中国英语学习者中贫困生的自尊与口语产出任务的相关性研究

论文摘要

在第二语言习得中,情感被认为是影响二语习得的一个重要因素之一,尤其是情感中的积极因素如自尊在外语教学中起着越来越重要的作用。近年来大量的研究事实表明:自尊与成就呈正相关;其中自尊与学术学业成绩呈正相关也得到了相应的证实。然而,自尊与口语产出任务及其口语产出任务的三个重要纬度:流利度,准确度和复杂度之间的相关性却缺乏实证性研究。因此,本文作者试图就中国英语学习者中贫困生的自尊与口语产出任务及其自尊与口语的流利度,准确度和复杂度三个纬度开展相关性研究。本研究共涉及69名来自重庆大学非英语专业二年级的贫困生。他们的自尊是采用罗森博格的自尊测量量表(RSE)类测定的。口语采用话题讨论的任务形式,每名受试在准备三分钟后,就话题展开讨论。受试的口语任务由两名老师分别评分,一名助手同时录音,由此测定出学生的口语水平和口语产出的流利度,准确度和复杂度三个纬度的分值。皮尔逊相关分析的结果表明,自尊与口语水平呈显著正相关;自尊与口语产出的流利度呈正相关,与准确度呈显著正相关;但未发现口语产出中的复杂度与自尊相关。分析结果还表明中国英语学习者中贫困生的自尊总体上与口语任务的产出呈正相关。本研究的启示是在我国的英语学习中,我们应重视对贫困大学生的关注,也揭示了培养贫困大学生自尊的积极意义。

论文目录

• 摘要
• ABSTRACT
• CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 SIGNIFICANCE OF SELF-ESTEEM RESEARCH
• 1.2 IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN S SELF-ESTEEM AND ORAL TASK PERFORMANCE BY LEARNERS FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
• 1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
• 1.4 THE LAYOUT OF THE STUDY
• CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
• 2.1 ROLE OF AFFECTIVE FACTORS IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
• 2.1.1 Previous Studies on Affect
• 2.1.2 The Affective Filter Hypothesis
• 2.1.3 Classification of Affect
• 2.2 SELF-ESTEEM
• 2.2.1 Definition
• 2.2.2 Research on the Role of Self-concept and Self-esteem
• 2.2.3 Measure
• 2.2.4 Summary
• 2.3 ORAL TASKS IN SLA RESEARCH
• 2.3.1 Definition of Tasks
• 2.3.2 Oral Tasks in SLA Research
• 2.4 BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH FROM PERSPECTIVE OF EFL LEARNERS FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
• 2.4.1 Definition of Learners from Low-income Families
• 2.4.2 Psychological Characteristics of Learners from Low-income Families
• 2.4.3 Research on Learners from Low-income Families
• 2.5 STUDIES ON CORRELATION BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND ORAL TASK PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE EFL LEARNERS
• 2.6 SUMMARY
• CHAPTER THREE THE PRESENT STUDY
• 3.1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES
• 3.2 METHOD
• 3.2.1 Participants
• 3.2.2 Instruments
• 3.2.3 Procedures
• 3.2.4 Research Design
• 3.3 RESULTS
• 3.4 SUMMARY
• CHAPTER FOUR DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
• 4.1 DISCUSSIONS ON THE MAJOR FINDINGS
• 4.1.1 Accuracy
• 4.1.2 Complexity
• 4.1.3 Fluency
• 4.1.4 Overall Performance
• 4.1.5 Summary of the Findings
• 4.2 IMPLICATIONS
• 4.3 LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
• 4.4 CONCLUSION
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX I
• APPENDIX II
• APPENDIX III
• APPENDIX IV 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文目录