线索聚焦与英语冠词二语习得

Cues focusing and Chinese EFL learners’acquisition of English articles

本研究考察读后续写任务条件下,线索呈现方式对英语冠词二语习得的影响。50名英语专业二年级学生在线索聚焦、线索乱序和隐性线索等三种线索呈现方式下,分别完成读后续写任务并参加冠词测试及延时测试,10名受试自愿参加访谈。结果显示,与线索乱序和隐性线索相比,线索聚焦促学英语冠词的效果更佳,不仅有助于学习者注意到冠词使用线索,更能激发学习者充分调用比较的认知能力,在线索关系对比、线索与实例对比、新旧知识对比等方面加强与前文互动的强度,提高冠词学习效果。

This study investigated the effects of cue presentation on Chinese EFL learners’acquisition of English articles.50 English majors were randomly distributed into three groups,and then required to complete continuation tasks respectively under three cue presentation conditions,namely cues focusing,cues randomized presentation,and implicit cues.All participants received English article test and delayed test afterwards and 10 of them volunteered to participate in an interview.Results show that 1)cues focusing is more effective in promoting the L2 acquisition of English articles through continuation writing,compared with cues randomized presentation and implicit cues;2)the effectiveness of cues focusing in promoting English article acquisition lies in the fact that it arouses EFL learners’attention to article cues and stimulates their ability of comparison,which enhances the intensity of learners’interaction with the original text by comparing different cues,comparing cues with examples,and comparing old with new knowledge on English articles.