学习者英语自我概念与英语水平关系中的性别差异

A Survey on Gender Differences in the Relationship between English Self-concept and English Proficiency

本文以学习者性别差异为切入点,通过对348名大学新生所做的定量研究,观察并分析学习者英语自我概念与英语水平之间的关系。研究发现:(1)女生的整体英语自我概念、听力自我概念和阅读自我概念都明显高于男生,但在口语自我概念和写作自我概念上男女生不存在显著差异;(2)女生的综合英语水平及各项技能水平均高于男生,尤其是听说水平;(3)男生的英语自我概念与英语各项技能水平间的相关系数均高于女生,同时男生和女生的口语自我概念与口语水平的相关系数均最高;(4)在英语自我概念高分组中,女生只在口语水平上明显地高于男生,而在低分组里,女生的英语各项技能水平都明显高于男生,最为突出的是写作水平。

Based on the results of gender-based investigation to 348 freshmen, this paper analyzes the relationship between student＇ s English self-concept and English proficiency. Results indicate that 1 ） female students＇ overall English self-concept, listen- ing self-concept and reading self-concept are significantly higher than those of male students, while the difference is not significant in their speaking self-concept and writing self-concept; 2） female students have higher achievement in English proficiency than male students, especially in listening and speaking; 3 ） the correlation of male students＇ English self-concept with their English proficiency is higher than that of female students, while the correlations of aural self-concept with the aural proficiency in female and male students rank first; 4） in high self-concept group, female students are significantly better than male students in oral proficiency, while in low self-concept group female students excel male students in four skills, especially in writing.