Effects of A/r/tography Community-Based Reader's Theater on English Learning Attitudes in the Elementary School

游藝誌社群為本之讀者劇場對國小學生英語學習態度之影響

陳瑩璟(Ying-Ching Chen)

《南台人文社會學報》 22期 (2020/01) Pp. 63-83

摘要

A/r/tography is an art-based research methodology and a creative practice within arts and education; however, there are only a few scholars of note who have mentioned this developing methodology, and teachers rarely apply it to instruction in Taiwan. In addition, a/r/tographic communities are mostly composed of teachers, not of students. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of applying an a/r/tographic community to students participating in reader's theater, and to find whether this changed their attitudes to learning or enhanced their learning motivation and interest in learning English. An a/r/tographic community of practice is a community of inquirers working as artists, researchers and pedagogues. Eight students in an elementary school in Tainan City, Taiwan were chosen to participate in a reader's theater competition for the city of Tainan. Based on the communities of a/r/tographic practice of Irwin (2008), it was proposed that the students central learning community could be an a/r/tographic community. During a period of seven weeks, the researcher implemented an a/r/t/ographic community as an instructional tool to aid in the coaching of the eight reader's theater participants. Quantitative data was obtained by administering pre- and post-tests gauging learning attitudes. Data were analyzed using a t-test and descriptive statistics. The study also used qualitative methods, such as observation, interviews, introspective journal entries, and video-taped recordings for data collection and analysis. The results indicated that: 1. Applied A/r/tography in the English learning field was possible. 2. A/r/tographic communities could be composed of students. 3. After the reader's theater competition, the participants mentioned that they had changed their attitudes to learning English. 4. The participants' learning experiences in the reader's theater activities enhanced their motivation to learn English by building a temporary a/r/tographic community. The researcher also provides some suggestions based on this study that may be used as a reference for English teachers who lead students or intend to participate in reader's theater competitions, and for future researchers of reader's theater.

關鍵字

A/r/tography ； a/r/tographic communities ； Reader's theater

並列摘要

游藝誌社群多用於藝術領域，極少人用於其他領域；其組成成員為教師，鮮少由學生所組成。本研究欲探討應用游藝誌社群在英語讀劇上的可行性，以八位參加台南市英語讀者劇場比賽的學生作為研究對象，應用於陽光國小（化名）學生英語讀者劇場。研究者實踐游藝誌社群於學生英語讀劇練習中，採質性研究方式，透過練習時的觀察、問卷及影音記錄作為資料蒐集。在量化研究上，採用英語學習態度問卷前後測，利用描述性統計及t考驗加以分析。本研究結果顯示：以藝術為本之游藝誌可應用於英語學習領域，且其組成之成員可以是學生。由學生組成之英語讀者劇場團隊可以是小型、臨時性的游藝誌社群，以學生為主體建構出之游藝誌社群提升了學生的英語學習態度及英語能力。最後，本研究分析並提出英語教師如何讓學生在英語讀劇中建構與實踐游藝誌社群，及其困境與因應策略。

並列關鍵字

英語讀者劇場 ； 游藝誌 ； 游藝誌社群