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| 教 育 專 題 深 入 報 導《2006-09-13》 |
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| ◎英語充電站：非英文系大一新生的英語文與國際觀歷練 | |
| ◎教育論壇：學校家長日應為給薪休假 | |
| ◎吾思吾師 找回教師熱情與尊嚴徵文比賽 | |
| 英語充電站：非英文系大一新生的英語文與國際觀歷練 | |
| 李振清（世新大學英語系教授） | |
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最近到美國舊金山和華盛頓走了一趟。老朋友們知道我從華府回到教育部國際文教處工作6年後，終又重拾教鞭，回到傳道、授業、解惑的老本行。他們為筆者一則以喜，一則以憂。喜的是英語教學與研究本來就是筆者的專長與最愛；憂的是台灣大學生在惡質社會風氣的影響下，已經被全球高等教育界歸類為逐漸喪失學術競優勢的世代（a generation gradually losing their aca-demic competitive edge）。難怪台灣各大學培養出來的畢業生說、寫的多是「菜」英文。甚至某一流國立大學研究所畢業的縣長出國訪問時，坦承外國人說英語時，他完全像「鴨子聽雷」，一句話也聽不懂。 然而，筆者的看法不同。台灣大學生不是英文學不好，而是我們的教育體制和教學策略之偏差所致。從過去筆者執教的師大英語系、台大外文系，到現在的世新大學英語系，筆者發現三校均有其獨具的學風與特質，但其中的共同點是英文表現優異、4年苦讀後終能出人頭地的學生，三校均大有人在。筆者在〈倫理、英語文與國際思維〉（台灣立報95. 6. 28）中所提及的世新94年畢業生，現執教於Central Michigan Unviersity的周時安小姐，即為一例。台灣大學生英文要歷練得精湛，「非不能也，是不為也。」 世新大學從去（2005）年起，傳承了美國耶魯大學校長雷文（Richard C. Levin）提供的提昇教學品質、培養現代菁英之「錦囊妙計」：重視大一新生的啟蒙，以及大學部學生的誘導與教學，尤其是名師均會自發性地開設大一課程。在牟校長宗燦以前瞻規劃與宏觀視野的積極回應下，立即動員全校教職員，推動了兩項台灣高等教育界前所未有的高教工程：「新生潛能開發暨鍛造營」，及「大一新生守護神」。兩項另類的教育計畫目標，在於以感性的誘導方式，讓甫自高中畢業進入大學的新鮮人，能瞭解高中與大學教育實質內涵的異同，並進一步體驗高等學府的治學方法與終極目標，從而認清自己在21世紀中應扮演的積極角色。在鍛造營中，筆者以「新生因應21世紀國際化教育的策略與挑戰」為題，為這些好奇的新鮮人分析未來的世界，以及他（她）們應秉持的人生態度，包括如何學好基本英語文。 配合開學前的自發性「新生潛能開發暨鍛造營」後，學校又以「大一新生守護神」配套措施，以「小班導師」的方式，延攬具有愛心與熱忱的教師，來延續新鮮人潛能開發與鍛造的任務。兩項空前的「高等教育工程」實施一年後，全體參與的師生，均感受到無比的壓力，因為大多數人均還在摸索如何在當前的「特殊轉型期社會」中，以正確的價值倫理為規臬，有效帶領台灣新世代的大學新生邁向21世紀的新社會。然而，在第二年的「新生潛能開發暨鍛造營」實施後，參與是項工程的筆者，果然感受到了學校用心的實質成果。活動中的絕大多數新鮮人開始綻放了燦爛的笑容與充滿夢想的期許。他（她）們真有別於時下一般大學生逸樂取向的風氣，思想變得成熟了。活動結束3天後，筆者收到了不少學生的正面回應，其中一名非英語系的新生，已經敢大膽地按照筆者提出的挑戰性嘗試，透過e-mail，以英文提出了3個極有價值，而且至為深入的好問題。 寄件的大一新鮮人所寫的英文，雖然文法正確性有待加強，但比起時下台灣一般的大三、大四，甚至非英文系的研究生，這位大一新鮮人所寫的英文及展現的前瞻性內容，著實令人感到無比欣慰；高中才畢業，能寫出這種內容充實、思想成熟的英文，至為難得。在類似狄更斯（Charles Dickens）筆下的亂世中，此等新鮮人正是各大學校院應加以發掘與培養的任務。這也是落實「卓越教學」的重點大學教育目標。 這封大一新生所寫的英文電子郵件，也反映了時下絕大多數大學生的根本問題，包括英語文及其他外文的學習焦慮，以及對當前國際間多元化認識之落差，造成台灣多元國際競爭力、倫理誠信與品德教養的逐步崩潰。因此，這封英文電子郵件極具討論的多重價值。筆者亦藉此稍予修正其語法與用字，供大家一起參考。 Dear Prof. Li: I am Nicole, is an SHU freshman this years, majoring in Japanese. I and was glad to listen to your excellent speech at the freshmen camp. I love English very much, but I hope I can learn other lan-guages at a university, so I choice chose Japanese. Therefore I am afraid my English will degenarecy degenerate soon, so I want to ask for help from you. I hope you can give me some advice, OK? 1. I used to read advanced English and listen to the English radio broadcasts every day, but I think that is not enough , so I want professor you to recommend some good, famous and also suitable foreign magazines for me to my calibre's foreign magazine for me to read. I tried to read TIME before, but it's too hard for me, so can you give me some advice? 