Model essay on college literary literacy 1: Strategies for cultivating college English literary literacy Abstract College English teaching focuses on grammar, vocabulary, sentence patterns and other teaching contents, and English teaching is carried out through the basic training modes of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation. With the progress of the times and the acceleration of economic globalization, economic, trade and cultural exchanges and cooperation between countries are increasingly strengthened. It seems that these basic English teaching models and methods can no longer cope with the development of society and meet the requirements of society for talent training. This requires us to regard English application ability and the ability to learn English independently for life as our essential basic abilities. By reading the world's classic literature extensively, learning the essence of world culture and improving one's literary accomplishment, it will not only help to improve one's English application and learning ability, but also strengthen and improve English acquisition extensively and deeply.
Keywords College English; Literary accomplishment; Reading; classical literature
After the basic English study in compulsory education and the consolidation of English elective courses in college, plus the textual research study in CET-4 and CET-6, as well as the training and study of IELTS, TOEFL and other foreign languages, students have acquired basic English practical writing and communication skills. However, the continuous consolidation and improvement of English learning is far from enough. It should be supplemented and improved by reading a lot of English original works, famous books, newspapers and magazines. This not only improves our English level, but also improves our reading ability and understanding ability. The most important thing is to broaden our horizons, let us better understand the world, improve our literary literacy, that is, improve our personal literacy and language expression ability, so that we can have a deeper ability to analyze and solve problems. So, how should we improve these abilities?
First, reading Chinese and foreign classics: broaden literary horizons and accumulate literary literacy.
Whether it's Shakespeare or Salinger, whether it's Confucianism or Buddhism, whether it's Kong Old Master Q or Laozi and Zhuangzi, whether it's the Tao Te Ching or the Analects of Confucius, whether it's the original work or a collection of notes, whether it's the Compendium of Materia Medica, Huangdi Neijing, the history of western philosophy, the history of art and music, the letters of Zeng Guofan and Fu Lei, or whether it belongs to China or the world; Literature, philosophy, art and religion; Ancient, modern and modern; Novels, plays, poems and essays; As long as it is a classic, we will watch it. When we read, we are accompanied by thinking. In the process of thinking, we may improve the original imperfect knowledge structure to make it more scientific and complete, or overthrow what we think is right to establish a new knowledge or cognitive structure, or identify what we don't realize or don't know at all, and store it in our minds. The process of thinking itself is a cognitive process and a learning process. It is of great significance to improve comprehension through reading. As the old saying goes:? The book has its own Yan Ruyu, and the book has its own golden house? . If you read more, you will naturally know more. ? Reading has broken thousands of volumes, and writing is like a god. ? In the same way: if you read more, you will write. People often say: there is no other way to learn art, only familiarity.
Second, the method of reading is also very important: the proper method will get twice the result with half the effort.
At the beginning of reading, it is mainly accumulation, reading words and memorizing words, reading sentences and analyzing sentences, and reading grammar to check grammar. But later, with a certain accumulation, the amount of reading also came up, so we should pay attention to the learning methods. First of all, intensive reading and extensive reading are suitable for different reading. Of course, sometimes we have to read some classic paragraphs or articles intensively, read them repeatedly, scrutinize them repeatedly, and even memorize them or prepare a book to copy them down for collection. Sometimes the content of the article is very attractive or famous. In this case, we might as well use extensive reading to get a sneak peek. There are countless examples of intensive reading: Goethe's Young Werther was read six times by Napoleon. Chairman Mao must have read Marx's Das Kapital more than once. However, for newspapers and magazines, many times we just read extensively. Secondly, different reading sources naturally lead to different reading methods. With the popularity of the Internet and the perfection of various databases, we can easily find what we want to read. At this time, we often skip reading, speed reading or extensive reading Take an English major graduate as an example: Wanfang Database, HowNet and SCI (International Publishing) can all be used for reference. Look at what others wrote. What are the norms for writing these articles? The key is to see how others explain their views. What should we start with? As we all know, articles in various databases are our reading materials, because they represent the frontier and direction, and also tell us how others do it in this field. This can guide us to learn English further. Finally, it is necessary to take notes while reading. What you have learned will eventually be forgotten. Great men have to take notes when reading and writing books, not to mention us. This will not only facilitate our future reference, but also help us deepen our impression and master knowledge more firmly. The most important thing is to get your own opinion through sorting out and thinking. This is the meaning of learning. In addition, watching original movies, watching online videos and browsing foreign websites can effectively assist English learning. The more books you read, the more you have the urge to write. ? Reading is like breaking thousands of volumes, and writing is like a god? . Reading can not only improve understanding ability, but also improve writing ability. That is to say, reading can improve our literary literacy.
Third, the guidance of the professor.
