釋德慇

慈濟技術學院通識教育中心

摘　要

本研究呈現技術學院實施任務取向英語為外語的教學活動，並探討四種任務學習活動與英語學習表現之間，是否有相關存在。本研究旨在了解應用語言經驗的效果是否影響學習成就和語言能力。研究資料依據21位大一學生的英語學習成就，包括大一英文學期成績和英檢模擬考閱讀測驗成績，以及結合學校簡介，新聞主播，語言中心志工對話和飛機旅行等四種情境用語的任務學習活動。研究結果顯示任務學習對於提升口說表現有顯著的影響。透過任務學習的教學介入，本研究結論認為，倚重背誦經驗，附加任務取向的學習活動，對於英語為外語的學習是有重要的影響，並建議認字的學習不要只侷限單字的教法。

關鍵字：語用，任務型學習

Study on Task-based Assignments
in a Technical College ’s EFL Class

Yu-Mei Tsai

Hsiou-Chieh Teng

Yih-Chun Chen

De-Yin Shih

General Education Center

Tzu Chi College of Technology

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a study on the relationship between EFL learning and the academic practice of task-based assignments, as found in a Taiwanese technical college’s EFL classroom. The study concentrates on the relationship between the effects of experiences using language and students’ actual achievements.  The data includes the 21 participants’ scores for the course and the four task-based assignments covering: an introduction to the school, news anchoring, volunteering at a language center, and conversations with regards to air travel.  The results of the study show that these task-based assignments had a positive impact on the participants’ abilities to communicate verbally. The study suggests that task-based assignments can have a positive impact on students’ EFL learning and serve as a supplement to the traditional emphasis on “memorization”.

Keywords：language use, task-based learning