英語聴解力テストに関わる要因の検討

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The purpose of this study is to analyze various factors which might affect the English Aural Test (EAT) scores by administering a trial EAT to a group of CLA students. The subjects are the total of 201 of the April entering regular and recommendee students, including 53 Freshmen, all of whom took the course, "Educational Psychology." The test was conducted in a room with three speakers which accommodates 120 students, the room being actually used for the General Admissions Tests. The factors to be studied are the subjects' educational background; whether or not they had overseas experience, if they did, the duration of their stay abroad; the ways in which they practiced listening to English; the level of acoustics in the room; their motivation to learn English. This study attempts to clarify how these factors affected the test scores. Futhermore, the data of the Placement Test which the incoming freshmen were administered for the English Language Program (ELP) was employed to verify the validity of the EAT. The analysis of these factors revealed the following: (1) The presence or absence of overseas experience affects the EAT scores. (2) The presence or absence of overseas experience affects the subject's learning style as well. That is, "learning on the spot" is far more effective than any other way of learning. (3) The influence of acoustics of the room and the individual listening ability is substantial. (4) The "practical learning factor" affects the EAT scores. (5) With respect to the motivational factor, vague intellectual interests alone are not related to the EAT scores, though generally speaking, high motivation influences the test scores. (6) The correlation between the scores of the EAT and those of the Placement Test is high; this is especially the case with the freshmen; and thus the EAT has been proved to be valid. The interrelations among the factors mentioned above need to be examined in the future.
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英語聴解力テストに関わる要因の検討

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