Intriguing Relations between Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Acquisition

英語閱讀與字彙習得之微妙關聯

陳碧珠(Bi-Chu Chen)

《北區技專校院與高中職策略聯盟英語課程研討會論文集》 2006年 (2006/12) Pp. 9-16

https://doi.org/10.29544/BGYY.200612.0009

摘要

本研究在探討技職學院中英文閱讀與字彙教學之間的關係。英文閱讀理解與字彙學習常被普羅大眾及教學者概括性的視為相輔相成的因子，而本研究在於進一步釐清此兩大概括性因子的關聯性。此研究中技職院校學生接受英文閱讀與字彙之前後測，而在課堂上多數時間接受字彙語義的教導及練習。文中討論字彙教導及練習對英文閱讀與字彙教學的關係與差異，並且提出可能的解釋說明，期望提供技職教育體系教學者及大眾學習英文閱讀與字彙時更清楚的觀念。

關鍵字

外語習得 ； 語言教學 ； 英文閱讀 ； 字彙教與學 ； 技職教育

並列摘要

This study attempts to explore in depth the relations between reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition in the setting of vocational college. In language acquisition, evidence from research literature and the prevailing notion from language practitioners and learners suggest that vocabulary plays a significant role in reading comprehension. A great amount of time has been devoted to vocabulary teaching and learning. However, different vocabulary pedagogies might affect various phases of vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension in learning processes. Relations between reading and vocabulary are multi-dimensional; the notion that vocabulary teaching and learning boost reading comprehension is further explored and specified in this study. This paper reveals the intriguing connections by exploring effects that different proportions of reading and vocabulary teaching and practice have on learners, performance in a vocational college. Subjects of the study were learners from an English language class; they have taken pre- and posttests on reading comprehension and vocabulary over an academic year. In this language class, the amount of time paid to vocabulary learning outweighed that given to reading comprehension. The study found positive and significant differences appear among learners' reading comprehension and vocabulary learning outcomes in this class setting in which more class time focused on vocabulary teaching and practice. This paper clarifies hidden assumptions between reading comprehension and vocabulary and further provides practical implications contributed to reading comprehension and vocabulary teaching and learning in the vocational education system.

並列關鍵字

English reading ； language acquisition ； language teaching ； vocabulary learning ； vocabulary teaching ； vocational education