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| 論文名稱 | A Study of College Students’ Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Using the EFL Textbook to Promote their Proficiency Level of English |
| 研討會開始日期 | 2012-06-24 |
| 研討會結束日期 | 2012-06-27 |
| 所有作者 | Chen Szu-An |
| 作者順序 | 第一作者 |
| 通訊作者 | 否 |
| 研討會名稱 | International Academic Conference |
| 是否具有對外公開徵稿及審稿制度 | 是 |
| 研討會舉行之國家 | NATHRV-克羅埃西亞共和國 |
| 研討會舉行之城市 | Dubrovnik |
| 發表年份 | 2012 |
| 所屬計劃案 | 無 |
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[摘要] :
英文教科書在英語教學中被視為是必須、也是最重要的一部分。它不僅提供老師清楚的教學架構，也提供學生自學資源。敎科書是語言敎學過程中的核心，如何替學生選擇及敎其使用此教材成為教育者最重視的課題。目前已有大量的教材評量研究，但大部分的研究多從教書者的角度來評價教科書的優劣，極少研究能從學生的角度來看教材的合適性及有效性。為此，本研究調查了南台灣某一大學36學分英文課程中，相對低成就學生使用Cambridge Touchstone 1B教科書後的想法。研究中透過中文版問卷，內含30題封閉性及開放性題目，收集117位學生使用此英文教材後的觀點、及他們認為教科書中可再增列的內容等。學生使用教科書後的自我省思，可使其有動機學習英文，並在課室中成為主動的學習者。本研究結果反應出學生清楚自己的學習需求及興趣。此發現或可提醒教育者（如：教材撰寫者、出版社、學校決策者、教師等）將學生的想法融入在發展、選擇、及使用教科書中，以期滿足課室中老師及學生雙方對於英語教與學的需求。
[英文摘要] :
EFL textbooks are perceived as a vital and important element in English language teaching and learning as it not only provides a framework for teachers in reaching the aims and objectives of the course, it also serves as an effective resource for studentsâ self-directed learning. Being at the core of the language learning and teaching process, it is considered imperative for educators to make the appropriate selection and implementation of EFL textbooks within a course that would cater to the needs of a particular learning group. Although there is significant research related to textbook evaluation, the majority of the research on the essential components of an appropriate and effective EFL textbook focuses on educatorsâ evaluative perspectives while limited research examines studentsâ perspectives as end-users. In order to fulfill this research gap, the present study was to investigate comparatively low English proficiency studentsâ perceptions toward the effectiveness of using Cambridge Touchstone 1B in their 36-credit General English course at a local college in southern Taiwan. Data was collected through the Mandarin Chinese version of a 30-item questionnaire to elicit 117 student participantsâ perceptions toward their English textbook use. The presentation will reveal these participantsâ perceptions toward using Touchstone 1B, and the areas that they thought should be added to the textbook. Their reflection on using the textbook is likely to make them motivated in English learning and render them active learners in the language classroom. Their awareness of learner needs and interests hopefully can remind educators (e.g. textbook developers, the publishing house, school policy makers, teachers, and so on) of factoring learnersâ perceptions in their development, selection, and implementation of EFL textbooks in order to match respective expectations of teachers and learners in the EFL classroom contexts.
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