探析台灣國中英語教科書英語動詞補足語結構之處理

A Study of the Treatment of English Verb Complementation in Junior High School English Textbooks in Taiwan

劉紀伶(Chi-Ling Liu)

指導教授 ： 賴秋月

國立暨南國際大學/人文學院/外國語文學系/碩士(2014年)

https://doi.org/10.6837/NCNU.2014.00334

摘要

動詞補足語結構是指必須接在動詞後的短語或子句所屬的功能，以完成動詞所需要蘊含的語意。台灣的英語學習者常產生英語動詞補足語結構的問題或偏誤，相關的研究卻極為稀少。鑑於英語學習者常依賴英語教科書做為學習英語的主要途徑，英語教師也必須利用英語教科書進行課室教學，本論文旨在檢視台灣國中英語教科書對於英語動詞補足語結構的處理情形。利用兩本英語學習者詞典Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary與Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English、Quirk, R., Greenbaum, S., Leech, G., and Svartvik, J.（1985）對於英語動詞補足語結構的概念、分類及「多性動詞」的見解、Huddleston and Pullum（2002）對於所謂的「具多重補足語結構的動詞」的探討、以及Lai（2013）對於台灣英語學習者所犯的動詞補足語結構上的偏誤所做的分析及解釋，仔細檢視台灣兩大國中英語教科書版本「佳音翰林」和「康軒」對於英語動詞補足語結構的處理情形。研究結果顯示，台灣國中英語教科書對於英語動詞及物性／不及物性的處理最為不足或不當。針對不足或不當之處理，本論文藉由對於個別動詞在補足語結構上的示範講解，提出教學上的改進建議，讓英語教師及英語教科書編纂者參考。

關鍵字

以英語為外語教學 ； 動詞補足語結構 ； 及物性／不及物性補足語結構 ； 多性動詞 ； 具多重補足語結構的動詞

並列摘要

Verb complementation refers to the function of a phrase or clause which follows a verb and completes the meaning specification the verb implies. Thus, for example, “He deceived his father” is a grammatically correct sentence whereas “He deceived” is not. This is because “He deceived” violates the complementation pattern of the verb “deceive,” which requires a noun phrase as its object in order for its specified meaning to be complete; in contrast, “He deceived his father” satisfies this requirement.
Chinese-speaking EFL (English as a foreign language) learners in Taiwan have tremendous difficulty in learning English verb complementation. Research in this area, however, is rare and scanty. As the English input and practice for English learners in Taiwan is provided mainly by English textbooks, this thesis aims to investigate how English verb complementation is treated in English textbooks for junior high school students in Taiwan. Two sets of junior high school English textbooks are chosen as targets of study: Han-Lin and Kāng-Xuān. Treatment of verb complementation in the two sets of textbooks is scrutinized on the basis of two English learner’s dictionaries, viz. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary and Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Quirk, R., Greenbaum, S., Leech, G., and Svartvik, J.’s (1985) ideas of verb complementation and “versatile verbs,” Huddleston and Pullum’s (2002) exposition of “verbs with multiple patterns of complementation,” and Lai’s (2013) analysis and explanation of the errors in English verb complementation made by Chinese-speaking EFL learners in Taiwan. The main finding of this thesis is that in the two sets of English textbooks, treatment of transitive/intransitive complementation of verbs is found to leave much to be desired. Pedagogical suggestions regarding how this can be improved are provided for EFL teachers and textbook compilers alike.

並列關鍵字

English as a Foreign Language(EFL) ； verb complementation ； transitive/intransitive complementation ； versatile verbs ； verbs with multiple patterns of complementation

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