2. I and am also considering taking the TOEFL or IELTS during the next four years. Because many seniors tell me it's important to have TOEFL and IELTS certificates, and that it's useful whether I want to find a job or go abroad, so I want to listen your advice. 3. This is the final question >_< !! I always think now in Taiwan most of the people are very look consider it important to know about the 本土化（nativism） issue, but in my opinion, I think internationalization is more important than nativism, right, professor? I watched the interview of our graduate student（周時安）. She told said that she had gone to MOFA to be a volunteer. It is really a good experience, and the question is I want to ask is what is your opinion about in-ternationalization, and how can I expand my understanding of internationalization? Thanks, professor. I hope I can see receive your e-mail soon!! Nicole Wu 2006/9/9 Nicole的英文程度不錯，但她的英文問題，就像台灣絕大多數的學生一般，出現在語法中各項句構的掌握，包括分詞片語結構，如： （1）I am an SHU freshman this year, majoring in Japanese. 關係代名詞的處置，如： （2）Because many seniors tell me it's important to have TOEFL and IELTS certificates, and that it's useful whether I want to find a job or go abroad, so I want to listen your advice. 文法虛詞it與後置「不定詞片語」(infinitive phrase)的正確應用，如： （3）I always think now in Taiwan most of the people consider it important to know about the 本土化 (nativism) issue, （4）It is really a good experience to learn, and the ques-tion I want to ask is what is your opinion about international-ization, and how can I expand my understanding of interna-tionalization? 其他的次要問題如英文拼字（spelling)的學習方法，和標點符號的正確性等，都可以在進入大學後，藉由老師的有效互動教學，逐一克服。（有關英文拼字的學習秘訣，請參考世大學網站 http://cc.shu.edu.tw/~cte/gallery/ccli/「英語充電站」第12-13篇：增進英語文多元能力的單字記憶法（上、下篇）。 在答覆Nicole的第一個問題中，筆者再三強調廣泛閱讀的重要性。其間，若在英文方面覺得TIME（《時代雜誌》） 或NEWSWEEK（《新聞週刊》）太難，則可考慮閱讀《讀者文摘》（Reader's Digest），或透過網路，嘗試閱讀《紐約時報》（The New York Times）、《華爾街日報》（The Wall Street Journal）、《華盛頓郵報》（The Washington Post）、《今日美國報》（USA Today）等報章中的精采小品，以便逐步培養起閱讀與理解能力。另一撇步，就是先看中文報紙，瞭解其重要內容，再來看英文報紙，則可增進英文報紙的閱讀能立之提昇。聯經出版社的《紐約時報英文解析》經典導讀系列，亦可參考。 Nicole所提到的「國際化、全球化」與「本土化」的內涵與培養特別重要。「國際化、全球化」與「本土化」本應相輔相成地推動。如此方能培養起青年人的 「國際視野」與「本土觀念」之結合。 Nicole 以一主修日文的大一新生，已經知道配合日文與英文的雙重學習（或「雙主修」）之重要性，同時又能開始認清、掌握國際化教育的趨勢，以及個人應認同的正確觀念與人生態度，著實難能可貴。 只要她持續保持此種主動、積極、進取與有疑必問的研究精神，則她的4年大學生活必可在世新老師的領航下，以國際視野與學術卓越為座標，然後努力、探索、研究、夢想，則4年，甚或20年後，必可開創多采多姿的燦爛人生。這種情懷，正是馬克吐溫（Mark Twain）對年輕大學生離開避風港、揚帆探索的期許。（原文為：Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Set away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discov-er.） 為了讓Nicole感受到身為人師者的關懷與鼓勵，筆者立即回應，並答覆她所提出的國際化與本土化、（英文）托福與雅思考試認證、優良簡易英文刊物等問題如下。但願本文的探討，及下列回復Nicole的英文郵件，可同時提供今年進入大學的新鮮人參考。 