“微生物学”全英文课程的建设改革与思考

Reform and reflection of teaching microbiology in English

摘要:

“微生物学”是高等院校生物类、生物工程类及相关专业的专业基础课程。目前我国高等院校的“微生物学”以中文授课为主，但随着“双一流”建设等教改政策的推进及学生求学多元化需求的增加，全英文“微生物学”课程建设已势在必行。华东理工大学自2016年即开始“微生物学”全英文授课，并在授课方式和课程内容方面进行了改革和创新。“微生物学”全英文课程开设后，学生的学习兴趣有了很大的提高，科研能力和实践能力有了长足的进步，在专业英语的听、说、读、写能力方面也领先于同年级其他同学，为“双一流”建设背景下国家级一流本科专业创新性人才培养提供了重要支撑。

Abstract:

Microbiology is a key basic professional course for all the students specializing in biology, biotechnology and related majors. To date, microbiology is mainly taught in Chinese within colleges and universities in China. Development of a microbiology course that is taught in English may satisfy the diversified learning needs of the students and promote the "Double First-Class" initiative. We started to teach the microbiology course in English at the East China University of Science and Technology since 2016. This practice was associated with reform and innovation in the teaching methods and contents. The microbiology course taught in English greatly attracted the interest of the attending students and helped improve their professional English learning as well as scientific research. This course provided important support for fostering innovative professional first-class undergraduates under the context of the "Double First-Class" initiative.