A Survey Study on the Gender Differences in English Learning Strategies of China's EFL High School Students

摘要

近一二十年，外语教学研究的重点已从如何教转到如何学的方面。研究者们纷纷从学生的角度探讨了影响英语学习成绩的各种因素。英语学习策略，学生性别差异作为其中的两个因素得到学者们的越来越多的关注。本研究收集了浙江省台州中学高二108名学生的期末英语考试成绩，其中男生71名，女生37。并且对他们进行了英语学习策略的问卷调查，应用统计分析技术探讨了学生英语成绩的性别差异，英语学习策略使用上的差异以及二者之间的关系，获得了如下的研究结果：　　1.中学生在英语学习成绩上存在着明显的性别差异，女生的英语学习成绩明显高于男生的英语学习成绩。2.通过皮尔森相关分析发现，有26个英语学习策略的子项和学生英语学习成绩有着显著的相关。3.中学生在英语学习策略运用上存在着性别差异并且通过t检验分析发现学习成绩较优异的女生比男生更多地使用这26个英语学习策略子项。4.女生在这26个英语学习策略子项的频繁地使用是她们获得优异的英语学习成绩的原因之一。

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

2.2 GENDER ROLE IN EFL

2.2.1 Previous research on gender role in EFL

2.2.2 The interpretations on the gender role

2.3 THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN EFL

2.3.1 The theories of language learning strategies

2.3.2 Previous research language learning strategies in EFL

2.4 CRITICAL EVALUATIONS ON PREVIOUS RESEARCH

3. METHODOLOGY

3.1 SUBJECTS

3.2 INSTRUMENTS

3.2.1 Strategies inventoryfor language learning

3.2.2 4 language test

3.3 PROCEDURE

4. RESULTS

4.1 GENDER DIFFERENCE IN ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENTS

Tahle 4.1 The correlation between gender and English achievements

4.2 LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES AND ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT

Tatble 4.2 The correlation between language learning strategies and English achievements

4.3 GINDER DIFFERENCE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES

Table 4.4 T-test on the gender difference in the language learning strategies

5. DISCUSSION

5.1 GENDER DIFFERENCE IN ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENTS

5.2 LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES AND ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT

5.3 GENDER DIFFERENCE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES

table 5.1 the functions of the two sides of the brain

6. CONCLUSION

6.1 MAJOR FINDINGS

6.2 IMPLICATIONS

6.2.1 Theoretical implications

6.2.2 Mcthoclological implications

6.2.3 Pedugogical implications

6.3 LIMITATIONS

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