An Empirical Study on Effects of Teaching Communication Strategies (CS) in Use of Materials Developed for Learning CS

实证研究（2003年）：使用研究前制作的交际策略教学材料ENGEL（English Generative Learning），对79名英语学习者（其中73人作为研究的最终对象）进行了交际策略教学实验（CSP）。口语数据的收集是通过四种类型的口语测试在前，后，和延迟后测试期间。对数据的分析表明，CPS在很大程度上有助于学习者的语言知识重组，提高了学习者的语言处理效率和时间，提高了学习者的学习动机，但它对学习者获得新的语言知识的帮助程度还有待于进一步的研究。在第一年学习的基础上，ENGEL进行了升级，为了进行后续的问卷调查，对希望使用该软件的高中生和大学生进行了问卷调查，共获得了约110名学生（约1/所有ENGEL用户中的3个。(The调查是匿名的，它依赖于用户的自由意志。调查结果显示，使用者对学习内容，特别是计算机辅助英语的概念有充分的理解，学习者对使用计算机进行学习的积极性有很大的提高，而且很多人都渴望继续用这种方式学习英语，整个项目可以按计划在两年内完成。研究的焦点主要集中在词汇问题的语篇转换上。本研究的研究者希望将交际策略的概念扩展到语言使用的语用方面，从而更真实地反映语言使用。

Major objectives of this two-year research project (2003-04) were twofold as reported below.Empirical study (2003): Using materials, ENGEL (English Generative Learning), for teaching communication strategies (CS) that were produced prior to the research project, an experimental CS training program (CSP) was given to 79 English learners (73 of them as final subjects for the study). Oral data were collected through 4 types of oral tests at pre-, post-, and delayed post test periods. Analyses of the data collected indicate that the CPS contributes to a large extent to restructuring learners' language knowledge and facilitating their processing efficiency and time and that it works to raise learners' learning motivation; however, further studies are needed to investigate how much it helps learners acquire new linguistic knowledge.Questionnaire survey (2004): 0n the basis of the first year's study, ENGEL was upgraded, and in order to conduct a follow-up questionnaire survey it was distributed to high school and college students who hoped to use it. Responses to the survey were obtained from about 110 students (about 1/3 of the entire ENGEL users to whom it was offered. (The survey was anonymous, and it relied on the users' free Will.) Revealed from the survey were that learning contents, especially the concept of CS, were understood fully by the users, that the learners' motivation was raised highly despite concern about the learning activities in use of a computer, and that many of them were eager to continue studying English in this way.The entire project could be fulfilled in two years as planned. The foci of the study have been placed mainly on CS used for lexical problems. The researchers of this study are hoping to extend the concept of CS to pragmatic aspects of language use which reflects more authentic language use.