Dear Nicole, What a great delight to hear from you, right after my lecture to the 2006 Freshmen of SHU on Sep. 8! I am glad that you are responding by asking three very important questions. Here is my answer for you. 1. As a Japanese major, it is good for you to learn English successfully as well. Your decision to take Japanese as your major is correct. Congratulations. As for the magazines easier to read than TIME or NEWSWEEK, I would suggest that you try Reader's Digest. Also, I suggest that you read online (1) USA Today; (2) The New York Times; (3) China Post. Choose the articles you are interested in to read, NOT all of them. Also, read the Chinese newspapers first, such as China Times and United Daily News. Understanding of the contents in the Chinese publications will enable you to capture the main ideas in the English newspapers and magazines. 2. TOEFL and IELTS are important, of course. However, do not worry about them now. What you should do at the present as a freshman is to focus on your study of Japanese and English. Then by 2009 when you are a junior, you can easily score high either in TOEFL and IELTS, based on your suc-cessful studies. In the meantime, read my weekly articles pub-lished on the SHU Web: http://cc.shu.edu.tw/~cte/gallery/ccli. The project was beautifully designed and posted by one of our great SHU teachers, Ms. Hsiu-fen Wang (王秀芬老師). I have to give her special credit for helping all of the SHU students as well as all of the browsers from all over the world to learn from this web. 3. Your third question on "internationalization" (國際化、全球化) and "nativism (本土化)" is very important. "Interna-tionalization" enables us to build up global views (國際視野) and broad minds (開放胸襟). "Nativism" helps to understand our own identity. However, "nativism" should aim at net-working with the global community, instead of "isolating" ourselves from the world. Unfortunately, there are some ig-norant people in Taiwan misinterpreting the close relation-ship between "internationalization" and "nativism". A sound education, however, should help young college students to avoid the trap. This is what President James B. Conant told all of the freshmen of Harvard College in the 1930s. Likewise, this is the view we are promoting here at Shih Hsin Universi-ty. I hope I have clearly answered your three questions. Judg-ing from the nature of your questions, you are a brilliant, ma-ture student who can do well at SHU under the guidance of our president Dr. Paul Mu, Department Chair Prof. B.K. Chen (陳炳崑主任), and all of the teachers. Come to my of-fice to see me on Sep. 20, and I will give you a copy of my ar-ticle written and published about the commencement of Harvard University in 1986. I wish you good luck and success in your studies at SHU. Chen-ching Li Sep. 9, 2006 |
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