An Investigation of EFL Learners' Online Reading Skills

外語學習者英文網路閱讀技巧之探討

曾敏珍(Min-Chen Tseng)

《南亞學報》 27期 (2007/12) Pp. 111-127

https://doi.org/10.6989/JN.200712.0111

摘要

本研究之目的在於探討外語學習者在網路上閱讀英文時所使用之閱讀策略。實驗對象為五十四位就讀技術學院應用外語系四年級的學生，分為實驗組（線上測驗）及對照組（紙面測驗）。實驗結果顯示對照組之表現比實驗組佳。

關鍵字

閱讀策略 ； 網際網路 ； 外語學習者 ； 略讀技巧 ； 細看技巧

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate how EFL learners read on the Internet and to compare reading skills between printed text and hypertext. The Internet was basically a text medium until a few years ago, and reading is still one of the easiest skills to practice on the Web (Teeler & Gray, 2000). Most of the reading skills were formed and developed before the popularity of the Internet. It is of interest to see whether the reading skills still function well on reading texts on web pages through computer screens. In this study, the participants were fifty-four fourth-grade students at an institute of technology in Northern Taiwan. They were divided into the Experimental Group and the Control Group with equal numbers. The results shows the participants in the Control Group outperformed the Experimental Group in the reading comprehension questions. Findings and conclusions from this study may serve as implications and suggestions for web designers and for teachers who intend to introduce online text in the language classroom. The ultimate purpose was to explore the effectiveness of using printed text and online text in language learning and teaching.

並列關鍵字

Reading Skills ； the Internet ； EFL learners ； Skimming ； Scanning