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.docVIP

MA Dissertation of Chongqing University On Correlation of Self-esteem and the Oral Task Performance of Chinese EFL Learners from Low-income Families MA Candidate: Zhang Ke Supervisor: Prof. Li Hong Major: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics College of Foreign Languages Chongqing University October 2007 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。 关键词：自尊，口语产出任务，贫困生，相关性 ABSTRACT Affect can be considered as a very important factor in second language acquisition. In particular, self-esteem, the positive aspect of affect domain has been proved to be more and more of an important factor in EFL context. Recently, a vast body of research evidence has been accumulated showing a positive correlation between self-esteem and achievement，and with regard to self-esteem and school achievement in particular. However, few studies have examined the correlation between self-esteem and oral task performance of Chinese EFL learners in terms of the three aspects of accuracy, fluency and complexity. Thus, the present study aims to explore such relation focusing on Chinese EFL learners from low-income families. Self-esteem and three facets of oral task performance have been measured in the study. The participants were 69 non-English major undergraduates from low-income families in Chongqing University. All participants’ self-esteem was measured: self-esteem levels were measured by a standard self-esteem test scale — Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE). Their oral task