赴澳打工旅遊之語言應用經驗與效益

The Experiences and Effectiveness of Language Use of Taiwanese Working Holiday Makers in Australia

蔡智欣(Chih-Hsin Tsai) ； 鄭景媚(Ching-Mei Cheng) ； 楊佳靜(Chia-Ching Yang) ； 黃晏瑜(Yan-Yu Huang)

《弘光人文社會學報》 15期 (2012/07) Pp. 155-182

https://doi.org/10.29933/SHSS.201207.0008

摘要

打工旅遊者之參與動機不盡相同，經驗各異，然而在異國短則數月，長可至兩年的工作、旅行過程中，外語的使用必定無法避免。對於遠赴英語系國家的打工旅遊參與者而言，英語的應用多少會影響其打工旅遊的過程，而長時間身處於全英語的環境，亦會使其英語應用能力產生變化。本研究透過半結構式訪談，探討六位曾赴澳打工旅遊的台灣青年，在參與過程中如何應用英語、調適語言衝擊，及其覺察到的語言應用效益。研究結果顯示：（一）加強英語為打工旅遊前之常態行為，以聽說技能的補強為主；（二）語言衝擊為打工旅遊者共有之經歷，但未構成顯著障礙；（三）英語能力非打工旅遊的必要條件，卻難免影響打工的類型與待遇；（四）打工旅遊有助提升英語能力，特別是聽、說兩技能，但效益於返台後不易維持；（五）打工旅遊改變了英語應用的觀念，促進持續學習英語的意願。目前針對打工旅遊之語言應用的文獻仍付之闕如，本研究率先探討這塊領域，希望供有志青年參考，增加其對於相關語言需求與應用上的瞭解，進而提高打工旅遊歷程的品質與效益。

關鍵字

打工旅遊 ； 打工旅遊參與者 ； 澳洲 ； 英語 ； 語言應用

並列摘要

This pioneer study aimed to explore Taiwanese working holiday makers' (WHMs') experience of using English and its effectiveness during their stay in Australia. Semi-structured interviews were adopted with six Taiwanese youths regarding how they applied English at work and travel, how they coped with language shock, and how they perceived the effectiveness of using English in Australia. The major results are: (a) The WHMs tended to put effort in strengthening their English before the actual working holiday process began, and listening and speaking were the focused skills, (b) Language shock was a common experience among all the WHMs, but only short-term barriers were identified; (c) English proficiency was not a requirement for WHMs, but it inevitably affected the type of work attainable; (d) Working holiday experiences helped improve the WHMs' English proficiency, but the effectiveness was not easy to maintain after they returned to Taiwan; (e) Working holiday experiences changed the WHMs' concepts of using English and increased their motivation to continue learning English. Suggestions are given to raise future WHMs' awareness of language requirement and use in Australia.

並列關鍵字

working holiday ； working holiday maker ； Australia ； English ； language use