臺灣英語為外語研究生使用英語建議策略之研究

A Study of Suggestion Strategies Used by EFL Graduate Students in Taiwan

廖期勳(Charlze Chi-Hsun Liao)

指導教授 ： 洪媽益

國立臺北科技大學/人文與社會科學學院/應用英文系碩士班/碩士(2013年)

摘要

本研究主要目的在探討臺灣英語為外語研究生使用英語建議策略之情形，以期對有效的溝通方式提出建議。主要探討問題包括:(1)以英語為外語的研究生建議策略為何?(2)以英語為外語的研究生建議策略的形式為何?(3)男性和女性研究生在建議策略的使用上是否有差異?(4)社會距離和社會地位如何影響建議策略(5)以英語為外語的研究生對建議策略之使用上其觀感為何? 本研究受測對象30位就讀於臺灣某大學的研究生。此研究採用兩種工具，主要的工具是言談情境填充問卷，共有12題情境，求受試者需根據實際情形，回答中他們在真實情境中會回應的句子。另一研究工具為訪談，訪談中包括7個問題。研究結果顯示，以英語為外語的研究生，最常使用的建議策略為間接策略，其次是緩和策略。此外，針對男性和女性研究生，男性最常使用的建議策略為間接策略女性則為緩合策略。再者，藉由訪談發現本研究中的研究生，最難建議的對象是在上位者，如師長。最容易建議的對象是平輩者，如朋友或同事。另外，對以英語為外語的研究生而言，用中文建議比用英文建議還要容易，因為他們可以更清楚的傳達意思，不用擔心文化上的差距。最後，希望透過本研究，能對目前臺灣以英語為外語的研究生所使用的建議策略有更深入了解，並能進一步將建議策略的使用融入教材中，以期能提升臺灣研究生的英語溝通策略使用之成效。

關鍵字

語言行為 ； 建議 ； 英語為外語研究生 ； 言談情境填充問卷 ； 性別

並列摘要

The present study aims to investigate suggestion strategies used by EFL graduate students in Taiwan and help provide some suggestions for effective communication. The research questions in the study are:(1)What are the suggestion strategies of EFL graduate students?(2)What are the forms of suggestion strategies of EFL graduate students?(3)Are there any differences between male and female EFL graduate students in using suggestion strategies?(4)How social distance and social status have an effect on their making suggestions?(5)What are EFL graduate students’ perceptions toward the use of suggestion strategies? The participants of the study were 30 graduate students selected from the graduate students in a university in Taiwan. The present study adopted two instruments. The main instrument was a discourse completion task(DCT)questionnaire with a total of 12 situations. The other instrument was an interview guide with a total of 7 questions used to obtain more qualitative data. The result of the present study showed that the most frequent strategy used by participants is the indirect suggestion strategy. The other strategy used more often is hedged suggestion strategy. Furthermore, results also indicated that most of the participants feel that suggesting suggestions aimed at people of higher status, like teachers, are the most difficult and that those made toward people of equal status, like friends, are much easier. Finally, the results of the study are expected to enhance the understanding of EFL suggestion strategies used by graduate students in Taiwan and further facilitate the effectiveness of EFL communication strategies employed by students.

並列關鍵字

speech act ； suggestion ； EFL graduate students ； DCT ； gender

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