大学新生英语课内外学习方式调查

A Survey of English Learning Styles of the Non-English Major Freshmen

本文以问卷调查的形式,通过描述性统计和量性分析,对大学非英语专业新生英语学习课内外学习方式作了调查和探讨,发现了一些有益的数据:(1)学生课内学习方式比较被动,仍以传统为主;(2)课外有较好的英语阅读 习惯,学习途径多样化;(3)学生有强烈的英语口语交际愿望。文章在调查分析的基础上,对大学英语教学提出了一些改进建议。

This paper makes a survey of the English learning situations of the freshmen by means of the descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis of a study of 118 students who are selected at random from 11 classes of non-English majors of Nanjing University of Science and Technology. The major findings are as follows: (1) The freshmen learn English passively in the classroom. (2) They have developed a good habit of reading English materials in a variety of ways. (3) They desire to communicate in oral English after class. After analyzing the beneficial results, the paper proposes several suggestions for improving college English instruction.