US-China Foreign Language, ISSN1539-8080, USA
Aug. 2007, Volume 5, No.8 (Serial No.47)
HU Hai-peng, DENG Li-jing
報告者:王柏勛
指導老師:陳炳彰
BSTRACT
This paper studies the application of motivation for students’ vocabulary acquisition in multimedia environment.
本文研究的動機是學生在多媒體環境下詞彙習得中的
應用。
BSTRACT
Firstly, it gives a brief introduction of the current situation of vocabulary learning and teaching in China and abroad, and then introduces vocabulary acquisition with CALL and CALT,together with psychological and multimedia hardware and software foundation for vocabulary learning.
首先,它提供的詞彙學習和教學在中國和國外目前的
情況的簡要介紹,然後介紹 CALL(電腦輔助語言學
習)和CALT(電腦輔助語言教學)詞彙習得,加上心
理和多媒體硬件和軟件的詞彙學習的基礎。
NTRODUCTION TO THE
PPLICATION OF
OCABULARY
OTIVATION
For most students in learning a second language, the first headache or difficulty they meet is usually remembering words.
Vocabulary is an important part of a language as well as the basis of linguistic abilities.
對於大多數學生在學習第二語言的. 第一頭痛或困難
通常是記單字。詞彙量的大小是一個重要的標準來評
價一個學生的英語水平。
INTRODUCTION TO THE
APPLICATION OF VOCABULARY
MOTIVATION
The size of vocabulary is an important standard to evaluate a learner’s English level. Without adequate vocabulary knowledge,a second language learner’s conversational fluency and reading comprehension will meet difficulties.
詞彙量的大小是一個重要的標準來評價一個學生的英
語水平。如果沒有足夠的詞彙知識,第二語言學習者
的會話將會不流暢和閱讀難以理解。
INTRODUCTION TO THE
APPLICATION OF VOCABULARY
MOTIVATION
According to the Basic Requirements in the
College English Syllabus (1999), Chinese university students should have a vocabulary of 4,200 words and be able to read ordinary
English newspapers and magazines and communicate in English.
根據大學英語教學大綱的基本要求(1999年),中國
大學生應該有一個4200字的詞彙,並能閱讀一般的英
語報紙和雜誌用英語溝通。
INTRODUCTION TO THE
APPLICATION OF VOCABULARY
MOTIVATION
Most Chinese students have been learning for at least 6 years from their junior high school, but they are still not able to express themselves adequately and fluently in English or understand what people say easily. The problem may lie in the traditional teaching method.
大多數中國學生從他們的初中已經至少6年的學習英
語,但他們仍然無法充分和流利英語來對話。問題可
能出在傳統的教學方法。
OCABULARY
EARNING WITH
AND
With the emergence and popularity of Computer-
Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (CALL
&CALT), many English teachers have shifted their focus from teacher-centered or bookcentered instruction to students-centered or classroom-based instruction.
電腦輔助語言學習和教學(CALL&CALT)的出現和普
及,許多英語教師已經從以教師或課本為主轉移到以
學生或課堂教學為主的教學。
With respect to the new information technology, language teachers may use computers and
Internet in language teaching. There seems little doubt that CALL and CALT is presently the most innovative area in the practice of foreign or second language teaching and learning.
隨著新的科技技術方面,語文教師在語文教學中可能
會運用到電腦和網路。毫無疑問,CALL和CALT是目前
最創新的區域在外語或第二語言教學和學習的方法。
The use of communicative strategies seems to suggest that the way of learning vocabulary does not merely involve memorizing and monotonous practicing, but various other activities to enhance understanding and usage.
交際策略的使用似乎表明,在學習詞彙的方式,並不
僅僅涉及背誦和單調的練習,但其他各種活動,以增
進了解和使用。
There are several new features frequently used in CALL and CALT, including hypertext, hypermedia and multimedia.
