注释方式差异对中医学英语专业词汇附带习得的影响

Effects of Different Ways of Glossing on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition of TCM English

本文对比研究了注释方式差异对中医学英语专业词汇附带习得的影响,旨在为提高专门用途英语词汇学习效率提供科学依据。本研究为受试者指定一篇中医学英语文本,从中挑选出20个中医学英语专业词汇,并给上述词汇提供3种不同的注释方式,即一个中文注释、一个英文注释以及两个英文注释二选一。然后对受试者的词汇附带习得效果进行即时测试和延时测试。所有数据使用SPSS 19.0处理,采用单因素方差分析对比上述3组受试者成绩之间的差异。研究结果表明,注释方式的差异对受试者的词汇附带习得有影响。无论是即时测试还是延时测试,两个英文注释二选一组所产生的词汇附带习得效果最佳。

This paper conducts a comparative study on the effects of different ways of glossing on incidental vocabulary acqui- sition of TCM English with the hope to enhance efficiency of the acquisition of ESP vocabulary. In the experiments, the sub- jects are provided with 20 specialized vocabulary selected from a designated text TCM English and 3 ways of glossing, namely Single Chinese Gloss, Single English Gloss, and Double English Glosses to Be Chosen One Correct. Then an immediate test and a delayed test are conducted on the effect of the subjects＇ incidental vocabulary acquisition. All the data are processed via SPSS 19. 0, and One-Way ANOVA analysis is conducted on the differences among the 3 groups of subjects. The results of the study show that different ways of glossing do have effects on the incidental vocabulary acquisition of the subjects. Both in the immediate test and the delayed test, double English glosses to be chosen one correct produces the best effects on incidental vo- cabulary acquisition.