在全球工商業國際化及資訊爆炸的時代,良好的英文閱讀能力是不可或缺的。在英文的學習過程中,閱讀不僅應用最為廣泛,它也是其他三項英文能力(聽、說、寫)的基礎。而閱讀也是我們在各個學科中獲取知識的重要技能之一。本計畫之重點為探討國內技職院校學生在英文閱讀中所採用的學習策略,並歸納出達成良好閱讀成效之學習方法,以提供教師及學生做更有效教學及學習之參考。研究對象為本校四技應用外語系學生,研究方法及目的為利用T-檢定、皮爾森積差相關及多因子變異數分析等統計分析方法來探討以下項目:(1)不同性別及高閱讀成效與低閱讀成效學生的英文閱讀策略使用有何差異?(2)在英文閱讀過程中,那些學習策略是學生所經常使用的?(3)有效的英文閱讀策略有那些?
Reading is one of the most important skills to acquire knowledge in each discipline. In the information explosion times, good English reading ability is indispensable. The purpose of this study is to investigate what learning strategies are adopted by technical college students in English reading comprehension. The author find out the way of obtaining good reading proficiency, and this will provide the teachers and the students with a more effective teaching and studying method. The subjects were four-year technical college students in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages. Statistic analysis methods, such as descriptive statistics, T-test, analysis of variance, and Pearson product-moment correlation analysis were adopted. The author investigates the following problems concerning reading comprehension. (1) Do gender and reading proficiency play an important role in reading strategy use? (2) What strategies do students prefer during the process of learning? (3) What are the effective learning strategies in reading comprehension?