多媒體應用於學生英語聽力理解之影響

A Study of the Effect of Multimedia Application on EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension

朱曉薇(Shiao-wei Chu)

指導教授 ： 李麗秋

朝陽科技大學/人文暨社會學院/應用外語系/碩士(2010年)

摘要

英文多媒體教材提供豐富真實的語言使用給學習者。聽力與視覺輔助更加速對語言的了解過程。在過去研究中顯示英文電視節目或電影已被視為學習外文最有利且有幫助的媒介。然而，使用真實語料的多媒體教材更能讓學生提升對於語言速度、語調、主題的了解。因此，本研究目的為調查英文真實語料的多媒體教材對學生英文聽力的影響。更近一步說明，本研究要了解藉由在英文聽力課中，真實語料教材對學生英文聽力理解的提升為何。在本研究中，研究對象為台灣中部某大學應用外語系聽力課學生；此課程授課教授使用CNN互動式雜誌及互動光碟（MP3）為主要教材並針對各主題提供而外教材，包括電視節目、廣告、MTV、電影片段、歌曲與廣播等。本研究結果顯示受試學生藉由上述多媒體教材授課一年後再英文聽力理解呈現顯著差異。此外，由研究問卷及面談中，大多數的受試者表示使用CNN互動光碟（MP3）練習英文聽力是很有助益的。受試者認為他們英文聽力的提升是因為在課程中使用真實語料的多媒體教材。因此，本研究希望對於英文教學能提供不同以往的教材與幫助。

關鍵字

聽力理解 ； 上下文詞意 ； 真實語料教材 ； 多媒體教材 ； 聽力能力

並列摘要

English multimedia materials provide rich authentic language input for learners. Audio and visual aids are incorporated to foster the process of conceptualization. Previous researches have shown that English TV programs or movies have been considered as a powerful and useful media for the learning of a new foreign language. Media is a power to learn the new language. However, by using media, linguistically authentic materials tend to increase the complexity what is understood by the learners due to their rate of speech, accent and themes. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of linguistically authentic multimedia materials on (of) English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ listening competence. More specifically, the present study seeks to examine how to enhance English as Foreign Language (EFL) students’ listening comprehension skills by using authentic materials in listening classes. In this study, students were convenience selected from listening class in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages at one university in Taichung County, Taiwan as participants. The instructor used the CNN Interactive Magazine’s MP3 packages and other materials for each session which including TV programmers, commercials, MTV movies and shows, songs, online materials, radio broadcasts and movie clips. The results of the statistical analyses in this study indicate that the participants’ listening competence did improve through the instruction of using authentic multimedia materials after a whole school year. Moreover, from the questionnaire and the interview, most of the participants mentioned that using these authentic sessions of the CNN Interactive MP3s to practice English listening is useful. The participants also thought their listening competence had improved by using authentic multimedia materials in the lessons. Thus, this study hopes to contribute to teaching aid selection, and how these aids can be controlled or manipulated for maximum students’ learning benefits. In a nutshell, this study preliminarily conducted an investigation on the connection between linguistically authentic multimedia materials and learners’ listening competence. The result of the present study may provide some different aspects of English teaching and learning.

並列關鍵字

authentic materials ； listening competence ； contextualize ； listening comprehension ； multimedia materials

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