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研究生: 曾久倫
論文名稱: 朗讀與默讀對台灣高中學生閱讀理解的影響
Oral Reading and Silent Reading—The Effect on Taiwanese EFL Senior High School Students’ Comprehension
指導教授: 李臻儀
Li, Jen-I
學位類別: 碩士
Master
系所名稱: 英語學系
Department of English
論文出版年: 2003
畢業學年度: 91
語文別: 英文
論文頁數: 91
論文種類: 學術論文
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  • 摘要

    本研究之宗旨在探討三種閱讀方式—朗讀、默讀、聽讀─對台灣高中學生閱讀理解的影響。研究重點在於這三種閱讀方式對於高中學生理解兩種文體─說明文與記敘文,以及回答兩種問題類型─主旨問題與細節問題的影響。
    共有75位百齡高中二年級學生參與這項研究。他們被分成三組,分別是:同聲朗讀,聽老師讀,及默讀。這三組受試者各以不同的方式閱讀二十一篇英文文章(內含六十七題理解問題)。測驗後,每一組有10個自願者接受訪談。測驗結果顯示:以默讀對高中學生理解文章的幫助最大,尤其是在理解記敘文以及文章的細節方面。訪談的資料也顯示出學生們大多認為默讀較能幫助閱讀理解。因為朗讀和聽讀時所發出的聲音以及速度限制都會妨礙他們對文章的理解。
    研究顯示當閱讀的目的是要理解文章時,教師應盡量給予學生充分的時間默讀。朗讀也許是引起學生動機以及提供課堂變化性的好方法,但在沒有聲音以及速度控制的情況下,高中學生對文章有較好的理解力及較佳的測驗成績。

    ABSTRACT

    The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of silent reading, self-reading aloud and teacher’s reading aloud on Taiwanese senior high school students’ reading comprehension. Specifically, the present study investigates whether the three reading modes have different impacts on the students’ comprehending two different text types—narration and exposition, and on their answering two different question types—main idea questions and detail questions.
    75 second-graders at Bailing Senior High School serve as subjects. They are divided into three groups and are required to do 21 reading passages with 67 comprehension questions in the three different reading modes. Ten volunteers from each group are interviewed after the reading comprehension tests. The test results exhibit that the silent reading is the most beneficial mode to senior high school students’ reading comprehension, especially in comprehending narrative texts and in answering detail questions. The interview reports also show the students’ preference for silent reading. The sound and the controlled reading speed of the oral reading modes are reported to inhibit the students’ comprehension.
    The findings of this study reveal that oral reading might be a good method for providing variation to regular courses or for raising the students’ motivation. But as far as comprehension is concerned, silent reading is still needed for each individual student. Without controlled reading pace and without sound as a distractor for thought, senior high school students are more likely to have better comprehension of the texts and superior performance in the reading tests.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Motivation and Research Questions 1 1.2 Significance of the Study 3 1.3 Organization of the Thesis 4 Chapter 2 Literature Review 5 2.1 Oral Reading and Silent Reading 5 2.1.1 Oral Reading 6 2.1.1.1 Teacher’s Reading Aloud 7 2.1.1.2 Self Reading Aloud 8 2.1.2 Silent Reading 9 2.1.3 A Brief Summary of Oral Reading and Silent Reading 11 2.1.4 The Reading Modes in EFL Context in Taiwan 11 2.2 Text Types 14 2.2.1 The Text Types Used in the Study 14 2.2.2 Discourse Patterns of Narrative and Expository Texts and Their Differential Effects on Readers 15 2.3 Question Types 17 2.3.1 The Question Types Applied in the study 17 2.3.2 Skill Levels of Question Types 20 2.4 Framework of the Thesis 21 Chapter 3 Research Methodology 24 3.1 Subjects 24 3.2 Research Design 25 3.2.1 The Multiple-Choice Reading Comprehension Tests 26 3.2.1.1 The Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions 26 3.2.1.1.1 The Reading Passages 26 3.2.1.1.2 The Comprehension Questions 27 3.2.1.2 The Procedure of the Reading Comprehension Tests 30 3.2.2 The Interview 31 3.2.2.1 The Interview Questions 32 3.2.2.2 The Procedure of the Interview 34 Chapter 4 Results and Discussion 35 4.1 Comparison of the Three Groups’ Overall Reading Comprehension 36 4.1.1 Results of the Reading Comprehension Tests 36 4.1.2 Reports of the Interview 39 4.2 Comparisons of the Three Groups’ Performances in Comprehending Two Different Text Types 42 4.2.1 Comparison of the Three Groups’ Performances in Comprehending Narrative Texts 42 4.2.2 Comparison of the Three Groups’ Performances in Comprehending Expository Texts 44 4.2.3 Interview Reports on the Two Different Text Types 46 4.3 Comparisons of the Three Groups’ Performances in Answering Two Different Question Types 46 4.3.1 Test Results Concerning Main Idea Questions 47 4.3.1.1 Comparison of the Three Groups’ Performances in Answering Main Idea Questions 47 4.3.1.2 Comparison of the Three Groups’ Performance in Answering Main Idea Questions of Different Text Types.. 49 4.3.2 Test Results Concerning Detail Questions 51 4.3.2.1 Comparison of the Three Groups’ Performances in Answering Detail Questions 51 4.3.2.2 Comparison of the Three Groups’ Performance in Answering Detail Questions of Different Text Types.. 54 4.3.3 Interview Reports on the Two Different Question Types 56 4.4. Summary 57 Chapter 5 Conclusion, Implications and Suggestions 62 5.1 Findings and Conclusion 62 5.2 Pedagogical Implications 68 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research 70 References 73 Appendices 79 Appendix A The Expository Texts 79 Appendix B The Narrative Texts 91

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