日本大学英语学习者口语表达的流畅性和准确性研究

Mikio Tokunaga
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日本的英语学习者经常被描述为英语语法好,但不够流利。然而,在过去的几十年里,随着英语课程更加注重交流的变化,这不再是常态。本文将首先回顾日本和亚洲其他地区对以交际为中心的英语教学的反应,然后讨论目前对45名日本大学英语学习者在初中和高中以交际为中心的课程下学习的英语口语的语法准确性和流利性的研究。研究结果表明,作为一个群体,参与者既不准确也不流利。虽然一些参与者能够使用更简单的语法结构准确地造出句子,但他们的生产速度非常慢,这表明他们检索的是陈述性知识而不是程序化知识。文献综述和本研究的结果表明,以交流为重点的课程并没有成功地培养日本英语学习者的流利性,并且语法指导的减少影响了他们的准确性。不要把重点从语法转移到交际上,而是需要平衡的语法教学和流利性练习。
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Investigating Fluency and Accuracy of Japanese University EFL Learners’ Spoken English Production
Japanese learners of English are often described as having good English grammar but lacking in fluency. However, with the changes to a more communication-focused English curriculum in the last few decades, this is no longer the norm. This paper will first review the reactions to communication-focused English instructions in Japan and other parts of Asia, then discuss the current study which explored the grammatical accuracy and fluency of spoken English production of 45 Japanese university EFL learners who had studied under the communication-focused curriculum in junior and senior high schools. The results of the study showed that, as a group, the participants were neither accurate nor fluent. Although some participants were able to produce sentences accurately using easier grammar structures, their production was very slow, indicating the retrieval of declarative knowledge instead of proceduralized knowledge. Literature review and the results of this current study suggest that the communication-focused curriculum has not been successful in developing fluency among Japanese English learners, and that their accuracy has suffered from decreased amount of grammar instructions. Instead of switching the focus from grammar to communication, balanced grammar instruction and fluency practice are needed.
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