有CALL和CALT常用的幾個新的特點,包括超文本,超
媒體和多媒體 。
OCABULARY
EARNING WITH
AND
Multimedia tends to features several media types including text, images, sound, video and/or animations.Multimedia can promote students’ vocabulary acquisition for its increasing students’ autonomous abilities in learning.
多媒體趨於多家媒體類型,包括文字,圖像,聲音,
視頻和/或動畫功能。多媒體可以促進其提高學生詞
彙習得自治能力學生的學習。
SYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
For most Chinese English learners, the frequently used way in vocabulary learning is by memorizing.However, multimedia technology in English learning and teaching can help students improve the results of memorizing words (NAN Chao, 2005).
對於大多數中國英語學習者的詞彙學習中常用的方法
是通過背誦。然而,在英語學習和教學的多媒體技術,
可以幫助學生提高識記單詞的結果“(2005年南
超,)。
Because the application of multimedia technology in English teaching supplies various video, picture and literal material for students, they can use both the auditory and visual channels. It is similar to the natural ways to obtain information.
由於多媒體技術在英語教學中的應用提供各種視頻,
圖片和文字材料為學生,他們可以同時使用聽覺和視
覺的渠道。它類似於自然的方式來獲取信息。
Many researchers (GUI Shi-chun, 2004; Ellis,
1995) have proved that learning material which attracted students’ longtime attention would have good effects of the memory of new words.
許多研究人員已經證明, (桂詩春,2004年,埃利
斯,1995年),學習教材,吸引學生“長期關注新詞
的記憶中有良好的影響。
V OCABULARY L EARNING S TRATEGIES IN M ULTIMEDIA E NVIRONMENT
WITH A PPLICATION OF V OCABULARY M OTIVATION
Students will learn more when information is adopted by a variety of learning channels than when only a single channel of learning is used.
Nowadays, with the help of multimedia technology, one particular word can be learned through sound, picture and even threedimensional animation.
學生將了解更多信息時採用多種學習渠道比只有單通
道的學習時使用。如今,隨著多媒體技術的幫助下,
一個特定的詞可以據悉,通過聲音,圖片,甚至3D動
畫。
V OCABULARY L EARNING S TRATEGIES IN M ULTIMEDIA E NVIRONMENT
WITH A PPLICATION OF V OCABULARY M OTIVATION
Aided by pictures, sound and flash animation, multimedia context offers abundant interesting learning materials for learners.
借助圖片,聲音和flash動畫,多媒體背景下,為學
習者提供了豐富有趣的的學習材料。
VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES IN MULTIMEDIA
ENVIRONMENT WITH APPLICATION OF VOCABULARY
MOTIVATION
For most English learners, they may feel frustrated and boring when reciting vocabulary.
Interest is the best teacher. If an instructor uses appropriate vocabulary games to help students to learn, study may get the twice result with half the effort.
對於大多數英語學習者,他們可能會感到沮喪和乏味
時背誦的詞彙。興趣是最好的老師。如果教師使用恰
當的詞彙遊戲,以幫助學生學習,學習可能會得到兩
倍成果。
ONCLUSION
This paper presents the feasibility of enlarging one’s vocabulary through the enhancement of word recognition ability under the condition of multimedia environment. It proposes that enhancement of word recognition ability is of vital importance for the enlargement of one’s vocabulary.
本文介紹了通過多媒體環境條件下的認字能力增強擴
大自己的詞彙量的可行性。建議加強認字能力是至關
重要的詞彙量的擴大。
Vocabulary acquisition under multi-media environment can improve the vocabulary teaching efficiency and extend students’ vocabulary, and it is also of great help in improving students’ English level as a whole, for the teaching-software usually carries the voices of native-speakers with rich context.
多媒體環境下的詞彙收購可以提高詞彙教學效率,擴
大學生的詞彙,它也有很大的幫助,提高學生的整體
英語水平,教學軟件通常帶有母語的聲音豐富的背景。