圖片輔助單字學習之成效

The effects of learning vocabulary with the assistance of pictures

林品瑜(Pin-Yu Lin)

指導教授 ： 王藹玲

淡江大學/外國語文學院/英文學系碩士班/碩士(2017年)

https://doi.org/10.6846/TKU.2017.01052

摘要

本研究旨在探討台灣學生利用圖片輔助單字學習之成效，並進行探討與比較學生利用圖片學習單字前、後是否差異。95位同質性來自台灣北部某大學學生依班級分為兩組參與本研究。控制組之受測者以英文單字和中文翻譯接受單字教學。而實驗組則是以英文單字和圖片為單字教學內容。受測後，選出十位受測者參加訪談，並瞭解學生對此教學模式之觀點。研究顯示，兩組在接受教學後，前後測比較皆為顯著進步，然而比較兩組分數之高低，控制組表現明顯較佳。
質性研究結果顯示圖片對英語單字學習能有效幫助，但同時也有限制，受訪者提出圖片學習單字之益處為 (1) 圖片不僅對單字學習有益處，且對其他科也有幫助 (2) 研究者以口頭提供英英翻譯解釋字詞時，圖片能有效幫助英語聽力能力較差學習者。(3) 圖片能有效幫助單字記憶 (4) 圖片提供學習者明確圖像以幫助學習。質性研究同時也顯示圖片對英文單字學習之限制(1) 圖片輔助單字學習較不適合抽象單字學習 (2) 以圖片學習單字只限用於部分詞性 (3) 圖片選擇之合宜性也會影響學習 (4)圖片學習單字只限於短期記憶。
研究者依研究結果所提供之圖片學習的益處和限制建議未來研究 (1) 將圖片改為影片或動畫以避免詞性限制的問題 (2) 探討圖片輔助單字學習是否較適合小班人數班級 (3) 探討是否提高教學的頻率可幫助單字的長期記憶。

關鍵字

單字學習 ； 圖片輔助

並列摘要

The purpose of the research was to investigate to what extent learning English vocabulary with pictures can be effective for learners. In the current study, 95 students in a university located in New Taipei City were participants. The participants were divided into two groups and were taught English vocabulary words with and without pictures. The group A was asked to learn vocabulary with Chinese equivalents while the group B learned vocabulary with pictures. There were two tests in the present study, pretest and posttest. The participants were required to take a pretest before instructions. Then, when the researcher finished the instructions, all of the participants were asked to have the posttest to explore whether there were any differences between two tests. In addition to the two tests, ten of the participants in the group B were chosen to take part in interviews in order for the researcher to explore students’ perspectives about the functions and the limitations of learning vocabulary with pictures.
The results of the present study suggested that the group A learning vocabulary with Chinese equivalents performed better than the group B learning vocabulary with pictures although both of the two groups made progress in their vocabulary learning. Furthermore, ten interviewees revealed a number of advantages and limitations about learning vocabulary with pictures. As for the functions of learning vocabulary with pictures, first, they believed that pictures are beneficial not only for learning vocabulary but also learning on other fields. Second, pictures are helpful for those who had trouble on English listening when the instructor offered descriptions orally. Additionally, pictures benefit memorizing vocabulary more efficiently. Forth, pictures were clear images that help their learning.
On the other hand, some limitations of learning vocabulary with pictures were mentioned in the study as well. First, pictures were not appropriate for learning abstract words. Second, in terms of learning vocabulary with pictures, specific parts of speech were limited, such as adjectives. In addition, whether choosing appropriate pictures was also one of factors to influence learning. Finally, the researcher found that learning vocabulary with pictures was limited because it was only effective to short-memory.

並列關鍵字

vocabulary learning ； picture

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