中国儿童英语学习条件的研究

论文摘要

“谁在怎样的条件下学习何种语言到什么程度?”这一基本问题是Bernard Spolsky在他著名的Conditions for Second Language Learning一书中提出的。这是第二语言学习的关键性问题。本文基于Bernard Spolsky的第二语言学习条件理论,并把其理论应用到中国儿童的英语教学过程中,研究了到底中国儿童具备哪些第二语言学习的条件,欠缺哪些条件。只有了解影响中国儿童的英语学习条件的因素,才能有的放矢的提高中国的英语教学水平。本文通过调查问卷的形式,对中国儿童英语学习条件进行了大量的调查和研究。问卷几乎涵盖了Spolsky所提到的74个第二语言学习条件。第三章和第四章是论文的重点和关键。笔者分别从内部条件和外部条件入手,进行调查分析得出了很明确的结论:中国儿童欠缺可理解性语言输入和输出的环境;英语学习的动机太局限于通过考试;以及课堂教学过于死板不生动等。因此,本文对家长和英语教师提出的建议就显得尤为重要。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Background of English Learning and Teaching for Children in China
• 1.2 Researching Questions and Significance
• Chapter 2 Conditions for Second Language Learning
• 2.1 Review of Second Language Acquisition Theories
• 2.2 Spolsky's Conditions for Second Language Learning
• 2.2.1 Introduction of Spolsky's 'General Theory'
• 2.2.2 Conditions from the Language System
• 2.2.3 Conditions from the Language in Use and Skill
• 2.2.4 Conditions from the Individual Differences
• 2.2.5 Conditions from the Social Context
• Chapter 3 A Research of English Learning Conditions for Chinese Children
• 3.1 Purposes of the Research
• 3.2 Subjects
• 3.3 Questionnaire Design
• 3.4 Data Collection
• Chapter 4 The Analyses of English Learning Conditions for Chinese Children
• 4.1 Internal Conditions
• 4.1.1 Aptitude and Intelligence
• 4.1.2 Age and Memory
• 4.1.3 Interest
• 4.1.4 Anxiety and Confidence
• 4.2 External Conditions
• 4.2.1 Formal English Learning-Teaching Conditions
• 4.2.2 Social Context Conditions
• 4.3 Findings
• Chapter 5 Suggestions for Teachers and Parents
• 5.1 Using the Comprehensible Input
• 5.2 Stimulating Children's Interest
• 5.3 Relieving the Fossilization
• 5.4 Providing Output Opportunities
• Chapter 6 Conclusion
• Works Cited
• Appendix A 中国儿童英语学习条件研究的调查问卷
• 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果