台灣國中學生英語字彙學習策略偏好個案研究

Abstract

本研究基於字彙學習以及字彙學習策略的重要性，探討台灣國中學生使用字彙學習策略的情形。且加入其在字彙學習程度高低的因素，來探討台灣國中學生使用策略之情形。本研究問題有二：第一，台灣國中學生最常使用的字彙學習策略有哪些？最不常使用的字彙學習策略有哪些？第二，台灣國中學生字彙學習程度與字彙學習策略之間是否有關聯性？如果有，其關聯性又為何？本研究依據Oxford（1990）的語言學習策略分類標準，測驗某台北市立國中二年級的學生使用字彙學習策略的情形，同時也比較字彙學習程度不同的學生使用這些策略的頻率高低。結果顯示如下：(1)台灣國中學生最常使用的字彙學習策略為認知策略，最少使用的字彙學習策略為情意策略。(2)程度高的學生使用字彙學習策略的頻率高於程度低的學生。此研究結果可為英語教師和學習者在字彙教與學方面提供一些參考，讓英語字彙的教學變得更加有效率。

The study investigates the usage of English vocabulary learning strategies by some junior high school students in Taiwan. The factor of the levels of the students is included. There are two research questions: (1) what are the most commonly used English vocabulary learning strategies among junior high school students in Taiwan? (2) whether the levels of the students are related to the types of vocabulary learning strategies they use? If the answer is “yes”, what relationship it is? The study is based on the language learning strategies in Oxford（1990）. The subjects are some second graders in a junior high school in Taipei. In the study, the researcher compares the usage of English vocabulary learning strategies among students at different vocabulary levels. The result shows that the most commonly used vocabulary strategy among the students is cognitive strategy, and the least commonly used one is affective strategy. Furthermore, the result also shows that higher level students use vocabulary learning strategies more often than lower level students. The researcher hopes that this study could give the English learners some suggestions to make vocabulary learning more effective.