English attrition of college graduates: an empirical study

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作   者:王湘云著

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ISBN:9787560737683

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外语磨蚀指学习过外语的人中断外语学习后对外语语言技能的丟失。外语磨蚀是个普遍现象,它发生在世界的每一个角落,损耗着或年老或年少的语言使用者的语言技能。直到20世纪80年代,外语教学与习得界的专家才开始系统地调查语言磨蚀的性质、语言磨蚀发生的准确环境条件以及可能影响外语磨蚀的因素。经过30年的发展,国外外语磨蚀研究在今天已经“达到青春期”。然而,尽管语言磨蚀研究在最近取得了重大进展,但是其研究领域还不够广泛,理论亦不够成熟,而且主要以描述性研究为主。在中国直到新千年的开始,少数几个来自心理学界和外语教学界的专业人士才认识到语言磨蚀在外语教学中所起的重要作用,并开始着手将语言磨蚀研究引入中国,然而,他们尚未开始进行任何以中国英语学习者为研究对象的系统的英语磨蚀实证研究。 本研究主要研究表现在中国英语专业本科毕业生身上的英语磨蚀现象,力图回答以下四个问题:(1)英语专业大学生作为外国语学得的英语知识在停用一段时间后是否存在着磨蚀现象?如果有,磨蚀到何种程度?磨蚀的模式又如何?(2)不同语言能力的磨蚀程度是否相同?磨蚀模式是否一样?(3)语言磨蚀是否有镜像特征,即磨蚀顺序是否与习得顺序恰好相反?(4)语言磨蚀的速度是否与中国特有的英语语言使用环境以及毕业生对英语的态度相关?如果相关,相关程度又如何?

目录

  Chapter One Introduction
   1.1 Research Background
   1.2 Statement of the Problems
   1.3 Purposes of the Research
   1.4 Organization of This Book
  Chapter Two Literature Review
   2.1 Language Attrition Revealed through Intuition and Observation
   2.2 Definition of Language Attrition
   2.3 A Diachronic Review of Language Attrition Studies
   2.3.1 The First Period (1980-1988)
   2.3.2 The Second Period (1989-1999)
   2.3.3 The Third Period (2000-2010)
   2.4 The Nature of Language Attrition
   2.4.1 Proficiency
   2.4.2 Skills
   2.4.3 Rate of Attrition
   2.4.4 Order of Attrition
   2.5 Factors Affecting Language Attrition
   2.5.1 Contact
   2.5.2 Teaching Methods
   2.5.3 Age
   2.5.4 Attitudes and Motivations
   2.5.5 Literacy
   2.5.6 Cultural Contexts
   2.5.7 Linguistic Interference
   2.6 Language Attrition Study in China
   2.7 Concluding Remarks
  Chapter Three Methodology
   3.1 Research Questions
   3.2 Design of the Research
   3.2.1 Justifications for the Use of the Cross-Sectional Research Method
   3.2.2 Skills to Be Tested
   3.3 Instrument One. A Diagnostic English Test
   3.3.1 Proficiency Levels to Be Tested
   3.3.2 Composition of the Test
   3.4 Instrument Two, An Attitude and Motivation Questionnaire
   3.5 Validating of the Test
   3.6 Pilot Study
   3.7 Sampling
   3.7.1 English Major Undergraduates
   3.7.2 English Major Graduates
   3.8 Procedures for Administration
   3.9 Re-evaluation of the Test and the Questionnaire
   3.9.1 Re-evaluation of the Test
   3.9.2 Re-evaluation of the Questionnaire
  Chapter Four Results and Findings
   4.1 Profile of English Attrition
   4.1.1 Actuality of Attrition
   4.1.2 Degree of Attrition
   4.1.3 Pattern of Attrition
   4.2 Attrition of Different Language Skills
   4.2.1 Actuality of Attrition of Different Skills
   4.2.2 Degree of Attrition of Different Skills
   4.2.3 Attrition Patterns of Different Skills
   4.3 Order of Attrition
   4.3.1 At the Level of Subtests
   4.3.2 At the Level of Items with the Same Difficulty Level
   4.4 Attrition and Language Attitudes/Motivations
   4.4.1 Correlation between Total Test Score and Total Questionnaire Score
   4.4.2 Correlation between Total Test Score and Score of Component Parts and Component Sections of Part II in the Questionnaire
   4.4.3 Correlation between Total Test Score and Score of Each Item of the Questionnaire
   4.4.4 Correlation between Subtest Score and Total Questionnaire Score
  Chapter Five Discussion
   5.1 Actuality of EngliSh Attrition
   5.1.1 Attrition of General Language Skills
   5.1.2 Attrition of Different Language Skills
   5.2 Degree of Attrition
   5.2.1 Attrition of General Language Skills
   5.2.2 Attrition of Different Language Skills
   5.3 Patterns of English Attrition
   5.3.1 Order of English Attrition
   5.3.2 Patterns of Specific Language Skill Attrition
   5.4 Relationship between Language Attitudes and Language Attrition
  Chapter Six Conclusion
   6.1 Summary of Major Findings
   6.2 Implications
   6.2.1 Implications for Graduates
   6.2.2 Implications for Educational Institutions
   6.3 Contributions of This Study
   6.4 Limitations of This Study and Suggestions for Future Research
  Appendices
   Appendix 1
   Appendix 2
   Appendix 3
   Appendix 4
   Appendix 5
   Appendix 6
   Appendix 7
   Appendix 8
   Appendix 9
   Appendix 10
  References
  Acknowledgements
  

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