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| 研究生： |
黃毓培 Huang, Yu-Pei |
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| 論文名稱： |
探索演講比賽的挑戰與收穫─以一所台灣的高中為例 Exploring the challenges and personal growth from speech contests : a case of a senior high school in Taiwan |
| 指導教授： | 黃怡萍 |
| 學位類別： |
碩士
Master |
| 系所名稱： |
外國語文學院 - 英國語文學系 Department of English |
| 論文出版年： | 2017 |
| 畢業學年度： | 105 |
| 語文別： | 英文 |
| 論文頁數： | 109 |
| 中文關鍵詞： | 英語演講比賽 、口說焦慮 、口語表達 |
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本研究旨從台灣高中生的觀點探討準備英語演講的過程中所遇到的挑戰與其相關對策以及個人成長收穫。本研究採取質性個案研究，研究對象為兩位有不同語言程度的台灣高一學生。分析資料由多重管道蒐集，包含與學生的半結構式訪談，練習時的觀察記錄以及其他相關文件，最後經由對比原始資料得出研究結果。
研究結果顯示，兩位研究對象所面臨的挑戰可分成四大類，分別為單句內的問題、跨句間的問題、口語表達與演說焦慮，其中又以口語表達與演說焦慮為兩大首要挑戰。以語言焦慮而言，焦慮的確對口說有負面影響，然而，它也能對於學習者的表現有正面的影響，如能促使學習者更認真面對比賽。此外，焦慮程度也與語言熟練度有關，擁有較高語言程度的學習者傾向擁有較低程度的焦慮。以口語表達的挑戰而言，兩位學習者所面臨的挑戰皆是與非語言方面的困難，例如站姿、手勢、聲音與面部表情等。此外，學生的個人收穫分別如下所列：(一) 開拓眼界的經驗；(二) 成就感；(三) 其他同儕的認同感；(四)自我實現。研究者根據這些發現，提出相關教學建議及未來研究方向，以期對未來有興趣參與英語演講的師生更多建設性的研究貢獻。
This study aims to examine what challenges would be confronted, how those challenges were dealt with and what personal growth reaped during the process of preparing for an English speech contest from the perspectives of high school students in Taiwan.
A qualitative research method was employed in this case study. Two first-year high school students with different proficiency levels were invited to be the participants of this study. Data were collected through multiple sources, including semi-structured interviews with students, observations of each practice, and other related artifacts. Data were analyzed by constant comparative method.
The results showed that the challenges the two participants faced could be divided into four categories, including the intra-sentence level challenges, inter-sentence level challenges, oral delivery and anxiety. Among these challenges, the top two challenges they faced were anxiety and oral delivery. In terms of language anxiety, anxiety did have debilitating effects on speaking; however, it can also have some facilitating influence on learner’s performance such as compelling the participant to face the contest more seriously. Also, the degrees of anxiety have to do with language proficiency. Learners with higher proficiency tended to have lower degree of anxiety. As for the challenges in oral delivery, what the two participants faced is associated with other non-linguistic aspects of speaking, such as posture, gesture, and voice and facial expression. In addition, the personal growth gained from such experience can be listed as below: (a) horizons-broadening experience, (b) a sense of achievement, (c) a sense of recognition from his peers, and (d) a sense of self-actualization. Based on the findings, pedagogical suggestions and direction for future research are provided. It is hoped more insights could be offered to both instructors and students who are interested in taking part in English speech contests.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements i
Table of Contents iii
Chinese Abstract v
English Abstract vi
Chapter One: Introduction 1
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Background and Rationale of the Study 1
1.2 The Purpose of the Study 4
1.3 Research Questions 4
Chapter Two: Literature Review 5
2.0 Introduction 5
2.1Challenges Students Faced and Related Coping strategies 5
2.2 Personal Growth Students Reaped 10
2.3 Research Gap 11
Chapter Three: Methodology 12
3.0 Introduction 12
3.1 Research Design 12
3.2 Context 13
3.3 Participant 14
3. 3.1 The Teacher Participant 14
3.3.2 The Student Participants 15
3.4 Instruction 16
3.4.1 Ashley’s Instruction 16
3.4.2 The Selections of Contestants 16
3.4.3Training Process For the Intra-school Contest 17
3.4.4 Training Process For the Taipei City English Speech Contest 20
3.5 Data Collection Methods 21
3.5.1Semi-structured interviews 21
3.5.2 Teacher interviews 22
3.5.3 Student interviews 23
3.5.4 Observations 23
3.5.5 Artifacts 24
3.5.6 Procedures of Data Collection 24
3.5.7 Data Analysis 25
3.5.8 Trustworthiness 26
Chapter Four: Results 28
Story of Jean 28
Part One—Jean’s difficulties 28
Part Two—Supports from teachers 38
Part Three—The Performance and Self-Evaluation of the Day of Intra-school Contest 39
Part Four—Growth Gained from this Experience 43
The story of Vincent 46
The First Phase of the Contest—The Intra-school Contest 46
Part One— Vincent’s Challenge (from Relaxing to Anxious Attitude ) 47
Part Two—The performance and Self-Evaluation on the day of intra-school contest 57
Part Three—Vincent’s Support 61
Part Four—Personal Growth from intra-school contest 63
Part Five—Self Expectation of Taipei City English Speech Contest 63
The Second Phase of the Contest—The Taipei City English Speech Contest 63
Part One—Vincent’s Challenges 64
Part Two—Vincent’s Support 77
Part Three—One the day of the Contest 79
Part Four—Improvising a New style Speech on the Spot 81
Part Five—The Self-reflection upon the Contest 84
Chapter Five: Discussion 86
5.0 Introduction 86
5.1 Research Question One 86
5.2 Answer and Discussion of the Research Question One 86
5.3 Research Question Two 95
5.4 Answer and Discussion of the Research Question Two 95
5.5 Pedagogical Suggestions 96
5.6 Limitations of the Study 97
Reference 99
Appendix A: Consent Form in English 101
Appendix B: Consent Form in Chinese 102
Appendix C: Interview Protocol for Teacher Participant 103
Appendix D: Questionnaire for Student Participant 105
Appendix E: Interview Protocol for Student Participant 107
Table 3.1 The Schedule for Training of Intra-school Contest 18
Table 3.2 The Respective Training Syllabus for Jean and Vincent 19
Table 3.3 The Time Schedule for School Activities 21
Table 5.1 Challenges that the Participants Encountered 87
Table 5.2 Coping Strategies that the Participants Employed 88
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