英语作为第一语言的阅读研究及其科学内涵

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2018.02.001

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 英语作为第一语言的阅读研究在其漫长发展历程中,一直非常强调研究的科学性。到了20世纪末,更是出现了以“科学的阅读研究”为明确宗旨的学会和期刊。本文将在总结大量英语阅读研究成果的基础上,从什么是科学的阅读研究、为什么要进行科学的阅读研究以及如何进行科学的阅读研究三个方面展开讨论,对这个只有20余年发展历史的年轻学科进行介绍和梳理,并通过介绍部分代表性研究成果来展示科学的阅读研究如何受到心理学、认知科学、神经科学等学科的影响而发展成为一个跨学科的研究领域。

关键词: 英语作为第一语言, 阅读研究, 科学性, 科学阅读研究学会(SSSR)

Abstract: Reading research on English as the first language has always emphasized its scientific nature in its long course of development. By the end of the twenties century, there appeared a specific academic society and periodicals with “Scientific Studies of Reading” as their theme and keywords. The current study addresses the three aspects of scientific studies of reading, i.e, what the scientific studies of reading is, why to conduct scientific studies of reading, and how to conduct scientific studies of reading basing on the summary of a large amount of English reading research to introduce the young discipline with only twenty years of development history. Recent representative studies will also be introduced to show how scientific studies of reading develops into an interdisciplinary field of research in recent years under the influence of psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience and other disciplines.

中图分类号:

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乔晓妹, 张鑫雯. 英语作为第一语言的阅读研究及其科学内涵[J]. 当代外语研究, 2018, 18(02): 1-8.

QIAO Xiaomei, ZHANG Xinwen. The Science of Reading Research on English as the First Language[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2018, 18(02): 1-8.

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