Using Parsing Strategy to Improve English Sentence Writing

在學習過程中，英文寫作對於英文程度較弱的學生是相當大的挫折感。這項研究調查語法分析策略教學能夠增進學生的英文句子寫作，進而增進他們學習英文的自信。99位德明科技大學應用外語系大一學生參與此項研究，他們的英文程度分別為初級、初中級及中級等。問卷、前測及後測成績作為資料收集及分析。在長達兩個學期的英文句型教學，學生學習簡單句、並列句及複合句。語法分析策略應用在英文句子寫作，其強調學生如何使用語法結構及組成英文句子的六個元素的詞序書寫英文句子。研究結果顯示英文程度並不影響學生使用語法分析策略書寫英文句子。在學生熟悉語法結構及詞序後，他們的後測成績有著顯著的進步。另外，使用語法分析策略可增進英文程度較弱學生的英文句型寫作自信心。在知道如何學習後，使用策略的學生可預期他們學習的成功。

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語法分析策略教學；語法結構；詞序；自信心

並列摘要

English writing for students, especially for those with low proficiency, is a big frustration in their English learning. This study investigates how parsing strategy instruction can improve students' English sentence writing and furthermore, boost their self-confidence in English learning. Ninety nine freshmen of the Takming University of Science and Technology in Taiwan, whose major is English and Japanese, participated in this experiment. Their English proficiency varied from low, low-intermediate to intermediate levels. Questionnaires, pre-test score and post-test score were conducted for data collection and analysis. Over two semesters' instruction on English sentence writing, the students learned the three types of English sentences - simple, compound, and complex sentences. Parsing strategy applied in the English sentence writing course stressed how students can use syntactic structure and word order to write an English sentence which is made up of six elements-who, what, where, when, how and why. It was found that English proficiency did not influence students' parsing strategy use in writing English sentences. After they became familiar with the word order and syntactic structure, they, especially low-proficiency students, made progress on post-test scores. This study also explores how the use of parsing strategy in writing English sentences increases the self-confidence of the low-proficiency students. Strategic students anticipate success as a result of knowing ”how to learn.”

並列關鍵字

parsing strategy instruction ； syntactic structure ； word order ； self

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Using Parsing Strategy to Improve English Sentence Writing

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