A Study of Non-Traditional College-Level EFL Students' Use of Strategies for Language Learning in Taiwan

台灣技專院校非傳統大學生（在職進修班）的英語學習策略之探討

孫美文(Mei-Wen Sun)

《國立虎尾科技大學學報》 27卷2期 (2008/06) Pp. 63-74

https://doi.org/10.6425/JNHUST.200806.0063

摘要

本研究之目的在探討位於南台灣的四所技專院校週末在職進修班學生的英文學習策略使用的情形，並且更進一步探討學生個人性別、主修科系、學習英文的年資多寡與語言學習策略的運用關係。此研究使用著名學者Oxford女士的問卷(SILL) (Oxford, 1990)調查學生英文學習策略使用的情形。本研究結果顯示，第一、）台灣技專院校在職進修班學生在學習英文時很少使用列於SILL問卷中的語言學習策略；第二、）學生個人的主修科系與語言學習策略使用有密切的關聯；第三、）學習英文年資的多寡對學生學習策略的使用也有所影響；第四、）學生性別對其英文學習策略的使用並無太大影響。根據本研究結果，本文將提供許多教學上的建議。

關鍵字

語言學習策略 ； 非傳統學生在職進修班 ； 成人教育

並列摘要

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the use of language learning strategies among Taiwanese nontraditional students who study English as a foreign language in three technological and vocational universities and one nursing junior college which offered EFL courses in weekend and evening programs. The relationship between individual factors such as gender, academic major, and years of EFL studying and the students' language learning strategy use were also explored. Oxford's (1990) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) was administered to the participants. Findings indicate that Taiwanese nontraditional college-level students were low users of learning strategies included in the SILL. Also, students' strategy use was strongly correlated with their academic majors. Third, the years of studying EFL had an effect on students' strategy use. Finally, gender differences had no significant impact on the use of language learning strategies among these nontraditional students. Based on the findings of this study, several pedagogical implications as well as recommendations are discussed.

並列關鍵字

language learning strategy ； nontraditional student ； adult education

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