For graduate students majoring in English, the knowledge taught is indispensable and valuable. Professors grow up gradually after years of accumulation and unremitting efforts in scientific research, so as predecessors, we can share very important learning experiences and learning experiences. In addition, the guidance of the professor has a clear guiding significance for our in-depth study. If led by a professor, it can be inspired, supervised and corrected. This will help us to finish our study or research task better. Reading methods, reading materials, thinking methods and drawing one's own opinions all need professional guidance. Although? A man can take a horse to the river, but he can't make it drink water. ? But? The train runs fast and has to lead the way. ? To sum up, the improvement of literary literacy depends on extensive and in-depth reading of classic works at all times and in all countries. Literary literacy includes both reading and writing, and reading is the first. If you have the guidance of a professor, reading will be more targeted and efficient. College English teaching should pay more attention to literary literacy, tend to appreciate and guide classical literature, and devote itself to cultivating noble and excellent college students with humanistic literacy.
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College Literature Literacy Fan Wener: Cultivation of Students' English and American Literature Literacy in College English Teaching Abstract: College English education should pay attention to the cultivation of students' comprehensive quality, and improving students' English and American literature literacy is one of the teaching objectives. College English teaching is different from middle school English teaching, and literary literacy should be infiltrated on the basis of basic grammar and vocabulary. This paper briefly expounds the necessity of cultivating college students' English and American literature literacy, and probes into some methods for cultivating college students' English and American literature literacy.
Keywords: British and American literature; College English teaching; accomplish
Under the background of the new era, the social demand for talents reflects the characteristics of comprehensiveness and requires good comprehensive quality. College English is an important course in higher education in China. In teaching, we should pay attention to the cultivation of students' English and American literary literacy and strengthen the improvement of students' abilities in all aspects. British and American literary literacy is based on the improvement of reading ability of British and American literature, including cultural literacy, language ability and psychological literacy, so the cultivation of literary literacy is paid more and more attention by teachers. This paper will study the necessity of cultivating college students' English and American literature literacy and explore specific teaching strategies.
First, the necessity of cultivating students' English and American literary literacy in college English teaching
The purpose of college English teaching not only requires students to communicate fluently in English in work and social activities, but also requires students to improve their comprehensive cultural literacy and enhance their self-study ability to meet the development requirements of the future society. To achieve the above goals, teachers should not only pay attention to the training of listening, speaking, reading and writing, because the simple addition of skills does not mean comprehensive application ability. In a sense, the comprehensive application ability should be close to the cultural literacy including listening, speaking, reading and writing.
(A) to enhance students' cultural perception.
Language and culture are integrated, and neither side can exist independently. Language is the carrier of culture, and literature study is a learning method to master cultural knowledge quickly. Students who read a lot of western literary works, understand the value orientation, thinking mode and critical perspective of western culture, and can tolerate, understand and respect different cultures are the talents who can go international.
(B) to improve students' comprehensive English ability
Language learning attaches great importance to accumulation, and only when it reaches a certain level can language output be carried out correctly and flexibly. Cultural learning can imitate language learning. Extensive reading can enhance students' sense of language, increase their vocabulary and improve their practical application ability. In the process of English learning, students should pay attention to using English frequently in their study and life. Only in practical application, students can quickly master English knowledge, deepen their understanding of the article, discover the beauty in the article, understand the author's feelings, and then improve their literary literacy.
(C) to strengthen the cultivation of students' aesthetic ability and humanistic quality
Through reading to experience different literary styles and language styles, learning is a superficial deepening process, and ultimately achieves the goal of improving students' literary literacy and aesthetic level. The remarkable feature of college English is its rich humanity, which is reflected in most western works. No matter the choice of words, the structure of sentence patterns, the layout of articles, rhetorical devices and rhythm, they all contain rich emotions, and many beautiful articles reflect the truth, goodness and beauty of human emotions. Improve students' literary ability through teaching materials, cultivate students' positive emotions, and make students develop in an all-round way. In the process of teaching, university teachers should show students the charm of British and American literature, teach British and American literary works in the right way, and encourage students to break away from convention and make bold innovations in literature learning methods. This can not only broaden students' horizons and improve their interest in learning, but also play an important role in activating students' thinking, improving their literary accomplishment and making them occupy a place in the fierce world competition in the future.
Second, college English teaching ways to cultivate students' English and American literary literacy
(A) make full use of English classroom teaching
It is the first choice for front-line teachers to cultivate college students' English and American literature literacy through classroom teaching. English textbooks for college students are carefully selected by professional teachers who compile textbooks by the Ministry of Education, so each text has a good literary quality. Teachers should make full use of teaching materials and give full play to their functions. Because it is impossible for non-English majors to have a deep understanding of British and American literary works, the study of western literary works should focus on reading and appreciation, and there is no need to force it in other aspects, such as inertia, systematicness and theorization of literary study. The purpose of letting students learn English and American literature is to experience and feel the beauty of English and American literature. In the process of classroom teaching, teachers should fully mobilize students' subjective initiative, activate students' thinking, stimulate students' learning enthusiasm, turn passivity into initiative, improve learning efficiency and ensure the effectiveness of classroom teaching.
