二语习得中性格对口语表达的影响_英语论文

Influence of Personality on Spoken English in SLA

摘要

近年来，随着外语教学交际法在中国的逐渐推广与深入以及各国家间往来交流日益频繁，口语越来越受到人们的重视，口语方面的研究也成为许多学者关注的焦点。由于个体差异是影响口语学习与表达的重要因素，本论文通过个案跟踪辅之以访谈的研究方法，分析两名具有明显内外向性格的英语专业的高年级学生，从性格角度探讨其口语学习与表达的不同特征与性格特点的相互关联。通过对比分析，作者发现，性格因素与发音无明显相关，对语调，语速，词语的选择有一定影响。另外，通过访谈也发现，内外向性格使得学习者在进行口语表达时的关注点和心理状态具有明显不同。

关键词  英语口语  影响  性格  口语特征  英语学习者

Abstract

In recent years, spoken English becomes more and more important against the extensive communication between countries. With the increasing demand of the society posed on undergraduates, a lot of second language acquisition researchers begin to pay more attention to the ways to develop oral expressions. This paper presents an initiative probe into the correlated influence of personality upon spoken English by means of analyzing the features of spoken English out of the interview and case-tracking study of two seniors who show different characters. The author, after making a comparison of their oral expression, finds that pronunciation has nothing to do with introvert and extrovert characters; rather, tempo and complexity as well as word choice have slight differences. Combined with the analysis of their interview, investigation also shows the mental states and attention paid on producing a sentence caused by personality play an important role in the apparent differences of oral expression, which may give some pedagogical implications concerning helping students develop oral competence.

Keywords  spoken English  influence  personality  oral features  English learners

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background 1

1.2 Significance of the Study 1

2 Literature Review 3

2.1 Studies on Personality 3

2.1.1   Studies on Personality at Home 3

2.1.2   Studies on Personality Abroad 3

2.2 Studies on Spoken English 4

2.3 Summary (Achievement and Limitation) 5

3   Research Methodology 6

3.1 Theoretical Framework 6

3.2 Research Questions 6

3.3 Research Subjects 7

3.4 Instruments 7

3.5 Data Collection 8

4   Results and Discussion 8

4.1 Pronunciation Features 8

4.1.1   Vowels 8

4.1.2   Consonants 9

4.2   Intonation 10

4.3 Tempo 11

4.4 Word Choice 12

Conclusion 13

Acknowledgements 15

References 16

Appendix Reading Material 18