任务类型对大学英语课堂小组互动的影响

The Effect of Task Type on Group Interaction in College English Classrooms

本研究以社会文化理论为框架,以非英语专业大二3个自然班的84名学生为研究对象,用定量和定性相结合的研究方法从平等性和相互性两个维度考察了三种不同的任务类型对大学英语课堂小组互动的影响。研究发现:(1)在平等性方面,任务类型除了影响学习者产出的话轮数量以外,对平均话轮长度和短话轮比例没有影响;(2)任务类型不会影响学习者在小组互动中的相互性。访谈结果表明,虽然学习者对任务类型有不同的偏好,但他们在小组互动中的表现不会受到这些偏好的影响。

This study adopted a quantitative and qualitative mixed design to explore the effect of three different types of tasks on group interaction in college English classrooms in terms of equality and mutuality from a sociocultural perspective. The participants were 84 sophomores from three intact classes. The results indicated that:(1) In equality,task type only affected the number of turns but did not affect the average turn length and the proportion of short turns;(2) task type did not affect the mutuality in group interaction. The interviewresults showed that learners had different preferences for the type of task but their performance in group interaction would not be influenced by their preferences.