English Vocabulary Reading Strategies

高中生對於英文生字所使用的閱讀策略

蔡正章(Cheng-Chang Tsai)

《崑山科技大學學報》 9期 (2012/06) Pp. 48-57

https://doi.org/10.29922/JKSUT.201206.0005

摘要

本研究擬探討優秀高中讀者，在閱讀英文文本時，遇有不熟識的英文生字時，使用何種閱讀策略來幫助自己理解。本研究以八位成績優秀的高中學生為研究個案，以放聲思考法作為資料蒐集法，研究者分別請個案用語言清楚地說明，當他們在做英文閱讀時，若遇不熟識的英文生字時，如何解決問題？研究結果顯示，優秀高中讀者遇有不熟識的英文單字時，所運用的閱讀策略有六，分別是：搜尋課文脈落、查字典、推論、使用先備知識、比較前後文之關係、改寫文句。其中，搜尋課文脈落和查字典是最常用的閱讀策略。

關鍵字

優秀高中讀者 ； 放聲思考法 ； 英文生字閱讀策略

並列摘要

This study investigated reading strategies used by a sample of eight successful senior high school readers who were asked to express the meanings of selected unknown English vocabulary from the textbook. The data was collected by means of the think-aloud procedure: Participants were asked to verbalize the manner in which they deduced the meanings of unknown English vocabulary. Analysis revealed that a total of six kinds reading strategies were identified in this study: Using context clues, looking up words in the dictionary, inferring, activating prior knowledge, comparing and contrasting the text, and paraphrasing. The strategies of ”using context clues” and ”looking up words in the dictionary” were the most commonly used strategies when reading unknown English vocabulary among these successful readers.

並列關鍵字

successful senior high school readers ； the think-aloud procedure ； unknown English vocabulary decoding strategies