Training in phonological awareness: Effects on word reading and spelling performance of adult EFL students in Taiwan

音韻覺識訓練對於臺灣成人英文詞彙閱讀與拼字能力養成之成效

林麗琴(Li-Chin Lin)

《高醫通識教育學報》 14期 (2019/12) Pp. 123-154

摘要

This study measures the effects of training in explicit phonological awareness (PA) on the word reading and spelling of adult EFL students. The participants (63 freshmen at a university in Hsinchu, Taiwan) were assigned to one of two groups, both of which were taking the Freshman English course in the General Education Center. The experimental group and the control group both followed the syllabus provided by the university, but the experimental group additionally received PA training during the first 15 minutes of each course. Both groups were given pre- and post-tests to assess their PA skills, and the results were analyzed through ANCOVA. It was found that participants who had received PA training demonstrated greater phonological awareness at the syllable and phoneme levels and performed significantly better than the control group on English word reading and spelling tasks. The usefulness of PA training to the EFL students in the present study suggests a need for new methods of teaching English reading and spelling that incorporate these insights.

關鍵字

phonological awareness (PA) ； phonemic awareness ； syllabic awareness ； word reading ； word spelling

並列摘要

本研究旨在探究強化音韻覺識訓練對於臺灣成人英文詞彙閱讀與拼字能力的養成是否能產生成效。二組在台灣新竹就讀大學的一年級新生參與本研究。研究者為了探究音韻覺識對於英文字詞彙閱讀與拼字能力的成效，比較兩種不同的教學法對於實驗組及對照組的影響。實驗組同時接受英語音韻覺識訓練與大一通識英語課程，對照組只接受一般的大一通識英語課程。為了計量音韻覺識對於英文字詞彙閱讀與拼字能力的成效，研究者利用每週課程的前15分鐘訓練實驗組學生如何劃分音節及對應拼字與發音，藉以強化其音韻覺識。實驗結果顯示透過強化音韻覺識訓練後，相較於對照組，實驗組學生的英文詞彙閱讀與拼字能力進步達顯著差異。故本研究建議將音韻覺識訓練納入臺灣成人EFL教學，以利其英文詞彙閱讀與拼字能力的養成。

並列關鍵字

音韻覺識 ； 音素覺識 ； 音節覺識 ； 英文詞彙閱讀能力 ； 英文詞彙拼字能力