探討兒童美語教師選擇教材的考量因素

Factors Affecting EFL Teachers' Selection of Children's Textbooks

陳秋蘭(Chiou-Lan Chen)

《課程與教學》 2卷3期 (1999/07) Pp. 37-49+144

https://doi.org/10.6384/CIQ.199907.0037

摘要

本研究探討兒童美語教師對英語教材選擇的考量因素。研究對象為（1）參與 87學年度東海大學企業講座舉辦之「國民小學英語教學師資培訓班」之學員，及（2）全國性兒童英語補習班和已實施英語教學之國小英語教師。此兩項調查以同一問卷實施，藉以探討英語教師對國小英語教材選擇之考量因素。調查結果發現，多數回答問卷老師在選擇教材時，較注重教材內容是否生動有趣，主題是否生活化，內容是否依難易循序漸進，及活動設計是否富於變化，但不同教學單位的老師仍存在著些許的差別。本研究突顯出師訓課程的內容及教材選擇能力培養的重要性。

關鍵字

教材選擇 ； 國小英語教學

並列摘要

This study explores the factors that affect teachers' selection of English textbooks for elementary school children. The participants of this study came from two sources: 1) those who participated in the Elementary School English Teacher Training Program offered by Tunghai University in Spring 1998, and 2) English teachers randomly selected from private language institutions and elementary schools that provided English classes in the 1998-1999 academic year. These teachers were asked to identify the 10 most important factors from a questionnaire which listed 22 criteria for textbook selection. The results of this study show that most people considered factors shch as whether the topics were interesting and relevant to student's life, whether the material progressed in ascending difficulty order, and whether the exercise provided variety as the most important factors. There, however, existed differences between English teachers at public schools and at private language institutions. The results of this study uncovered the importance of developing teachers' abilities to choose appropriate textbooks.

並列關鍵字

textbook selection ； teaching children English ； English textbooks for EFL children