(B) the use of online teaching mode
Traditional cramming teaching focuses on teachers' teaching, ignoring students' subjective initiative. Students only passively accept knowledge and lose interest in learning. The network teaching mode mainly adopts multimedia and information network teaching, and the teaching content is not limited to textbooks, but also includes multimedia courseware, audio-visual materials and network resources. This teaching method can not only exercise students' language, but also make students deeply remember literary works with vivid teaching pictures. The focus of studying British and American literary works is experience and sentiment, so that students can travel happily in the rich and colorful literary world. At the same time, students are encouraged to innovate boldly, give full play to their subjective initiative and cultivate their independent thinking ability, so as to become interested in literature and improve the quality of British and American students.
(C) Interaction between teachers and students in and out of class
Practice shows that most students lack initiative in classroom learning, and classroom teaching should give full play to students' main role, improve students' self-study ability and mobilize students' autonomy in learning. At the same time, teachers should change the form of classroom activities and let students feel the connotation of British and American literature through discussion and debate. Let students collect and analyze relevant materials after class, and then discuss them in class, so as to extend the cultivation of literary ability to extracurricular activities. Rich extracurricular activities provide a broad space for the cultivation of literary ability, such as watching British and American movies, such as The Sound of Music, Legal Blonde, Belief in Sofa and so on. Listen to English radio, such as China Commercial Radio and English Evening News. Carry out English poetry reading and singing competitions; Rehearse English plays, such as Gift and Susan Casey; Organize English literature clubs and so on. Students participating in these activities in their spare time can improve their English and American literature literacy.
(4) Do a good job of information collection before class.
Interest is the best teacher, and teachers can use it to arouse students' enthusiasm and initiative in learning. Teachers should be prepared before class, and they can design some questions in advance so that students can express their opinions. For example, when learning English texts, there is a lesson about Shakespeare's famous words. Teachers can ask questions around the source, background and relevant literary knowledge of famous sayings, so that students can collect information and solve problems. Ask questions to arouse students' curiosity, stimulate students' interest in exploration, ignite students' enthusiasm for learning, let students learn in practice and improve their literary literacy. At the same time, students can be encouraged to collect some similar famous sayings of foreign celebrities, such as: Godhelpsthosehelpthemselves helps those who help themselves. Difficulties are just opportunities to put on work clothes. For those who are afraid of danger, the world is dangerous anyway.
Expand extracurricular reading activities
In the process of classroom teaching, teachers should not only complete the requirements of the syllabus, but also choose English and American literary works related to the theme, extend reading activities, improve the interest of classroom teaching, and let students feel the charm of English and American literature. For example, when teachers explain the text of Love & Friendship in class, they can ask students to collect relevant works of When You Are Old, so that students can appreciate these literary works, feel the beauty of literary works, cultivate their sentiments and expand their knowledge. Poetry genre is the most difficult to learn, so in order to make students understand poetry better, teachers can make poetry into stories or plays, and then let students perform in groups. At the same time, props can be used to help them show poetry more vividly, immerse students in it and deepen their understanding of poetry. This teaching method can not only ensure the effect of classroom teaching, but also improve students' learning efficiency, let students enter the world of British and American literature more quickly and improve their literary literacy.
(six) to strengthen the autonomy of extracurricular learning
After all, the time for classroom study is limited, and rich extracurricular time provides the possibility for the cultivation of students' literary literacy. For example, organize students to watch English movies by studying at night or after class. After the film, summarize the plot, highlights, experiences and conversations of the film in English, and submit a report to the teacher in writing. After reading the report, the teacher should point out the advantages and disadvantages and help the students correct them. Evaluate students in many ways and praise students who perform well by increasing their self-confidence; Teachers should encourage students with poor grades not to lose heart and make persistent efforts. This way not only checks students' understanding, but also improves students' cognitive level, cultivates students' language expression ability and writing ability, and can improve students' literary literacy in thinking and understanding stories. Besides, teachers can also encourage reading some short stories, such as The Old Man and the Sea and The Little Prince. Vivid and interesting short stories can not only attract students' interest in reading, but also leave room for students' imagination. The short stories with profound implications are helpful to the cultivation of students' literary literacy.
(7) Make effective use of the second classroom activities.
Enrich spare time, enliven campus culture and carry out second class activities. Teachers can combine the learning content with the second class in the teaching process, so that students can be exposed to and influenced by British and American literary works as much as possible. For example, organizing students to hold poetry recitation competitions or drama performances not only enriches students' spare time, but also broadens their horizons and broadens their literary knowledge. You can also invite teachers to give lectures and teach some literary knowledge, which is also a good way to cultivate students' literary literacy. In addition, film appreciation is also an effective and feasible way.
Three. Concluding remarks
The purpose of English course is not only to communicate in English and get high marks, but more importantly, to expand students' knowledge, broaden their horizons and enhance their further understanding of world culture. In the teaching process, teachers should not only complete the requirements of the syllabus, but also extend extracurricular reading. The content of expanding reading should be related to the theme of learning, effectively use teaching resources, stimulate students' interest in learning, give play to students' subjective initiative, turn passivity into initiative, improve learning efficiency, enhance students' literary literacy and ensure the effectiveness of classroom teaching.
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