英语专业大学生英语写作中的读者意识研究

论文摘要

写作中的读者意识并与读者保持联系的重要性已被广泛认可。然而,绝大多数关于读者意识的研究集中在读者意识对于写作表现的影响等方面。为了填补研究空白,本文旨在探讨中国英语学习者在英语写作中的读者意识的整体情况,重点关注学生对于读者意识的态度和理解、学生的读者意识现状,读者意识对学生写作的影响、学生写作中目的读者的情况、以及学生如何实现读者意识等方面。本文采用开放式问卷、访谈、写作文本,并辅以有声思维的方法来探讨上述研究问题。来自某综合大学的105名英语专业的学生参加了本次研究,其中四人参加了有声思维的研究。所有学生完成两次问卷以及一项写作任务。之后,四个学生完成了有声思维部分。研究分析了学生对问卷的回答以及有声思维记录,并在Hyland (2005b)研究的介入系统基础上分析了所有文本。研究结果表明,大部分学生认识到读者意识的重要性以及进行相关培训的必要性,但学生对读者意识的感觉与实际表现却不完全一致。虽然学生写作时头脑中呈现了不同的读者对象,但是大部分学生依然把老师当做目标读者。另外,尽管学生在写作中有使用介入特征,但实现读者意识的方法主要集中在形式方面,如结构、句型、词汇等层面。本文得出结论：读者意识对有效的写作十分重要,然而中国学生没有很强的读者意识,也不能用合适的方法实现读者意识。文章认为,读者意识培训是加强学生读者意识的基础,老师应该制定长期计划,并采用行之有效的方法来加强学生读者意识。文章最后讨论了本研究的局限性和进行深入探讨的必要性。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• List of Abbrveiations
• List 0f lables
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Background of the Study
• 1.2 Statement of the Problem
• 1.3 Purpose of the Study
• 1.4 Significance of the Study
• 1.5 Organization of the Thesis
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Definition of Audience
• 2.3 Definition of Audience Awareness
• 2.4 Studies on Audience Awareness
• 2.4.1 Availability of Audience Awareness to Writers
• 2.4.2 The Training of Audience Awareness
• 2.4.3 Audience Awareness and the Use of Writing Strategies
• 2.4.4 Effect of Audience Awareness on Writing Performance
• 2.5 Research Gaps and Research Questions
• 2.6 Chapter Summary
• Chapter Three Methodology
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 The Participants
• 3.3 Sources of Data
• 3.3.1 Open-ended Questionnaires
• 3.3.2 Writing Task
• 3.3.3 Think-aloud Protocols
• 3.3.4 Semi-structured Interviews
• 3.4 The Pilot Study
• 3.5 Data Collection
• 3.5.1 Administering the Questionnaires
• 3.5.2 Collecting the Writing Essay
• 3.5.3 Conducting the Think-aloud Session
• 3.5.4 Conducting the Interviews
• 3.6 Data Analysis
• 3.6.1 Eliciting the Questionnaire Responses
• 3.6.2 Eliciting the Interview Transcripts
• 3.6.3 Analyzing the Writing Products
• 3.6.4 Analyzing the Think-aloud Protocols
• 3.7 Chapter Summary
• Chapter Four Results and Discussion
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Students' Perceptions of Audience Awareness in Writing
• 4.2.1 Attitudes toward Audience Awareness
• 4.2.2 The Writer/Reader Responsibility
• 4.2.3 The Availability of Audience Awareness
• 4.2.4 Influence of Audience Awareness on Writing Performance
• 4.2.5 The Perceptions of the Training of Audience Awareness
• 4.3 Target Audience in Students' Mind
• 4.4 Ways to Realize Audience Awareness
• 4.4.1 Shared Ways to Realize Audience Awareness
• 4.4.1.1 Use of Shared Ways to Realize Audience Awareness
• 4.4.1.2 Gaps between Students' Perceptions and Their Actual Performance
• 4.4.2 Engagement Features
• 4.4.2.1 Overall Use of Engagement Features
• 4.4.2.2 Use of Specific Engagement Feature Respectively
• 4.5 Chapter Summary
• Chapter Five Conclusion
• 5.1 Summary of the Study
• 5.2 Pedagogical Implications
• 5.2.1 Raising and Enhancing Audience Awareness
• 5.2.2 Providing More Opportunities to Practice
• 5.3 Limitations of the Study
• 5.4 Suggestions for Future Studies
• 5.5 Concluding Remarks
• References
• Appendix Ⅰ The Pre-task Questionnaire
• Appendix Ⅱ The Post-task Questionnaire
• Appendix Ⅲ The Writing Prompt
• Appendix Ⅳ Interview Guidelines
• Appendix Ⅴ Engagement Features
• Acknowledgements
• 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表