医学院校英语报刊阅读教学活动探索

目的探索适合医学院校非英语专业学生的英语报刊阅读教学活动。方法在选修本校《新闻英语》的86名医学专业本科生中进行问卷调查，了解学生对8类报刊阅读教学活动的喜欢程度。使用SPSS13．0对调查问卷数据进行百分率统计与方差检验，P〈O．05表示差异有统计学意义。结果学生对被调查的8类教学活动的喜欢程度分值均在3（表示“一般”）以上，多数活动的分值居于3与4之间（介于“一般”和“喜欢”之间）。每一项活动都有半数以上学生“喜欢”或“很喜欢”。不论是各项活动之间，还是各学期之间，这些阅读教学活动的学生评分均值之间差异均无统计学意义（P〉0．05）。结论8类报刊阅读教学活动都是多数学生感兴趣的，但是在教学内容中的新闻选材等方面还需要改善，以激发学生的学习兴趣。提高活动参与度。

Exploration of English newspaper reading activities for medical students

Objective To explore the English newspaper reading activities which are well- suited for medical students. Methods At the end of an optional course News in English, a question- naire investigation was conducted among 86 enrolled students on their degree of preference for the 8 kinds of news reading activities designed for this course. Questionnaire data were processed by SPSS 13.0 software. Percentages were calculated and ANOVA tests were employed to compare the prefer- ence degree between different activities. P〈0.05 signifies statistical differences. Results The prefer- ence degree for all the 8 activities were above 3 out of a total of 5. The score for most activities fell between 3 and 4. Each activity was ＇liked＇ or ＇loved＇ by more than half of students. There was no significant difference either between the scores for the 8 activities, or between the scores of each activ- ity for different semesters（P〉0.05）. Conclusions The eight types of English news reading activities are well suited for the interest of most medical students. Nevertheless, they still need improving in several aspects to increase students＇ interest in newspaper reading and further motivate them in relat- ed English learning activities, including selection of text material.