英语听力APP取舍者态度的影响因素建模

Influencing Factors on EFL Listening APPs: The User and Rejecter Model

本研究基于语言输入假说、输入增强理论和情感过滤假说,从整合型技术接受与使用模型(UTAUT)框架出发,通过结构方程模型(SEM)构建英语听力APP“使用者”和“拒绝者”态度的影响因素模型。分析发现绩效期望、感知资源和感知趣味是影响前者的直接因素;而绩效期望低是影响后者的直接因素。同时收集两类群体的使用/拒绝原因作为定性数据以验证各自模型,其中前者的原因进一步验证了“使用者”模型的解释力,而从后者的原因中发现了其模型未包含的新因素“自我管理差”。此外还发现年级和性别分别是两个模型的调节因素。本研究是把拒绝者群体单独纳入听力APP接受度的早期探索,对未来5G环境中的听力APP和听力课程设计有借鉴作用。

Based on Input Hypothesis,Input Enhancement and the Affective Filter Hypothesis,this paper employed the framework of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology(UTAUT) to construct a User Model and a Rejecter Model to identify factors that influence attitudes towards EFL listening APPs. Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) technique was the major tool for data analysis. It was found that Performance Expectations,Perceived Resources,and Perceived Playfulness were the most significant factors in the User Model and that Performance Expectations was the only factor in the Rejecter Model. Moreover,qualitative data showing the two groups’ choices were also collected to verify results of the models. The reasons provided by the User group were consistent with the User Model;while apart from factors given in the Rejecter Model,Self-management was also identified as a contributing factor. Finally,grade and gender were found to be the moderating factors in the two models respectively. The study is among the first attempts to take the rejecters into consideration and has significant implications for designing listening APPs and curriculum within the 5 G technology context.