評估真實性語料- 大學英語聽力課程之成效

An Evaluation of the Use of Authentic Listening Material in EFL College Classrooms

呂怡青(Yi-Ching Lu)

指導教授 ： 劉蕙君

中原大學/人文與教育學院/應用外語研究所/碩士(2011年)

https://doi.org/10.6840/cycu201100029

摘要

摘要
台灣是一個以英語為外國語文的學習環境，因此，在日常生活或是大學課堂上，英語學習者往往缺乏接觸真實性語料的機會。本研究旨在探討真實性語料在以英語為外國語的大學英語聽力課程中的影響。研究者採用了ICRT EZ NEWS為真實性語料在正規英語聽力課程中的補充教材來針對真實性語料對學生聽力能力以及學習動機進行研究。本研究採用前測、後測、問卷訪查以及面談之分析結果來評估真實性語料在大學聽力課程中的成效。參予本研究的受試者為100位來自台灣大一非英語系的學生。兩相依樣本的T檢定結果顯示，以真實性語料為輔助教材在大學英語聽力課程中對學生的聽力有明顯的幫助。此外，根據兩獨立樣本的T檢定分析結果顯示，在為期八周的真實性語料訓練後；使用真實性語料的實驗組學生，在聽力理解能力表現上顯著優於使用一般教科書的對照組學生。最後，問卷訪查和面談的資料分析，結果顯示學生對真實性語料的看法和成效和統計分析結果呈現正面成效的一致性；使用真實性語料增進了以英語為外國語的學習者對英語學習的動機、興趣和自信。

關鍵字

真實性語料 ； 英語聽力理解能力 ； 以英語為外國語的大學英語聽力課程

並列摘要

ABSTRACT
Because Taiwan is an English as the Foreign Language (EFL) environment, English learners do not always have sufficient opportunities to be exposed to the authentic use of English. Nor do they have sufficient opportunities to be exposed to authentic English as instructional material in the college-level English listening classes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using authentic listening material in EFL college classrooms. Specifically, this study investigated whether the use of authentic material as supplementary instructional material in college listening classes aroused EFL college students’ learning attitude and improved their listening comprehension ability. In addition, this study evaluated the extent of impact by using authentic listening materials in classroom setting on EFL students. A mixed-design study was adopted and both quantitative and qualitative information were collected. One hundred non-English major participants from two classes were randomly assigned to the treatment condition. The experimental group received the authentic listening material as supplementary instructional material and the control group received the modified listening material textbook only. After the eight-week term of authentic listening material(i.e., ICRT EZ news) training, results of pre-test and post-test (i.e., GEPT listening comprehension tests), along with a survey of questionnaire and interviews were analyzed to examine the effect of using authentic listening material in the EFL college level English listening classroom. The comparison between the pre-instructional and post-instructional scores in the experimental group showed a significant progress of students’ listening comprehension ability, evidenced by a really small p value (＜.0001). An independent-sample T-test analysis indicated that the group which utilized authentic listening material made greater progress than the group that used modified listening instructional material, which indicated that authentic listening material produced a positive effect on EFL learners’ listening comprehension development. In other words, the use of authentic listening materials in EFL college classrooms indeed more effectively facilitated students in achieving higher listening proficiency. Finally, participants’ response to the questionnaire and interview in general were consistent with the test result such that the use of authentic listening material increased EFL learners’ motivation, interest and confidence in English learning.

並列關鍵字

EFL college listening instruction ； Key words: authentic auditory material ； English listening comprehension

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