supports colleges and universities to offer language and culture-related courses such as university Chinese, applied writing, oral expression, and classic recitation, and strengthen students' oral expression, written writing, Chinese character writing, classic poetry and calligraphy appreciation ability... Recently, the Ministry of Education and the National Language and Character Work Committee issued the "Several Opinions on Strengthening the High-Quality Promotion and Popularization of National Common Language and Characters in Higher Education Institutions", requiring the improvement of the language and character application ability of college students, strengthen language civilization education, and promote the standardized use of language and characters.
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When it comes to language and text application capabilities, it may be a bit abstract, but when it comes to the worrying expression of text expression capabilities, everyone is familiar with it. Whether in work or life, we may have encountered the following situations: some articles are shriveled and stiff, full of big and empty clichés, which makes people have no interest in reading; some people speak inconspicuously and lack logic, and often say one sentence on the left and one article on the right, and still don’t know the key points after going around for a long time; some people do not master basic communication skills, and they obviously want to express concern, but the words they say are very harsh, so that they encounter walls everywhere in daily interactions... These manifestations will not only bring confusion to people, but only increase communication barriers , but also cause the expressor to fall into a misunderstanding.
can be seen that writing expression skills are not the "exclusive" skills of a few majors and professions, but the basic skills that everyone needs to master. It can help us clarify our thoughts, express our inner thoughts more clearly and freely, and communicate more smoothly with others.
The university stage is undoubtedly a golden period for shaping and enhancing this ability. On the one hand, compared with the situation where the test-taking pressure in middle school is greater, the learning environment for college students is relatively relaxed, and they can read, select courses and think more freely and flexibly. In terms of expression, you can also gradually break the thinking constraints of exam-oriented compositions and explore the writing and oral expression style that truly suits you.
On the other hand, the university stage is a key preparation period for young people to socialize. If students' writing and expression skills are not trained during this period, it will easily become a "hard flaw" in the workplace and interpersonal communication in the future, and thus encounter some obvious or hidden obstacles to development. The Ministry of Education emphasized that improving the language and writing application ability of college students can be said to be a pragmatic measure based on the long-term development of young people.
In the process of specific implementation, how to make students truly feel the interesting language and characters through scientific and reasonable courses and institutional arrangements, and effectively improve their own expression skills is a question that needs further consideration.
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This is an indispensable step to avoid formalistic teaching and select truly passionate and capable teaching power. In reality, what is as important as "whether to teach or how to teach" is the question of "who will teach and how to teach".
Take the compulsory course for many college students - "University Chinese" as an example. Whether the teacher reads the textbooks and fools them, or uses his enthusiasm to stimulate students' sensitivity and interest in words, the effects are naturally very different. When I was in college, I listened to a refreshing class called "University Chinese". Since the teacher himself was a poet, when he talked about the famous chapters of " Book of Songs ", and when he talked about Du Fu and Li Bai , he did not simply translate semantics, nor did he have boring "technical analysis", but instead led students to develop their imagination, return to the context of the time, and resonate with the author. After that class, like many people, I opened the classics of poetry again and read them carefully.
can be seen that in college, what is more important than simply teaching language and writing knowledge is actually to find a suitable guide and ignite a love for writing. With this love, students will naturally develop self-motivation to read and think independently.
At the same time, we must realize that language and text teaching is not isolated, it can intersect and echo many disciplines.Tsinghua University Writing and Communication Teaching Center Mei Ciqi once said: "No matter what kind of writing it is, it is because it cannot be explained clearly or written clearly, it is because it cannot be thought clearly." "Writing itself is the most rigorous thinking training." From this perspective, teachers might as well try to link writing courses with philosophy courses, so that students can exercise their rational thinking ability in thought experiments one by one, and output their thoughts on important philosophy propositions in writing.
In addition, language and text courses can also be combined with psychology, love classes, life and death classes, etc. to improve students' comprehensive abilities. A literature professor I am concerned about often leads students to read classic novels, ponder the author's choices about the text, analyzes the protagonist's psychological needs and behavioral patterns at different stages of growth, and experiences the differences in communication methods between characters. This learning process is like a wonderful journey, and students will undoubtedly gain a lot of benefits.
can be seen that strengthening the education of language and text in universities is the most fundamental way to enable students to truly feel the charm and vitality of language and text through reasonable institutional arrangements, so that they can achieve refreshing, sincere and appropriate expressions.
Written by/Ren Guanqing
Edited by/Huang Shuai
Editor in charge: Huang Shuai
Source: China Youth Daily Client
