科技大學英語主修學生的字彙策略使用之研究

Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used Among English Major College Students in Taiwan - A Case of Chaoyang University of Technology

王慧慈(Hui-tzu Wang)

指導教授 ： 林進瑛

朝陽科技大學/人文暨社會學院/應用英語系/碩士(2010年)

摘要

本研究在探討科技大學英語系學生的英語字彙學習策略之使用情形。此研究採用問卷調查法，以英語字彙學習策略問卷、英語字彙測驗為研究工具。研究對象為朝陽科技大學應用外語系的大學生，一到四年級由每個年級兩班學生中隨機抽樣一班，共191人。運用軟體SPSS 13.0 作統計分析，包括描述統計、皮爾森相關、獨立樣本T檢定、單因子變異數分析。研究的主要發現列舉如下:
1. 五類策略中，決定策略名列為最常用，社會策略為最少用的策略。同樣地，決定策略被評定為最有效，社會策略為最無效。研究結果發現，使用頻率的高低，和研究對象認為該策略的使用效果呈現明顯正相關。
2. 研究對象的字彙測驗和其中三類的策略運用呈現明顯正相關: 決定策略、記憶策略、後設認知策略。
3. 男女生在項目4, 6, 11, 21, 26, 35, 36 的使用頻率上，有明顯差異。第21項除外，女生比男生常用的六項，恰好是和字形、字義相關的策略。
4. 四組年齡不同的研究對象，在項目 24, 43, 45 上，對英語字彙學習策 略效果的評定，顯著不同。
從以上的研究結果發現，建議教學者鼓勵學生在課堂上或課外，有效運用不同的策略，尤其是有溝通性質的社會性策略，以及有效卻較少被學生使用的策略，藉以幫助學習字彙，提升英語實力。

關鍵字

英語字彙學習策略 ； 科技大學 ； 英語字彙

並列摘要

This survey study aimed to investigate the use of vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) among English major students in a university of technology in Taiwan. Participants were 191 students from the Department of Applied Foreign Languages. Two instruments included a vocabulary learning strategies questionnaire (VLSQ) and a vocabulary level test (VLT). The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS 13.0).
1. Among the five categories of VLS, DET was the most frequently used and the most effective category, while SOC was the least frequently used and the least effective category. A significant positive relationship was found between the frequency of using VLS and the participants’ perceived effectiveness of using VLS.
2. Significant positive relationships were found among the participants’ tests (VLT) and DET, MEM, and MET respectively.
3. Significant differences were found in Items 4, 6, 11, 21, 26, 35 and 36 between male and female students. Female students used more items more often.
4. In addition, among four age groups, significant differences existed in the perceived effectiveness of using VLS in Items 24, 43, and 45.
The results may provide information for EFL instructors and learners on the issues of using VLS and enhancing word power.

並列關鍵字

university of technology ； vocabulary learning strategies ； vocabulary

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