Ethnography of Communication as Paradigm and Strategy in L2 Research

「溝通俗民誌」研究法的派典與策略在第二語言習得研究的應用

陳文雄(Wen-Hsiung Chen)

《高應科大人文社會科學學報》 1卷 (2004/07) Pp. 105-122

https://doi.org/10.29888/KUASJHSS.200407.0006

摘要

研究方法的派典，對於從事第二語言習得的研究工作，一向影響很大。從一九七○年代以來，研究方法的派典和策略，就像鐘擺一樣，開始從量取向的研究坡段，往質取向的研究坡段滑動，慢慢趨於平衡。在社會語言學家、人類學家、語言教師、教育工作者、語言設計師、國際企業家、以及其他從事跨文化溝通研究的人員的重視，變成研究方法的重要主題。本文所類舉的「溝通俗民誌」是藉由觀察、記錄、分析本人九歲大的第二個兒子，安哲儒，二○○一年在美國的教育環境裡，習得與學習第二語言的經驗。所以本文的主旨，在探討如何應用「溝通俗民誌」研究法的派典與策略來研究一個小孩子，在外國人的環境裡，學習第二語言，並且發展溝通能力的過程。

關鍵字

質取向的研究派典 ； 溝通俗民誌 ； 跨文化溝通

並列摘要

Research paradigms have a strong impact on second language (L2) research. Since the decade of 1970s, the pendulum of research paradigm and strategy has been swinging from the slope of the quantity-driven research toward the slope of quality-driven one in balance. Within the field of sociolinguistics, the ethnography of communication known as a quality-driven research paradigm is, therefore, increasingly becoming a topic of considerable importance to linguists, anthropologist, language teachers, educationists, language planners, international business people, and anyone else involved in cross-cultural communication. My nine year old second son, Andrew‟s experiences in L2 acquisition and learning in a U.S. setting in 2001 were observed, recorded and analyzed as an ethnography for me to understand how a newcomer gained access to his second language and developed communicative competence in a foreign language setting.

並列關鍵字

quality-driven research paradigm ； ethnography of communication ； cross-cultural communication