大学英语大班课堂实现任务型教学的实证研究

An Empirical Study of Task-based Approach to College English Teaching in Large Classes

针对目前大学英语大班教学环境,讨论了任务型教学法的可行性、实施方案及实施效果。采用实验研究的方法,对104名大一新生进行了教学实验,然后用社会科学统计软件SPSS17.5对其学习成绩进行了相关的统计分析。独立样本和成对样本t检验的结果显示,无论在语言形式测试还是口语测试方面,实验组的成绩变化均较控制组具有显著差异,由此指出,大班课堂对大学英语教学中任务型教学法的实施增加了一定的操作难度,但是如果适当合理地应用任务型教学法,仍然可以激发学生的学习动机,取得良好的教学效果。

This study, aiming at the teaching environment of large classes, discusses the flexibility, scheme and results of the task-based approach to large-class language teaching. A teaching experiment was carried out among 104 freshmen ,whose learning achievements were analyzed with the help of SPSS 17.5. The t-tests of the paired sample-tests and the independent sample-tests to the data indicate that the experimental group significantly outperforms the control group in not only oral but also written exams. The findings of the study reveal that despite the negative effects of learning English in large classes, reasonable application of the task-based approach can still help to stimulate students＇ motivation of learning and achieve favorable effects of language teaching.