产出导向法(POA)理论在专门用途英语(ESP)课程中使用的可行性研究

【摘要】从2013年POA理论开始推广到大学英语教学之后，很多相关研究扑面而来。在本文中笔者则考虑POA是否可以用于指导ESP课程的教学。

【关键词】产出导向法;输出驱动;输入促成;评价

【Abstract】The POA theory has been widely accepted by college English education since 2013 and followed by massive related studies. This thesis focuses on how to utilize POA to guide ESP course teaching.

【Key words】Output-oriented method; Output-driven; Input facilitation; Evaluation

【作者简介】韦俊，广西科技大学鹿山学院。

【基金项目】2017年广西高等教育本科教学改革工程重点项目“产出导向法在独立学院特殊用途英语教学中的实践与应用研究”（项目编号：2017JGZ173）的阶段性成果。

Former POA researches focus on how POA facilitate students in their L2 acquisition， how POA help teachers’ to refine their teaching methods， POA’s effectiveness and feasibility in college English course. Researchers perceive its positive and obvious effectiveness on teaching English to L2 speakers. The author wonder whether POA is feasible for ESP course. For this research， it has two research questions： Whether the students’ listening & speaking skills are improved？ What do the students think about POA in class？

120 sophomores major in Food Science participated in the study， 56 in experimental group （A）， 64 in control one （B）. They have similar English test scores and equivalent oral expression ability. The whole experiment lasted for 8 period. Both groups need to take pretest & after-test dictation（speaking skill）， questionnaire （S’s feedback on POA）. Also， students’ in-class performance were recorded （S’s output performance and in-class involvement）.

The pretest is dictation of 39 （9 are harder ones） ordinary food-related words. After-test is 15-word dictation of what they had met in these 8 periods.

Seen from the result （Table 1）， the learners’ listening skill were not enhanced， which is different from former empirical research. Possible reason maybe the teacher’s failed words reinforcement in class and learners’ lack of after-class review.

The questionnaire result （Group A） is highlighted in Table 2.

The possible reason for Group A’s conflict response （71.4% & 73.2%） may be the students’ uncertainty about the possibility of production. But they have confidence in following teachers’ instruction as they have learned something in process. Also they do not have standards of what should the “production” look like. Thus， they lack confidence in their production. Students’ belief in their ability improvement （48.2% & 51.8%） is opposite to the fact in Table 1. The author believes it is due to the students’ simplification of learning. They may simply equal more understanding and engagement in class to knowledge acquisition.

Comparing the records， the author perceive that both class discussion are heating but with slight difference. There are more engaged learners in Group A （5～6/8） while more onlookers in Group B （5～6/8）.

Concerning the production， the one from Group A was original and logical while Group B copied more fragments from Internet.

In summary， POA could enhance learners’ speaking in ESP course， and students get more involved in POA class， but due to their former poor English ability， they need more scaffolding in input-enabling process to make sure they quicker get used to POA. Concerning listening skill improvement， maybe longer time is needed.

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