A Study on the Influences and Strategies of America Drama in English Learning_英语论文

摘要

各国间文化交流日益密切以及网络的普及助推了美剧在我国的传播，人们在观看美剧的同时，也获得了英语学习的另一条途径。美剧具有引人入胜的故事情节，语言丰富且具有特色，能够满足不同人群对英语学习的需要。理论上，观看美剧可以增强学习者的跨文化交际能力，增加英美文化知识及其理解能力，口头交际能力，听力能力等。但很多学习者由于缺乏正确的学习策略的指导，希望通过观看美剧来有效地进行英语学习的目标并不能完全达成。

本文以大学生为调查对象，主要采用问卷调查和参考文献相结合的方法，获知美剧的流行程度，并以大学生对美剧的观感为切入点，探讨美剧文化对了解西方文化、学习英语语言等方面的影响。本文结合美剧和英语学习的相关性以及已有的大量的相关研究，讨论出了利用观看美剧进行英语文化和语言学习的策略。

关键词：美剧，英语学习，西方文化，学习策略  

Contents

Acknowledgements I

摘要 II

Abstract III

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 3

2.1 The situation of American drama 3

2.2 The Relationship between American Drama and English Learning 3

2.3 The Feasibility of watching American Drama to learn English 4

2.3.1 Motivates people to learn 4

2.3.2 Improve Basic English skills 5

2.3.3 Understand the culture of America 5

3. Research Methods 7

3.1 Research object 7

3.2 Research questions 7

4. Results analysis 8

4.1 The habit toward American drama 8

4.2 The advantages of watching American drama 9

4.3 The difficulties of watching American drama 10

5. Discussion 13

5.1 Influence analysis 13

5.1.1 American drama arouses interest 13

5.1.2 American drama improves Basic English skills 13

5.1.3 Difficulties of properly using American drama 14

5.2 Strategies Analysis 14

5.2.1 Focus on learning step by step 14

5.2.2 Focus on coordinated training of listening and reading 15

5.2.3 Focus on the principle of targeted learning 15

5.2.4 Use the advantages and avoid the disadvantages 15

6. Conclusion 17

References 19