不同水平大学英语学习者在英语口语任务中交际策略使用差异的研究

A Study on Different Use of Communicative Strategies in Oral Tasks by Non-English Majors' of Different Proficiency Level

外语学习者由于掌握的知识有限在口语交际过程中常常会遇到表达方面的困难,在这种情况下,恰当地使用交际策略能够帮助他们填补这种知识空缺,有效地进行交际,而不同语言水平的学习者在交际策略的使用方面又会出现差异。基于上述情况,本研究以兰州城市学院二年级学生为研究对象,通过情景故事的讲述任务和后续对研究对象进行的回顾式访谈,试图分析并研究高、低两个不同语言水平组的学生在口语任务中交际策略使用的差异。

English learners inevitably encounter some expressive problems in their oral communication, which result from their limited knowledge about the target language. In this case, the adequate use of oral communicative strategies can help learners fill their lexical gap, and thus facilitates their communication. However, students of different proficiency levels have applied different communicative strategies. In view of the above-mentioned situation, this study selects the second-year non-English majors in Lanzhou City University as subjects, employing an oral task i.e., story-telling task and an interview to explore the different use of communicative strategies in oral tasks by non-English majors＇ of different Droficiencv level.