新北市國小學童對英語村之意見調查研究

本研究旨在了解新北市國小學童對英語村(英速魔法學院)的意見調查。除了學習動機和語言焦慮等變項，不同英語能力水平也是研究變項之一。換言之，不同英語能力水平的國小學童在體驗英語村之後，現階段的學習動機和語言焦慮狀態，為本研究要探究的內容。本研究採用兩種研究工具。首先，針對國小學童發放問卷調查，接著，對部分學生進行半結構式訪談。資料分析方法有二：描述性統計分析，應用於探討新北市學童對英語村的態度；單因子變異數，分析三組學習者的能力水平（初級，中級和高級）是否對學習動機及語言焦慮有顯著差異。共447名來自兩所公立小學的新北市學童參與了這項研究而問卷的有效回收率達到89.9％。本研究主要發現四點如下：首先，體驗英語村後，平均學生表現出高度學習動機而其中最高的學習動機成分是外在動機。其次，學生體驗英語村後的焦慮程度，略低於在英語村時的焦慮程度。第三，學生的學習動機隨著能力水平有所變化。具有較高能力水平的學生伴隨較高的學習動機，統計結果顯示三組不同英語水平的學童在學習動機上達顯著差異。最後，學生的語言焦慮隨著能力水平也有所變化。具有較高能力水平的學生，其語言焦慮程度較低。三組不同英語水平的學童在語言焦慮上達顯著差異。隨著英語村帶來的教育效益，本研究提出對國小英語教師及計劃在未來推出更多英語村的教育當局一些建議。

關鍵字

語言焦慮；學習動機；英語村

並列摘要

The purpose of the study is to explore New Taipei City elementary school students’ attitudes toward English Village (New Taipei City English Wonderland), under the variables of learning motivation and foreign language anxiety. The different degree of learners’ English proficiency level is taken into consideration. In other words, after students’ experience in English Village, the current status of learning motivation and foreign language anxiety is surveyed among elementary school students with different English proficiency levels. Two instruments were applied in the study. First, a questionnaire with three sections was developed for school learners, including the dimensions of personal information, learning motivation and foreign language anxiety. A semi-structured interview, then, was conducted as another follow-up instrument for the students. The analysis of descriptive statistics was applied to explore students’ attitudes toward English Village in New Taipei City. One-way ANOVA, in addition, was taken to analyze whether learners’ proficiency level (i.e. beginner, intermediate, and advanced) had impact on learning motivation and language anxiety. A total of 447 students from two public schools in New Taipei City participated in the study and the valid response rate was 89.9% in questionnaire. Four major findings were found in the current study. First, the average students showed a high motivational status of learning motivation after English Village and that extrinsic motivation was the strongest motivational component. Second, the study suggested that the level of anxiety after EV was slightly lower than the level of anxiety during EV among the average elementary school learners. Third, students’ learning motivation varied with three degrees of proficiency levels. Students with higher ability of proficiency level were accompanied with higher level of learning motivation. In addition, statistical results reported significant differences among three levels of proficiency groups. Fourth, the results indicated that students’ language anxiety varied with three degrees of proficiency levels. Students with higher ability of proficiency level were followed by lower level of language anxiety. Also, significant differences among three levels of proficiency groups were reported. With the educational benefits provided by EV, the study proposed the suggestions for English teachers and the authorities in Taiwan who plan to launch new English Village programs in the future.

並列關鍵字

English Village ； learning motivation ； foreign language anxiety

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新北市國小學童對英語村之意見調查研究

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