An Evaluation of Quantity of Speaking Activities in a Selection of English Conversation Textbooks Employed in Taiwanese Universities for Applied English Language Department Students

分析部分挑選的教課書用於在台灣部分大學中應用英語系之會話課中口說活動之量化研究

劉文榮(Wen-Jung Liu)

《臺中教育大學學報：人文藝術類》 29卷1期 (2015/06) Pp. 43-59

摘要

本研究分析在台灣的一些大學中，應用英文系會話課所挑選的的九本課本中說的活動，課本的缺點可能是造成台灣學習者無法發展好的英文說話技巧的原因之一。無論如何，比較英文主修的學生和非英文主修的學生的英文會話能力，英文主修的學生能力好很多，在這個研究當中，試著去找出英語會話課本是否比大一英文的課本提供更多適合之說的活動。因此，本研究的主要目標是檢核英語會話課本是否提供有效且合適之說的活動。本研究的資料來自於九本英文會話課本的分析以及包括一份整體印象的檢核表，這一份檢核表被用來檢驗在這九本英文會話課本裡面每一單元說的活動之量化情形，這些檢核表的結果呈現出在這九本英文會話課本說的活動和文獻定義中說的任務宗旨互相吻合，這樣的結果也顯示出大一英文課本的量化部分的缺陷。綜觀此研究發現體認活動、適合活動以及自主性的活動在英文會話課本非常普遍被看見，比較起大一英文課本，本研究建議應在大一英文課本當中增加體認活動、適合活動以及自主性的活動。整體而言，本研究提供一些英文口說教學以及選擇英文教課書之建議，同時也建議一些想法給那些有興趣提升大一新生英文口說能力之人士，在大一英文課本中揀選或重寫說的活動部分，使之更類似於英文會話課本可能是提升臺灣大一新生英文口說能力好的解決方法之一。

關鍵字

托福 ； 多益 ； 提升體認活動 ； 適合的活動 ； 自主性活動 ； 綜觀整體印象之檢核表

並列摘要

This study evaluates the speaking activities included in nine selected coursebooks employed in Taiwanese universities for English major students. The constraints of the coursebooks may be one reason why learners in Taiwan do not develop good speaking skills. However, when comparing English major students and non-English major students' English oral abilities, English major students are much better than non-English major students. In the study, an attempt was made English conversation coursebooks that provide more appropriated speaking activities than Freshman English coursebooks. Thus, the primary aim of this study is to examine whether the selected English conversation coursebooks provide sufficiently appropriate speaking activities. The data for the study comes from evaluations of the nine selected English conversation coursebooks and includes an impressionistic overview checklist. The impressionistic overview checklists are used to check the quantity of speaking activities in each unit in the nine selected English conversation coursebooks. The results of the checklists demonstrate the match between the speaking activities in the English conversation coursebooks and what the literature identifies as the principles of speaking tasks. The results also reflect constraints with regard to the quantity of the selected coursebooks for Freshman English. In view of this, the study finds that awareness, appropriated and autonomous activities are common in the English conversation coursebooks. The study compared the selected coursebooks for Freshman English, it suggests that awareness, appropriated and autonomous activities should be increased in Freshman English coursebooks. Overall, the study provides some suggestions for teaching English speaking and selecting English coursebooks. It also suggests some ideas for people who are interested in developing freshmen English speaking abilities. To adapt or rewrite the speaking activities in Freshman English coursebooks more similar English conversation coursebooks probably is a good solution for promoting Taiwanese freshmen English speaking abilities.

並列關鍵字

TOEFL ； TOEIC ； Awareness-Raising Activities ； Appropriation activities ； Autonomous Activities ； Impressionistic Overview Checklist

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