EFL Teachers' Multiple Classroom Assessment Practices of Young Language Learners

英語教師實施多元教室評量之現況探究

楊存莉(Tsun-Lih Yang)

《弘光人文社會學報》 9期 (2008/11) Pp. 139-176

https://doi.org/10.29933/SHSS.200811.0005

摘要

自1990年以來，兒童第二語言教育於全世界快速盛行，其中以英語為最主要的學習語言。在臺灣，英語教育也於2001年起正式納入國小必修課程，教育部並於國民中小學九年一貫課程綱要-語文學習領域（英語）中指定評量方式應採取多元化教室評量；然而自此英語課程推行以來，全臺灣地區小學英語教室的評量實施情形尚未知，故此研究針對此議題，探究臺灣地區國小英語教師實施教室評量之現況。研究方法以全省隨機抽樣之一群國小英語教師為樣本參與紙筆問卷調查，資料分析後提供描述性統計資料回答此研究問題。研究結果顯示英語教師採用多元化教室評量方式，但各項評量的使用頻率多寡不同，本文根據相關文獻及本研究結果歸納出數個可能相關的影響因素。最後提出針對此議題未來後續研究的建議，期能對全臺灣地區英語教師實施教室評量之行為模式提供更全面詳實的分析與解讀。

關鍵字

教室評量 ； 教師實踐 ； 英語教學 ； 第二語言教學 ； 學習第二語言兒童

並列摘要

Since the 1990s, worldwide second language instruction for young language learners (YLLs) has spread quickly, with English being the most commonly taught language. In the Taiwanese context, English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) program standards were introduced into the elementary schools in 2001, where teacher-based multiple classroom assessment was designated in the General Guidelines of Grades 1-9 Curriculum for Elementary and Junior High School Education-Language Arts (English) to assess YLLs (Taiwan Ministry of Education, 2001, 2004). However, since the advent of this program, how classroom assessment has been implemented by EFL teachers of YLLs remains unclear. Thus, this study investigated the assessment practices of EFL teachers in YLL classrooms. It addressed the following research question: To what extent do EFL teachers of YLLs implement a variety of classroom assessment tasks? A randomly selected sample of Taiwanese elementary school EFL teachers participated in the paper-and-pencil survey. Descriptive statistics were employed to answer the study's research question. The results indicated that the teachers adopted a variety of classroom assessment tasks, but differed in the frequency of each task used. Some factors which might be the causes of teacher differences in classroom assessment practices were concluded from the findings of this study and existing research. Finally, suggestions for future research are provided in order to provide a fuller explanation of EFL teachers' assessment behaviors in the near future.

並列關鍵字

classroom assessment ； teacher practices ； English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) education ； second language education ； young language learners (YLLs)