摘要
This is a study of the effect of English majors' tolerance ofambiguity on their scores of TEM4. The subjects for the surveyare 193 English major students. Statistical results of the surveyshow that the students' tolerance of ambiguity distributesnormally and their scores of listening comprehension and totalscores are significantly correlated with their tolerance ofambiguity. A weak positive correlation is also found betweentheir scores of dictation, cloze as well as reading comprehensionand tolerance of ambiguity. Students' scores in writing,structure and vocabulary are not significantly correlated withtolerance of ambiguity. The author makes some analysesassociating the results of the investigation with some scholarlyinferences and gives some suggestions on foreign languageteaching.
This is a study of the effect of English majors' tolerance of ambiguity on their scores of TEM4. The subjects for the survey are 193 English major students. Statistical results of the survey show that the students' tolerance of ambiguity distributes normally and their scores of listening comprehension and total scores are significantly correlated with their tolerance of ambiguity. A weak positive correlation is also found between their scores of dictation, cloze as well as reading comprehension and tolerance of ambiguity. Students' scores in writing, structure and vocabulary are not significantly correlated with tolerance of ambiguity. The author makes some analyses associating the results of the investigation with some scholarly inferences and gives some suggestions on foreign language teaching.
出处
《中国英语教学：英文版》
2004年第1期3-6,126,共5页
CHINESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
