大一英文教材之編輯

董 崇 選國立中興大學外文系教授

懂更懂學習英文網站負責人網址： dgdel.nchu.edu.tw

I. 我們自編大一英文教材的演變史：– A. Facts

• 1. A mere collection of English (literary)

articles or works. • 2. A collection of English (literary) articles or

works,

With annotations (in Chinese and/or English),

And questions about the content,

Plus brief passages about the authors.

I. 我們自編大一英文教材的演變史：

A. Facts• 3. A collection of English articles or works on various subjects, With annotations (in Chinese and/or English), And questions about the content, Plus brief passages about the authors.• 4. A collection of English articles or works on various subjects, With annotations (in Chinese and/or English), And questions about the content and the language, Plus exercises and tests

I. 我們自編大一英文教材的演變史：

A. Facts• 5. A collection of English articles or works on various subjects, With annotations (in Chinese and/or English), And questions about the content and the language, Plus exercises and tests, And supplementary materials for cultural and practical purposes.

I. 我們自編大一英文教材的演變史：

B. Analyasis• 1. an English reader = the only English-

teaching material

Learning English is limited to reading English.

• 2. literary articles or works → articles on

various subjects

Learning English is related to acquiring knowledge.

I. 我們自編大一英文教材的演變史：

B. Analyasis• 3. without → with

the part of “the language”

Learning English must include grammar and rhetoric.

• 4. without → with exercises

Practice is very important to learning English.

I. 我們自編大一英文教材的演變史：

B. Analyasis• 5. without → with tests

One needs to know how well one has learned English.

• 6. without → with cultural materials

Learning a language involves learning its culture.

• 7. without → with practical materials

A language is to be used in real life.

II. 我們需要自編大一英文教材嗎？

– A. 需要：• 因為： We know what our students need.

– B. 不需要 :• 因為： We have plenty of well-made materials already.

III. 我們應如何自編大一英文教材？

• 1. Two separate editions, one for training the ability of

listening and speaking (including oral translation),

the other for training the ability of reading and writing (including written translation).

III. 我們應如何自編大一英文教材？

• 2. To enlarge the content of the materials by covering as many subjects as possible.

• 3. With guided study of both the ideas and the language.

• 4. Providing sufficient good exercises and tests.

III. 我們應如何自編大一英文教材？

• 5. Including a cultural capsule.• 6. Showing practical

applications.• 7. Doing oral and written cross-

translation.• 8. Augmenting audio-visual

effects.

IV. 我們自編大一英文教材的困難：

• 1. Who can serve as the

editor(s)?• 2. What is the level of our

freshmen’s English?• 3. Who may want to use our

editions?• 4. Where is our (financial)

support?