外语学习观念对学习策略选择的影响

The Effect of Learner Belief on the Selection of Language Learning Strategies

本文调查了英语专业大学生外语学习观念对外语学习策略选择的影响。研究发现被调查的学生较多地使用元认知策略,表明他们具有较强的元认知意识和元认知能力,具有较强的自主学习能力;在学习观念方面,被调查的学生认为动机因素对学习的影响最大;动机与元认知策略、社会策略等学习策略呈显著正相关关系,说明学生动机水平越高,使用元认知策略、社会策略的频率就越高;外语学习难度与情感策略呈负相关关系,说明在外语学习中难度太大会抑制学生情感因素的有效发挥,影响情感策略的使用。

The present study has examined the effect of learner belief on the selection of foreign language learning strategies. It is found out that students are more likely to use metacognitive learning strategies than other strategies. They also think that of all the factors which influence learning, motivation is the most important one. Moreover, motivation has a highly significant positive correlation with metacognitive strategies and social strategies respectively. It indicates that the higher motivation the students have, the more metacognitive and social learning strategies they use. The last finding is that the difficulty of language learning is negatively correlated with the affective learning strategies. It suggests that the high level difficulty of language learning inhibits students＇ use of affective learning strategies.