英語教學的社會文化觀之探討

A Study on Sociocultural Perspective of English Teaching

在英語已成為國際溝通語言的今日，英語教學實踐是位於多元與特殊的文化環境中，英語的教學已經不是英、美國家專屬的活動，英語教學的範疇已經是擴展至全世界。所以英語教學不應只是依據西方的論點與取向，應該依不同社會、文化脈絡的情況或問題來規劃教學策略。本研究從「世界英語」、後殖民觀點、全球化觀點來說明英語教學社會文化觀的概念由來。因此，在參考西方的教學理論之外，更要從台灣本土在地社會文化出發，要發展適合在地學習脈絡教材內容和建立屬於自我的教學特色的教學論述和教材。

Since English as a language of international ommunication, English language teaching is socially situated in the multicultural circumstances, which include the specific individuals each with their different histories and background. That means English pedagogical practice is no longer considered as an exclusive practice of Anglocentric view of communication. English instructions unfold in different ways under different contexts and should deal with the interrelatedness of history, culture and ideology among students. Therefore, this study is intended to interpret various concepts, such as “world English”, postcolonial perspective and global perspective to analyze sociocultural perspective of English language instruction and learning. Nevertheless, the authors suggest it is necessary to construct the specific English pedagogical text and curricula adapted to social context.