Textbook Classification for the EFL Laboratory Class According to Language Skills

英語聽講實習課本之語言技能分類研究

蔡鈺鑫(Yu-Hsin Tsai)

《Hwa Kang Journal of TEFL》 3期 (1997/05) Pp. 1-59

https://doi.org/10.6362/HKJTEFL.199705.0001

摘要

英語聽講實習課程有關之課本浩瀚如海，常令人莫所適從。本文就語言技能將此些課本作分類，期能收執簡御繁之效。就語言技能角度觀此些課本可分別為聽為主，說為主聽說並重與四技並重等四類。本文進一步就課本編輯目的、英語種類、語言形式、學生角色、教學活動與內容，主題及難易等級等八方面，深入研析。以上分類研析期能對英語實習課本有更深層之認識，並對建立選擇適當課本之原則或標準，有所助益。

並列摘要

Textbooks suitable for the English Conversation Laboratory Classes in Taiwan are like a vast open sea that bewilders almost all EFL teachers and students alike. This paper attempts to reign in this seemingly boundless sea of textbooks by classi1ing them on the basis of language skills. Textbooks can be segregated into four main categories: those that focus on 1.) listening skills; 2.) speaking skills; 3.) listening and speaking skills; and 4.) integrated language skills. Each of these four main categories is further analyzed by eight components, namely: editing purposes, types of English, modes of language, student roles, activities/contents, topics, users/students, and levels of difficulty. The classification and analyses made in this paper, it is hoped, can contribute to a deeper understanding and a wiser selection of textbooks suitable for the EFL language laboratory class.