An Integration of Cross-cultural Communication into English Instruction on Elementary SchoolStudents’ English Motivation

• Main Authors: Yu-Hsuan Yang, 楊育軒
• Other Authors: Ching-Ya Chiu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59134652160350371042

碩士 === 康寧大學 === 應用外語研究所 === 102 === Under the impacts of globalization, English communication ability has no doubt become the indicator towards global society. Although the English instruction in Taiwan’s elementary schools is deeply influenced by Communcative Language Teaching (CLT); however, students’ performance on English learning motivation has continued to be far below expectations. Some studies have shown that cross-cultural experiences may motivate the students’ English learning. Therefore, this study attempted to explore the effects of intergrating cross-cultural communcation into English instruction on elementary school students’ English motivation. A class of 5th graders participated in this 17-week English experimental program. Five instruments were employed, consisting of a questionnaire of attitudes toward English learning, a questionnaire of attitudes toward intergrating cross-cultural communication into English instruction , interviews, activity sheets, and self-examination sheets. The results of the study showed that intergrating cross-cultural communication into English instruction could improve elementary school students’ English learning motivation and it was also positively accepted by the students. In the conclusion, some pedagogical implications are offered for future studies.