非英语专业口语教学中的情感因素研究

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ABSTRACT

This thesis is an empirical research, which intends to study the impacts of affective

factors on non-English majors’ oral English acquisition. Under the instruction of

Stephen Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis and other widely-accepted theories, the

effect of significant affective factors including motivation, attitudes, anxiety and

inhibition have been investigated to find their impact on oral English acquisition.

Accordingly, affective teaching strategies are proposed and employed in the teaching

practice, in attempts to develop a more effective teaching approach for non-English

majors’ oral English class.

The study is designed to reply to the following questions:

1) How and to what extent can affective factors influence college students’ oral

English competence?

2) Which affective factor plays the most significant role in students’ oral English

acquisition? What are the differences between good English speakers and relatively

poor speakers in this aspect?

3) In the process of oral English teaching, what can be done to take advantage and

alleviate the weaknesses of affective factors?

To answer these questions, the author carries out the research as follows.

The thesis begins with a brief retrospect of the theories, both previous and present,

on affective factors and affective teaching home and abroad. Then, an investigation was

carried out among 117 non-English sophomores in the University of Shanghai for

Science and Technology with the assistance of oral English tests, questionnaires and

class experiment. In this process, interviews among participants are employed during

the process to learn about participants’ ideas and make timely adjustment.

According to the research, results can be concluded as follows:

Firstly, there is a close correlation between affective factors and oral English

achievement. Among various affective variables, the integrated affective variable of

anxiety and inhibition turns out to be the most significant one that impedes oral English

communication.

Secondly, there are apparent differences in the experience of FLA between good

English speakers and relatively poor speakers. The degree that students are influenced

by affective factors contributes to the difference of their oral English achievement.

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Thirdly, to most non-English majors, classroom is the main environment of their

oral English learning as well as the place where they experience the impacts of affective

factors most. For oral English learners, fear of negative evaluation is the most

influential type of foreign language anxiety, while social anxiety and test anxiety are the

most dominant FLA sources in oral English classroom.

Based on the research results, a communicative teaching plan with affective

strategies has been designed and put into the teaching practice for a semester, intended

to create a favorable learning atmosphere and test the effect of suggested affective

teaching strategies.

In the final part, the thesis sums up the theoretical and practical significance based

on the findings of the study, points out the limitations and proposes suggestions for the

further research in this area.

