This paper reports on a study on the effects of reading-writing integrated tasks on vocabulary learning and explored the differential roles of creative construction and non-creative construction in promoting lexical l...This paper reports on a study on the effects of reading-writing integrated tasks on vocabulary learning and explored the differential roles of creative construction and non-creative construction in promoting lexical learning. Participants were 90 first-year English majors, randomly assigned to two experimental groups(continuation and retelling) and one control group, with 30 students in each group. Results showed that the continuation group generated a substantial amount of creative construction and produced significantly more instances of creative imitation than the retelling group. The continuation group outperformed the retelling group for both receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge gain and retention, but differences were only significant in terms of productive vocabulary retention. Finally, productive vocabulary knowledge retention among the continuation group was significantly and positively correlated with creative imitation(meaning creation coupled with language imitation), but not with linguistic alignment per se. As productive vocabulary knowledge constitutes the learner ’s ability to use lexical knowledge to express ideas in dynamic contexts, the findings afforded evidence that creative imitation could be the answer to the fundamental issue of L2 learning(i.e., mapping static language onto dynamic idea expression). The pedagogical implications as well as future research directions are also discussed.展开更多
近几年来，英美有愈来愈多的研究尝试找出造成特定型语言障碍儿童（children with Specific language impairment, SLI）语言习得困难的原因，其中更有很多实证性资料显示，音韵短期记忆缺陷（phonological short-term memory deficit...近几年来，英美有愈来愈多的研究尝试找出造成特定型语言障碍儿童（children with Specific language impairment, SLI）语言习得困难的原因，其中更有很多实证性资料显示，音韵短期记忆缺陷（phonological short-term memory deficit）似乎可解释儿童语言障碍的问题。而研究者则常以非词复述（nonword repetition）测量儿童的音韵短期记忆。虽然，几乎所有研究结果都倾向支持上述论点，然而这些发现都是来自习英文特定型语言障碍儿童的研究，在解释及推论上有其限制。因此，本研究乃以习声调语言角度探讨台湾特定型语言障碍儿童的音韵短期记忆，以期能让我们对特定型语言障碍的共通特徵或语言学习历程有更深一层之认识。综合本研究结果，显示：（1）习华语特定型语言障碍儿童的音韵短期记忆能力显着低於同龄一般儿童。（2）习华语特定型语言障碍儿童无论是在复述二、三、四音节或五音节非词的表现，都显着落於一般儿童之後，且会随音节数加长而表现更差。（3）即使将声韵觉识能力或是音韵区辨能力控制後，习华语特定型语言障碍儿童的音韵短期忆能力仍然显着低於同龄一般儿童。（4）特定型语言障碍儿童与一般儿童的音韵短期记忆能力与多项口语理解能力皆未有显着相关。整体而言，本研究的结果与国外研究发现一致，支持特定型语言障儿童音韵短期记忆缺陷的论点。展开更多
文摘This paper reports on a study on the effects of reading-writing integrated tasks on vocabulary learning and explored the differential roles of creative construction and non-creative construction in promoting lexical learning. Participants were 90 first-year English majors, randomly assigned to two experimental groups(continuation and retelling) and one control group, with 30 students in each group. Results showed that the continuation group generated a substantial amount of creative construction and produced significantly more instances of creative imitation than the retelling group. The continuation group outperformed the retelling group for both receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge gain and retention, but differences were only significant in terms of productive vocabulary retention. Finally, productive vocabulary knowledge retention among the continuation group was significantly and positively correlated with creative imitation(meaning creation coupled with language imitation), but not with linguistic alignment per se. As productive vocabulary knowledge constitutes the learner ’s ability to use lexical knowledge to express ideas in dynamic contexts, the findings afforded evidence that creative imitation could be the answer to the fundamental issue of L2 learning(i.e., mapping static language onto dynamic idea expression). The pedagogical implications as well as future research directions are also discussed.
文摘近几年来，英美有愈来愈多的研究尝试找出造成特定型语言障碍儿童（children with Specific language impairment, SLI）语言习得困难的原因，其中更有很多实证性资料显示，音韵短期记忆缺陷（phonological short-term memory deficit）似乎可解释儿童语言障碍的问题。而研究者则常以非词复述（nonword repetition）测量儿童的音韵短期记忆。虽然，几乎所有研究结果都倾向支持上述论点，然而这些发现都是来自习英文特定型语言障碍儿童的研究，在解释及推论上有其限制。因此，本研究乃以习声调语言角度探讨台湾特定型语言障碍儿童的音韵短期记忆，以期能让我们对特定型语言障碍的共通特徵或语言学习历程有更深一层之认识。综合本研究结果，显示：（1）习华语特定型语言障碍儿童的音韵短期记忆能力显着低於同龄一般儿童。（2）习华语特定型语言障碍儿童无论是在复述二、三、四音节或五音节非词的表现，都显着落於一般儿童之後，且会随音节数加长而表现更差。（3）即使将声韵觉识能力或是音韵区辨能力控制後，习华语特定型语言障碍儿童的音韵短期忆能力仍然显着低於同龄一般儿童。（4）特定型语言障碍儿童与一般儿童的音韵短期记忆能力与多项口语理解能力皆未有显着相关。整体而言，本研究的结果与国外研究发现一致，支持特定型语言障儿童音韵短期记忆缺陷的论点。
