学术英语自我效能感与思辨能力关系的个案研究

A Case Study on the Relationship Between EAP Learners’ Self-efficacy and Critical Thinking

本文以自我效能感理论与思辨能力层级理论为基础,通过对某高校888名非英语专业大学生开展问卷调查,探究学术英语自我效能感与思辨能力的关系。研究发现,学术英语自我效能感总体处于较低水平,学术规范自我效能感与思辨能力三个维度均呈显著正相关;学术英语听力自我效能感仅与自我调控呈负相关,阅读自我效能感仅与自我调控呈正相关,写作自我效能感仅与认知能力呈正相关,口语自我效能感与自我调控和情感特质均呈正相关。本研究对提升大学生学术英语学习的自我效能感及促进学生思辨能力发展具有一定的启示意义。

Based on self-efficacy theory and the hierarchy of critical thinking,this study investigates the relationships between university EAP learners’self-efficacy and critical thinking through a questionnaire survey with 888 non-English majors.The results have revealed low levels of selfefficacy in EAP.The findings are:1)College students’self-efficacy in academic literacy was positively related to all three factors of learners’critical thinking;2)Self-efficacy in EAP listening was negatively related to self-regulation;3)Self-efficacy in EAP reading was positively related to self-regulation;4)Self-efficacy in EAP writing was positively related to cognition;5)Selfefficacy in EAP speaking was positively related to self-regulation and affection.This study provides significant implications for the enhancement of EAP learners’self-efficacy and critical thinking.