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Literature and the development of oral fluency: a study using poetry and children\u27s literature in adult ESL instruction

机译:文学和口语流利性的发展:在成人ESL教学中运用诗歌和儿童文学进行的研究

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The place of literature in language teaching has long been debated. This study investigates the use of poetry and children\u27s literature written in verse as materials for helping advanced adult learners of English as a second or foreign language develop oral fluency skills. Fifteen native Chinese-speaking graduate students or professionals associated with ISU participated in the study. Speech samples were taken before and after a two-week treatment period. Participants were randomly assigned to one of the three treatment groups: a children\u27s literature group, and adult literature group, and a control group. During the treatment period, each of the literature treatment groups met for four hours of literature-based speaking instruction. Following the collection of the post-treatment speech samples, the samples were rated for fluency by six graduate students enrolled in the TESL/Applied Linguistics M.A. program at ISU. The ratings show a very slight, but statistically significant, increase in fluency for some participants when responding to a reading prompt. No gains in fluency were found when participants responded to an open-ended question. Questionnaires indicate that the participants found the children\u27s books somewhat interesting and helpful for language study and the adult poetry more so. The results suggest that carefully selected children\u27s literature may be appropriate for advanced learners of English in certain circumstances.
机译:长期以来,文学在语言教学中的地位一直存在争议。这项研究调查了以诗歌和儿童文学作品(用诗歌写成)作为材料来帮助成年英语作为第二语言或外语的成年学习者发展口语流利技能的情况。 15名与ISU相关的以汉语为母语的研究生或专业人士参加了研究。在为期两周的治疗之前和之后采集语音样本。参与者被随机分配到三个治疗组之一:儿童文学组,成人文学组和对照组。在治疗期间,每个文献治疗组进行了四个小时的基于文献的口语指导。收集了处理后的语音样本后,由ISU的TESL / Applied Linguistics M.A.计划招收的六名研究生对样本的流利程度进行了评估。在回应阅读提示时,某些参与者的流利程度略有提高,但具有统计学意义。当参与者回答一个开放性问题时,没有发现流利程度的提高。问卷调查表明,参加者发现儿童读物有些有趣,对语言学习有所帮助,而成人诗歌则更是如此。结果表明,在某些情况下,精心挑选的儿童文学作品可能适合高级英语学习者。

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    Reppert, Ketty Ruth;

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