisdivisioniscalled“Trichotomy”.ItwasfirstlyputforwardbyHutchinson&Watersin1987.Thereareanotherdivisionexistingcalled“Dichotomy”.Dudley-EvansandStJohn（1998）considertheESPastwofieldsintradition:

EnglishforAcademicPurposes（EAP）andEnglishforOccupationalPurposes（EOP）.ThiskindofdivisionisbasedontheeachphasewhichESPcoursewasfoundout.ItissignificantthattheycanaffecttheprofessionaldegreeinESPcoursedesign.EAPmeansthatpeoplelearnEnglishforacademicexchangeandreceiptofhighereducation,whileEOPisforeffectiveoccupationaltechnicaltrainingtovariouspersonnel.ThelatterismainlyinstudyingEnglishfordealingwithspecificsituation,theneedsofcommunication,andsomedifferentprofessionalandtechnicalmissions.Notbeingthesame,theformerusuallylearnlanguagecommoncoreortheEnglishinconnectionwiththeirmajor.

IsESPdifferenttoEnglishforGeneralPurposes（EGP）?

Ifweagreewiththisdefinition,wemaybegintofindouthowbroadESPreallyis.Sometimes,youmayask“WhatisthedifferencebetweentheESPandEGPapproach?

”EGP（EnglishforGeneralPurposes）mainlyreferstothetypicallanguagecoursesatschool.Theaimofstudents’studyisformasteringbalancedlanguage’sfourbasicskills:

listening,speaking,readingandwriting.Becausetheactualneedsofthelearnersarepotential,uncertainandthemainteachingcontentsofGeneralEnglishonlyfrom

thegenerallanguageknowledgeandskills.RelativetoEGP,ESPhastwoobviouscharacteristics:

Firstly,theclearrangeofapplication.TheuserhastouseEnglishinthefieldofhisworkduetospecificindus