College English as General Education or Discipline-specific Education:Tthe Orientation of College English Teaching to ESP Revisited

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2022.03.010

Abstract

Abstract:

College English Teaching Guidelines defines college English as general education and assigns English for specific purposes (ESP) a minor role. We believe that college English is discipline-specific education and should be orientated towards ESP. Its instrumental and humanistic harmony could be found in its pedagogy. It could not only help students engage in their disciplinary studies in English, but also improve their cross-cultural competence in the domain of their disciplines. With the credit decrease of college English, we suggest that general English and culture courses should be removed from the required courses of college English.

Key words: General Education, ESP, humanistic quality, instrumentality, cross-cultural communication

CLC Number:

H319

CAI Jigang. College English as General Education or Discipline-specific Education:Tthe Orientation of College English Teaching to ESP Revisited[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2022, 22(3): 84-91.

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