摘要
任务难度和复杂度是任务型教学法任务设计要素中两个十分关键却容易混淆的因素。本研究使用不同任务指令来操控学习者的注意力,探究任务复杂度对英语学习者词汇习得和阅读理解的影响。研究结果表明,任务复杂度对学习者的词汇习得和阅读理解均有一定影响,但对词汇习得的影响更为显著。学习者在处理词汇习得和阅读理解双重任务时,往往偏重于词汇学习,其注意力资源分配显现出一定的倾向性和选择性。任务复杂度并不能促使学习者更多地查阅词典,词汇的查询频次与阅读理解成绩之间并不存在显著相关性。
Task difficulty and task complexity are two crucial yet confusing factors for task designing in the task-based language teaching. This research seeks to find out how task complexity influences L2 vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension by manipulating the learners＇ attention through different task instructions. The findings revealed that task complexity affected the learners＇ language performance in both aspects to a certain degree, but its effects on vocabulary acquisition were more significant. The learners with dual tasks tended to direct their attention resources to vocabulary rather than the meaning of the reading text. Task complexity did not cause the learners to consuh more frequently the online dictionary, and there was no significant correlation between the learners＇ frequency of look-ups and their performance in the reading comprehension test.
出处
《外语界》
CSSCI
北大核心
2013年第3期22-30,76,共10页
Foreign Language World
关键词
任务复杂度
词汇习得
阅读理解
task complexity
vocabulary acquisition
reading comprehension
