高職學生及高職英文教師對四技二專英文科試題變革之看法

EEFTC English Tests：Renovations and Viewpoints of Vocational High School Students and English Teachers

廖明珠(Liao Ming-Chu Claire)

指導教授 ： 張武昌

國立臺灣師範大學/文學院/英語學系在職進修碩士班/碩士(2002年)

摘要

本研究旨在探討四技二專入學考試（Entrance Examination for 2-year and 4-year Technological Colleges, EEFTC）英文科試題之變革，並從歷屆試題中隨機抽選三份，對國立台中家商高三學生進行施測，就所得之成績與問卷分析結果相互比較，以供高職英文科教師日後在教學改進之參考。
首先，我們從四技二專命題改變的三階段(1981~1990，1991~1999，2001以後) 隨意挑出三份試題為代表，分別對201名國立台中家商高三學生進行施測，並經由變異數分析，變異數同質性檢定與Post Hoc檢定分析其作答成績。結果顯示整體學生受測者於1997年與2001年的成績表現優於1990年。高分組學生受測者因較能追隨試題改進的步伐而於2001年的成績表現優於1997年與1990年，反之，低分組學生受測者於1997年的成績表現優於1990年與2001年。此外，針對此三年試題中之共通四大題：文意字彙、對話、克漏字及閱讀測驗，學生受測者於2001年試題之文意字彙與對話成績表現皆優於1997年與1990年；而閱讀測驗居次，克漏字測驗卻為三年之末，似因二大題於2001年試題之改良幅度較大，學生受測者尚未適應之故。
我們接著透過問卷了解參加施測之學生受測者，以及全省公立高職英文科教師對此三份試題之觀點異同之處，並進一步將問卷結果與施測結果對照印證。結果顯示，此三份試題中，學生受測者與教師受測者均認同2001年試題之對話大題為其中最容易之大題，1990年試題之發音大題與1997年試題之重組應考慮刪除，而2001年試題修訂後之四大題頗適當，無刪除之慮。然而，教師受測者認為2001年試題難易度及題目數均更適當、最可測出學生程度、與學校月考及期考之題型最相似，且得自學校英文教學之助最大，學生受測者卻持相反看法。此外，學生受測者認為學校英文教學對其作答此三份試題幫助最大的部份為老師課外補充資料，教師受測者卻認為是老師上課講解；但一致的是英文教科書扮演較次要的角色。
此研究最後針對四技二專入學考試英文考科試題之改良，提供高職英文科教師在教學上之參考，以利學生從容面對考試。

關鍵字

EEFTC ； English Test

並列摘要

The thesis aimed to explore the renovations of the Entrance Examination for 2-year and 4-year Technological Colleges (EEFTC) English tests based on the administration of three randomly selected tests to the third year vocational high school students at National Taichung Home Economical and Commercial Senior Vocational School. The comparison and analysis of the test results and responses to the questionnaires thus provide important references for vocational high school English teachers in their teaching.
First of all, the researcher randomly selected three representative tests, the 1990, 1997, and 2001 tests, representing three different periods of testing-- Stage I （1981~1990）, Stage II（1991~1999）and Stage III（After 2001）and administered them to 201 student subjects at National Taichung Home Economical and Commercial Senior Vocational School. The test results were compared and analyzed in many ways. As a whole, the subjects performed better in the 1997 test and the 2001 test than the 2001 test. Besides, high-achievers who can keep up with the test renovations performed best in the 2001 test, the 1997 test, and the lowest in the 1990 test; low-achievers performed best in the 1997 test, then the 2001 test, and the lowest in the 1990 test. As to subjects’ performances in the four shared test types (vocabulary in context, dialogue, cloze and reading comprehension), they performed better in the 2001 test than the other tests in vocabulary in context and dialogue, but not in cloze and reading comprehension, probably because the subjects were not accustomed to the renovation of the two test types.
Then the researcher conducted a survey via questionnaires to collect information on the opinions regarding the EEFTC English tests similarities and discrepancies from student subjects who participated in the administration of the three tests and teacher subjects from public vocational high schools island-wide. On one hand, both groups agreed that the dialogue item of the 2001 test was the easiest among all, and the pronunciation item of the 1990 test as well as the re-arrangement item of the 1997 test should be deleted, while the four items in the 2001 test were appropriate and there was no need to delete them. However, the teacher subjects regarded the 2001 test as the one with the most appropriate level of difficulty, and with the most proper number of test questions. In addition, they considered the 2001 test as the most effective in measuring testees’ level of English proficiency, most similar to the monthly and term-final tests in schools, and benefited most from English teaching in school, but the student subjects held quite different viewpoints. On the other hand, student subjects considered supplementary materials assigned by the teachers as the main factor that helped them in taking the tests, but the teacher subjects thought that it was the class lectures.
The study thus provides constructive information that helps vocational high school English teachers to equip their students with better ability to deal with the EEFTC English tests.

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