語音辨識系統對於英語文學習的影響

The Influence of Speech Recognition System on EFL Learning

夏崇舜(Chung-Shun Hsia) ； 王定欽(Ding-Chin Wang)

《元培學報》 12期 (2005/12) Pp. 21-32

https://doi.org/10.30171/JYUST.200512.0002

摘要

採用聲音、圖片、動畫和影片等多媒體教材，來提昇英語文的學習效果，是許多教師經常使用的方法。多媒體英語語音辨識系統，可提供不受時空限制，一對一、互動式的英語文訓練，系統中的虛擬外籍英語老師，能夠根據學生在電腦螢幕上所看到、聽到及回答對話時，說英語的音調、發音，提供立即的糾正，要求學習者重複的練習。本研究採用觀察、問卷調查等研究法，深入的探討語音辨識系統的優缺點，以及學生對於此一系統的學習態度與意見，作為日後精進教學的參考。研究對象為親民技術學院的學生150位，他們的平均年齡約二十歲，具有中級的英語文程度。所收集到的資料，經由數列統計與內容分析等方法，交叉驗證，期能增加研究的效度與信度；本研究假設為不受時空限制、互動式、整合式的英語文訓練，可降低學生之學習焦慮，啟發學生學習英語文之興趣與動機，得到最佳的學習效果。研究結果建議如果能有效的運用英語語音辨識系統，則至少可提高部分學生學習英語文的興趣，降低學習焦慮，亦可改善不敢開口說英語的缺點，對於英語文聽講、閱讀，整合性的學習有幫助。研究結果亦建議除教科書外，我們應配合生動活潑之多媒體教材，啟發學生主動、自主，且有效的學習。

關鍵字

語音辨識 ； 多媒體 ； 英語文學習 ； 意見與態度

並列摘要

It is a popular method for EFL teachers to enhance students' English acquisition by using multimedia teaching and learning materials, such as sounds, images, animation, and movies. The multimedia English speech recognition system can offer an interactive and face-to-face English training not limited by time and space. The system allows students to play a role while practicing a face-to-face English dialogue with a virtual foreigner. The system can also help students to correct their English pronunciations and intonations while reading scripts on the screen and speaking English with a virtual foreign English teacher. This study adopts questionnaire survey and observation methods to explore EFL students' opinions and attitudes toward the multimedia English speech recognition system on English learning. The research is based on the hypothesis that the best effects will be realized through lowering learning anxiety and raising interest as well as motivation. Subjects were 150 students of Chin Min Institute of Technology. The average age of them was 20 years. They have learned English for about eight years with an intermediate level of EFL. A questionnaire was given to them after they had used the speech recognition system to learn English for about a semester. The main purpose of the survey was to explore subjects' opinions and attitudes toward the system on English learning. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and content analysis methods to ensure the validity and reliability of this study. The results of this study suggest that the English speech recognition system may enhance students' interest and lower their anxiety to learn English listening, speaking, and reading. The results of this study also suggest that teaching materials should include textbooks coupled with interesting multi-media. Implications for EFL instruction and teaching materials are also suggested.

並列關鍵字

Speech recognition ； Multimedia ； English learning ； Opinions and attitudes