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題名:調查任務複雜度和英文程度對口語產出影響
作者:許倩燕
作者(外文):SHI, CHEN-YAN
校院名稱:國立高雄師範大學
系所名稱:英語學系
指導教授:石素錦
學位類別:博士
出版日期:2019
主題關鍵詞:任務複雜度能力有限假設認知假設第二語言程度口語產出複雜度正確度流暢度task complexityCapacity Limited HypothesisCognition HypothesisL2 proficiencyoral productioncomplexityaccuracyfluency
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任務複雜度 (task complexity) 對學習者任務表現 (learner performance) 的影響一直是數十年來的議題。此領域兩個重要的理論是Skehan (1996, 1998) 的能力有限假設 (Limited Capacity Hypothesis) 和Robinson (2001, 2007) 的認知假設(Cognition Hypothesis)。能力有限假設主張,當第二語言學習者在從事複雜任務時,因為認知容量有限,他們不能同時注意語言上的複雜度及正確度。相反地,認知假設主張,當第二語言學習者從事複雜任務時,認知能力沒有受限,反而他們需要使用更複雜和更正確的語言來應付較高的認知需求。我們需要進一步來驗證這兩個理論。
一共有191位兩年制專科的學生參與此次的實驗。依照口試成績,分成高分組和低分組。他們兩兩配對操作簡單任務或複雜任務。任務複雜度是按Robinson所提 ± 少數要素 ( ± few elements) 來調整設計。此次的任務是一個敘述重整任務,參與者需合作排列一組圖片並說出裡面的故事。在過濾不適合的資料後,將24對的對話錄音轉譯成文字並做分析。
參與者的口語產出以三方面來檢驗 — 複雜度、正確度、流利度。結果顯示任務複雜度對產出的句法複雜度有顯著的影響。也就是簡單任務比複雜任務產出更多的附屬子句。這個結果似乎符合Skehan 和Robinson對於對話任務的預測。然而任務複雜度對口語產出的其它方面,如正確度及流利度,則沒有顯著的影響。對比之下,英文程度對口語產出的各方面都有顯著的影響。相較低分組,高分組能說出更複雜、更正確、更流利的英語。由此研究得知,單單 ± 少數要素 ( ± few elements) 可能無法顯著影響學習者的表現。建議在任務複雜度的研究方面,仍需進一步的調查。
The effect of task complexity on learner performance has been an issue in task-based language learning and teaching for decades. Two important theories in this field are Skehan’s Limited Capacity Hypothesis (1996, 1998) and Robinson’s Cognition Hypothesis (2001, 2005). The Limited Capacity Hypothesis claims that cognitive capacity is limited. When L2 learners conduct a complex task, they are not able to attend to complexity and accuracy of task performance simultaneously. On the other hand, the Cognition Hypothesis claims that cognitive capacity is not limited. When conducting a complex task, L2 learners are pushed to produce more complex and accurate language in order to cope with high cognitive demand. It is necessary to take a further step to verify these two hypotheses. An experiment was conducted in order to examine these two hypotheses.
A total of 191 students from a two-year junior college participated in this experiment. They were divided into high proficiency groups and low proficiency groups based on scores on a speaking test. They were paired randomly and performed either a simple task or a complex task. Task complexity was manipulated through ± few elements, which is a task design feature proposed by Robinson (2001, 2005). The task was a narrative reconstruction task, which required the participants to arrange the sequence of a picture set and later narrate the story reflected in the pictures. After screening out inadequate data, the recordings of 24 dyads were transcribed and analyzed.
The participants’ oral production was examined in terms of three aspects — complexity, accuracy, and fluency. The results show task complexity had a significant effect on syntactic complexity. That is, the simple task produced more subordinate clauses than the complex task. This result seems to be in agreement with Skehan’s and Robinson’s prediction about dialogic task. However, task complexity did not have a significant effect on accuracy and fluency. In contrast, proficiency had a great influence on oral production in all of the aspects. High proficiency groups used more complex, more accurate, and more fluent utterances than low proficiency groups.
The implication is that the task complexity manipulated through the factor of ± few elements alone may not guarantee a significant influence on learner performance. It is suggested that the effect of task complexity on task performance still requires further investigation.
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