大学英语测试与批判性思维能力培养

摘要

“思辨缺席”在我国当代大学生中普遍存在，影响了大学生的英语学习和应用能力。当前的大学英语测试较注重学生的语言知识，忽略了学生的语言技能，尤其是学生的批判性思维和批判性表达。在测试方式、测试内容等方面突出批判性思维能力检测，能鼓励学生在外语学习中培养批判性思维，将语言知识学习、语言技能学习与批判性思维结合在一起，提高外语教学质量。%“Deficiency in Critical Thinking”is a common phenomena among Chinese college students,which influences their English learning and English usage. Present college English test mainly examines students ’ mastery of basic language knowledge and ignores their language competence,esp.that in critical thinking and critical expression.If the college English test attaches importance to examination of students’critical thinking capacity by reforming its testing manner and content,the students would be encouraged to cultivate their critical thinking capacity in their study. The combination of language knowledge,language competence and critical thinking capacity would improve the quality of the foreign language teaching and study on the whole.