高三补习班与普通班学生语言态度比较研究-外国语言学及应用语言学专业论文.docxVIP

Taiyuan University ofTechnology A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LANGUAGE ATTITUDES OF THE TWELFTH-GRADERS IN THE REMEDIALAND AVERAGE CLASSES A Thesis Submitted to Graduate School and College of English ln Partial Fulfillment ofRequirements for Degree of Master of Arts By Shi Xiaobo Under Supervision of Professor Lu Shaogang June 2011 乙 太原理工大学硕士学位论文 太原理工大学硕士学位论文 太原理 太原理工大学硕士学位论文 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LANGUAG E ATTITUDES OF THE TWELFTH-GRADERS IN THE REMEDIAL AND AVERAGE CLASSES ABSTRACT Language all}tudes are peoples perceptions and eval uati ons on certain language or diaJect，which are the reflection of social psychology . Peoples language attitudes ref1ect the social status of 由is language and the impression the community members leave in people s mind. ^mong Ihe various factors affecting English teaching and leaming，the language attitude of English leamers is an important and vaJuable study. Based on the theory of sociolinguistics and the empJoyment of attitudinal questionna 肘， the thesis investigates the language allitudes of200 student s falling into four classes which are from two remed ial classes and two average cJasses，being div ided into two groups with 100 students in each group. The papcr attempts to explore the following questions: (1) What language attitudes do the twelfth-graders in middle school hold and wha t language attitudes do they have in terl11S of three attitudinal components? Do signifìcant atti tud inal differences exist between remedial and average cJ ass Sludents? What are effective factors influencing their language attitudes towards English? The findings can be concluded as follows: 1. Both remed ial c1ass st\ldents and average c1ass ones hold favorable language attitudes towards EngJish and compared wilh affective and conative components，students attain higher scores in terms of cognitive component. !I is well-k nown that cognitive component refer to peoples evaJuations tO the use and social status of some language. It can