Key words: Affective Factors, Oral English Teaching, Foreign

Language Acquisition

摘要

本文是一篇实证研究，旨在探讨情感因素对高校非英语专业学生英语口语习

得的影响。论文主要以 Stephen Krashen 的情感过滤假说和情感因素研究领域其他

广为认可的相关理论为指导，分析动机、态度、焦虑及抑制等主要情感因素对非

英语专业大学生口语习得的作用和影响，在此基础上将情感教学策略应用于实际

教学，探索更为有效的英语口语教学方法。

该研究力求解答以下问题：

1）各种情感因素会对非英语专业学生口语习得产生怎样的影响？其影响程

度如何？

2）哪种情感因素在英语口语习得过程中产生最为显著的作用？就这一方面

而言，口语优秀的学生和口语较差的学生存在哪些差异？

3）在大学英语口语教学过程中，教师应怎样趋利避害，充分发挥情感因素的

积极作用？

研究将从以下方面展开:首先，论文对国内外情感因素和口语教学方法的相关

研究进行简要回顾；其后，通过口语测试、问卷调查、课堂实验等形式，对 117

名随机抽选的上海理工大学非英语专业大二学生展开调查，在此期间，作者通过

访谈的形式了解受试学生的看法，以便及时对实践过程进行适当调整。

调查结果如下：

首先，情感因素与英语口语习得之间存在着密切联系。在诸多情感因素中，焦

虑和与其密切相关的抑制因素是口语交流过程中的最大障碍。

其次，在受情感因素的影响方面，口语优秀的学生与口语较差的学生存在显

著差异，这也是造成在相同教学环境下接受教育的学生之间口语学习效果差异显

著的重要原因之一。

此外，对于大部分非英语专业学生，课堂是其口语学习的主要场所，也是其

在口语习得过程中受情感因素影响最多的地方。调查发现，对英语口语学习者而

言，恐惧负面评价是外语焦虑的主要类型，而社交与测试焦虑是产生外语焦虑的

最重要根源。

以上述实验结果为依据,笔者将情感因素融会于课堂设计并应用于交际教学

实践，为学生口语学习营造有利的学习环境，同时通过一学期的课堂实践验证研

究提出的情感教学策略在口语教学中的实际作用。

最后，以实验结果为依据，论文总结了此次调查研究的理论和实践意义，指

出了该研究仍存在的不足，以期为今后该领域的深入研究提供建议和参考。

关键词：情感因素英语口语教学外语习得

List of Abbreviations

CET-SET………………CET Spoken English Test

ESL…………………....English as a Second Language

EFL……………………English as a Foreign Language

FLCAS………………...English Language Classroom Anxiety Scale

SLA……………………Second Language Acquisition

FLA……………………Foreign Language Anxiety

TESL…………………..Teaching English as a Second Language

TEFL…………………..Teaching English as a Foreign Language

L1……………………...the First Language (native language)

L2.……………………..the Second Language

FL……………………...Foreign language

ALM…………………...The Audio-lingual Method

CLL…………………....Community Language Learning

CLT……………………Communicative Language Teaching

Contents

Acknowledgements……………………………………………………......i

Abstract……………………………………………………………….......ii

摘要..............................................................................................................iv

List of Abbreviations……………………………………………………...v

Contents…………………………………………………………………...vi

Chapter One Introduction……………...………………………………………1

1.1 Background of the Study…………………….……………………….......1

1.2 Significance of the Study………………………………………………...2

1.3 Organization of the Thesis……………………………………………….4

Chapter Two Literature Review……………………………………….……...5

2.1 Affect and Affective Factors…………………………………….………5

2.1.1 Affective Variables……………………………………..…………6

2.1.1.1 Motivation…….………..........………………...….………7

2.1.1.2 Attitudes……….…….…………....………………………7

2.1.1.3 Anxiety and Inhibition…....……………………………....8

2.1.1.4 Personality…….…….….………………………………...9

2.1.1.5 Self-Esteem…...………………………………………...10

2.1.1.6 Empathy………...………………………………………11

2.1.1.7 Risk-taking…...…………………………………………11

2. 2 A Retrospect of Typical Oral Language Teaching Methods…………12

2.2.1 The Direct Method………….……………….…………………12

2.2.2 The Audio-lingual Method (ALM)….…………………………...13

2.2.3 Audiovisual Method……………….…………………………….14

2.2.4 Community Language Learning (CLL)……....………………15

2.2.5 The Natural Approach………………….………………………..16

2.2.6 Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)........………………..17

2.3 Summary………………………………………………….…………..18

Chapter Three Theoretical Basis of the Research…….………………19

3.1 Stephan Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis……………………….19

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3.2 Anxiety…………………………………………..……………………20

3.2.1 Definition.………………………………………………………20

3.2.2 Language Anxiety…………….………………………………...20

3.2.3 Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA)………...…………………21

3.2.3.1Types of Foreign Language Anxiety…….…………..........21

3.2.3.2 FLA Sources…….…....….………….…………….........22

3.2.3.3 The Function of Foreign Language Anxiety………..........24

Chapter Four Research Methodology and Application……………25

4.1 Research Questions…..……………….......………………………….25

4.2 Subjects……………………………………………............................25

4.3 Research Instruments………………………………………………...26

4.4 Research Procedures………………………………………………....26

4.5 Data Analysis…………………………………………………….......27

4.5.1 The First Oral English Test……………………………………27

4.5.2 Questionnaires……….……….………………….……………27

4.5.2.1 Questionnaire on Affective Factors in College Students’

Oral Communication…………….……………………....28

4.5.2.2 Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale..........…32

4.5.2.3 Implications for Oral English Teaching....….……….37

4.5.3 The Final Oral English Test…………..………….…………...43

4.5.4 A Sample of An Oral English Class..………….…….……….44

4.5.4.1 Class Description…………………………..………...…44

4.5.4.2 A Lesson Plan….…………………….…………………45

Chapter Five Conclusion…....................................................................55

5.1 Major Findings…………....…..……....………………………….....55

5.2 Limitations of the

Study.…………………………………………..…55

5.3 Suggestions for Further Research…….…...…………………………56

5.4 Conclusion of the Paper………..…….………………………………56

Appendices………………………………………………………………57

Bibliography…………………….………………………………………76

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