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| Title: | 國民中學基本學力測驗英語科回沖效應研究
A study on the washback effect of the basic competence english test on junior high school students in Northern Taiwan |
| Authors: | 林銀姿
Lin, Yin Tzu |
| Contributors: | 尤雪瑛
Yu, Hsueh Ying
林銀姿
Lin, Yin Tzu |
| Keywords: | 回沖效應
國民中學基本學力測驗英語科
學生學習
語言測驗
臺灣
washback
Basic Competence English Test
student learning
language testing
Taiwan |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Issue Date: | 2010-12-09 12:07:25 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | 國民中學基本學力測驗（簡稱「基測」）英語科屬高代價之語言測驗，測驗結果攸關每年三十萬左右國中畢業生的升學依據，影響層面甚廣，測驗對教學的影響即語言測驗文獻中所探討之回沖效應。
本研究旨在探討基測英語科對台灣北部地區九年級學生英語學習的回沖效應，以問卷調查台灣北部地區（基隆市、台北市、台北縣、桃園縣、新竹市、新竹縣）九年級學生，從以下四個面向探討基測英語科所造成的回沖效應：（1）學生對基測英語科試題的了解及看法；（2）學生的學習目的；（3）學生的學習方式；（4）課堂活動。本研究以四個行政層級（直轄市、市、鎮、鄉）作為抽樣依據，共計發出1,490份問卷。
研究主要結果如下：
一、大多數學生了解基測英語科之題型及測驗目的。僅有半數學生認為試題簡單，進一步分析顯示，比較了解題型及目的的學生認為試題簡單。
二、學生學習目的與《國民中小學九年一貫課程綱要》英語課程目標一致。不以基測作為主要英語學習目標的學生英語成績較好。
三、學生最常從事的學習活動是聽英語歌曲、看英語影片或節目，也會學習千字表之外的字詞。大部分的學生沒有藉由參考書、參加校內課後輔導或校外補習來準備基測英語科。
四、最常見的課堂活動是老師帶唸課文或單字、文法練習，及寫測驗卷或聽老師檢討內容。相較之下，口說聽力的教學活動較少。
結果顯示基測英語科對學生的學習影響不大，但對老師的課堂教學產生負面回沖效應，進而影響學生學習。綜合研究結果，本研究建議教師應增加課堂教學活動的多樣性，減少測驗相關教材及練習，以培養學生學習英語的興趣與方法。
The effect of testing on teaching and learning is generally known as washback in the field of language testing and assessment. Despite a growing attention to the concept of washback, most washback studies focus on teachers, not on learners as test takers, who are the most important stakeholders in testing.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the washback effect of the Basic Competence English Test (BCET), a high-stakes language test, on 9th-graders in northern Taiwan. The method of questionnaire survey was used to collect students’ perspectives on the following four areas: (a) perceptions of the BCET, (b) learning motivation, (c) learning activities, and (d) class activities. A convenient sample of a proportionate size was selected based on four administrative levels (i.e., national, municipal, town, and village levels) from Keelung City, Taipei City, Taipei County, Taoyuan County, Hsinchu City, and Hsinchu County. Altogether 1,490 ninth-graders from 42 classes at 22 schools were selected for the survey across northern Taiwan.
The major findings of the study are as follows:
1. Most 9th-graders in northern Taiwan were aware of the BCET test format and the BCET test purpose. Nearly half of them found the BCET not to be easy. The more the students understood the BCET format, the more likely they thought that the BCET was easy. Similarly, the more the students understood the BCET purpose, the more likely they regarded the BCET as an easy test.
2. Three top motivations for the students to learn English coincide with the overall objectives of English language education in Grade 1-9 Curriculum. Students’ English achievement gets better if they do not regard the BCET as the primary goal of language learning.
3. Students’ most common learning activities include listening to English songs, watching movies/programs in English, and learning words and phrases beyond the word list of 1,000 basic English vocabularies. The BCET does not drive students to undertake the following practices: using practice books for examinations, attending cram schools, and attending self-study classes for the test at school.
4. It was common for the 9th-graders to do practice tests or mock examinations in class, and listen to their teachers explaining the test items. Instruction relating to formal aspects of English also occurred frequently in English language courses, while few aural/oral practice activities were undertaken in classroom teaching.
Based on the findings of the BCET washback effects on students and teachers, this study suggests that English teachers should attempt to employ various types of classroom activities, as proposed in Grade 1-9 Curriculum, rather than relying on examination-oriented materials and practices, so as to promote learning interests and develop effective methods of learning. |
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