元认知策略应用于高职高专英语听力教学的实证研究

An Empirical Study on Application of Metacognitive Strategies in Vocational and Technical College English Listening Teaching

本研究以一所职业技术学院两个自然班的73名学生为调查对象,分析元认知策略使用与英语听力之间的关系。研究结果显示:(1)元认知策略的培训能有效提高高职高专学生的听力理解水平;(2)大多数学生的元认知意识在培训后都有显著提高;(3)听力能力强的学生使用元认知策略的频率高于听力能力弱的学生;(4)在听力理解能力的提高程度上,能力弱的学生提高的程度高于能力强的学生,这说明元认知策略的培训对听力能力弱的学生更具有潜力。

This study researches the relationship between the application of metacognitive strategies and English listening comprehension, by surveying 73 students from two natural classes in a vocational and technical college. The results suggest that （1） listeners＇ listening comprehension could be significantly facilitated through metaeognitive strategy training; （2） all the listeners＇ metacognitive awareness was significantly improved after the training. （3） some differences were found between competent and less competent listeners, in which the competent listeners outperformed the less competent listeners based on the frequency that they employed the metacognitive strategies; （4） with respect to the degree of improvement, the data suggested that it was the less competent listeners that made significant improvement, which proved that metacognitive strategies training has greater potentialities for less competent listeners.