摘要
This preliminary study sets out to examine the extent to which authentic materials affect Japanese university students＇ classroom motivation, seeking an effective way to teach mixed-level language classes at universities. The motivation questionnaires consisting of eight motivation items as quantitative data and journal entries and learners＇ comments in semi- structured interviews as qualitative data were collected and analyzed. The results of null hypothesis tests on the questionnaires indicate that authentic materials had a significantly more positive effect on freshmen＇s self-reported motivation than artificial textbook materials, but not on second-year and fourth-year students＇. The study also explores the relationship between enjoyableness and meaningfulness of teaching materials to seek the most effective way of using authentic materials, and discusses the effects of other possible factors such as activities and topics： The conclusion suggests that appropriate use of authentic materials, especially enjoyable ones, can be helpful for university teachers of relatively larger classes of freshmen with mixed proficiency levels to raise their L2 motivation. The challenges of conducting this research and suggestions about future studies are also discussed.
本文对天然材料(亦称真实材料)在何种程度上影响日本大学生的课堂动机进行了初步研究,以期找到在大学里教授混合水平语言学习班的有效方式。本文收集并分析了以动机问卷中的八个激励项目为主的量化数据和以学习日志条目和学习者在半结构式访谈中的评论为主的质性数据。对问卷的零假设检测结果表明,天然材料和人工材料相比,对一年级学生比对二年级和四年级学生的动机的影响更为有效。本研究也探讨了教学材料本身的"有趣味"和"有意义"之间的关系,以寻求利用天然材料的最有效的方式。本文也讨论了其他可能的影响因素,如活动和主题。本文的结论表明对天然材料(尤其是"有趣味"材料)的恰当使用可帮助混合水平大班的大学一年级学生有效提高他们的二语学习动机。最后本文讨论了本研究所遇到的挑战,并对未来研究提出了建议。
