國內大學生英文閱讀能力區域差異之初探

A Preliminary Study on the Regional Variation in English Reading Ability among Taiwanese College Students

鄭宗諭(Tzung-Yu Cheng)

《通識教育學報》 15期 (2010/06) Pp. 95-122

https://doi.org/10.7107/JGED.201006.0095

摘要

This paper attempts to determine the extent to which variation in English reading ability exists among students from northern, central, and southern Taiwan. Examined as well are the possible patterns of differences among students from these regions as delineated through reading grade equivalents (GE). The subjects, 344 freshmen enrolled at a medical university in central Taiwan, were selected to represent two ability groups: high-ability (HA) and high-intermediate ability (HIA). The participants in either group were sorted into the three regions in accordance with the high schools from which they graduated. Used as the measure was the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests (GMRT) - Level 7/9, Form S, the Fourth Edition, a norm-referenced group survey reading test developed for American students from preprimer to twelfth grade. Comparisons of the mean scores revealed the same pattern of differences in either ability group: Center ＞ North ＞ South. The ANOVA analyses, however, revealed no significant differences among the HA groups, F (2, 188) = 0.7140, p ＞ 0.1 and among the HIA groups, F (2, 150) = 0.7548, p ＞ 0.1. Analyses of grade distributions by percentage revealed that among the subjects who scored within the high school range, this pattern was observed in both ability groups: Center ＞ North ＞ South. Among the subjects who scored within the elementary school range, this pattern was found in the HA group: South ＞ Center ＞ North; while a different pattern was observed in the HIA group: South ＞ North ＞ Center. The paper ends with explanations of the possible causative factors and concludes with some suggestions for further studies.

關鍵字

地區差異 ； 英文閱讀能力差異 ； 英文常模參照閱讀測驗 ； 英文閱讀 ； 英語教學

並列摘要

This paper attempts to determine the extent to which variation in English reading ability exists among students from northern, central, and southern Taiwan. Examined as well are the possible patterns of differences among students from these regions as delineated through reading grade equivalents (GE). The subjects, 344 freshmen enrolled at a medical university in central Taiwan, were selected to represent two ability groups: high-ability (HA) and high-intermediate ability (HIA). The participants in either group were sorted into the three regions in accordance with the high schools from which they graduated. Used as the measure was the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests (GMRT) - Level 7/9, Form S, the Fourth Edition, a norm-referenced group survey reading test developed for American students from preprimer to twelfth grade. Comparisons of the mean scores revealed the same pattern of differences in either ability group: Center ＞ North ＞ South. The ANOVA analyses, however, revealed no significant differences among the HA groups, F (2, 188) = 0.7140, p ＞ 0.1 and among the HIA groups, F (2, 150) = 0.7548, p ＞ 0.1. Analyses of grade distributions by percentage revealed that among the subjects who scored within the high school range, this pattern was observed in both ability groups: Center ＞ North ＞ South. Among the subjects who scored within the elementary school range, this pattern was found in the HA group: South ＞ Center ＞ North; while a different pattern was observed in the HIA group: South ＞ North ＞ Center. The paper ends with explanations of the possible causative factors and concludes with some suggestions for further studies.

並列關鍵字

Regional Variations ； Variation in English Ability ； Norm-referenced English Reading Tests ； English Reading ； EFL

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