English Aural and Oral Practice at Language Corner in The Affiliated High School of NCCU

• Main Author: 鄭妍方
• Other Authors: 湯志民
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67800513937917410749

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 教育研究所 === 94 === Good communication requires language skills. Students’ language learning will open up an international domain for our own country. Therefore, language learning should not be limited to writing, memorizing and grammar. What’s more important is the skill to communicate and the international vision student obtains through the process of language learning. Thus, the purpose of this study is to understand how The Affiliate High School of NCCU students satisfy with the Language Corner program from different perspectives, to analyze the ideas that construct Language Corner, and last but not least, to understand current circumstances of Language Corner in AHSNCCU. Gathering the information can provide other schools, as well as AHSNCCU, recommendations and reference about Language Corner. The study can be divided into three category: (a) using survey to understand students’ satisfaction about the location, time, teacher, feeling in participation, conversation content, learning effect of Language Corner, (b) watch and record how students and foreign teachers interact with each other in Language Corner, and (c) interview English teachers, administrational staff, foreign teachers to explore the hidden problems of foreign teacher recruitment, money resource, and etc. The study utilizes questionnaire, video recorder, and digital camera to gather data. As for data analysis, descriptive method, with illustration is conducted. The survey outcome includes: 1. Students hold positive attitude toward Language Corner. 2. Students think their participation in Language Corner did help improve their English proficiency. It shows the effect of Language Corner has been affirmed by students. 3. Students who are male, in language experiment class recognize more with the location, time, conversation content, and above all, the learning effect of Language Corner. 4. Students with 70~79 English scores recognize more with location, time of Language Corner; besides, students with 0~59 English scores are more satisfied with the foreign teachers and conversation content. 5. Students’ feeling about Language Corner participation, by their English score is in bell shape. In other words, the highest and lowest English score group respond plain about participating Language Corner, while students with 70 ~79 English score have best reaction. 6. Students from different English score groups all identify with the effect of participating Language Corner. However, students with lower scores have better response and consider the dialogue not difficult for them. 7. Students who are male, in non-language experimental class, with more than 11 years of English learning background, having attended Language Corner 1~3 times are more satisfied with the current Language Corner foreign teachers. 8. Students who have attended Language Corner for more than 11 times, with scores above 90 are less approved of foreign teachers. 9. Students with over 11 years background of English learning are more content with the location, conversation process, dialogue topic, as well as the learning effect of Language Corner. 10. The locations recommended by students are library, students’ room; while noon, and morning (before class) are viewed as best timing. As for conversation topic, life events, and movies are highly recommended. According to the result, the study brings up some recommendations for AHSNCCU: 1. Students’ hold positive attitude toward the effect of Language Corner; thus, the value of this program is recognized, which makes it worth promoting. 2. AHSNCCU should sign a contract with CIEE to stabilize the foreign teacher supply. 3. Increase the frequency of Language Corner; timing can be shifted to “after-school” on some days of a week. 4. Set the required participation rate for students to stabilize students’ attendance. 5. Recruit students as Language Corner tutor to help students with lower English performance. 6. Utilize public assembly or school webpage to advocate Language Corner. 7. Prepare games at the beginning of each semester to let students be familiar with the new foreign teachers. 8. Students, as well as foreign teachers should make the most out of this program to enable great communication. 9. Give foreign teachers training to prepare them for Language Corner, and enable them to understand mutual expectations.