大學生對於教師的評論及同儕間的評論之看法比較研究:以英語專業演說課程為例

A comparative study of students’ perceptions of teacher critiques and peer critiques in Public Speaking

本研究旨在探討大學生對於教師與同儕給予同學演說表現上評論的看法。本研究對象分別為日間部與進修部修習英語專業演說課程的大學生，以問卷及半結構式訪談為主要的研究工具。參與的大學生須在學期末填寫問卷，所蒐集的資料以T 檢定及描述性統計進行統計分析。此外，隨機抽取日間部及進修部各三位同學進行一對一半結構式訪談。本研究的問卷結果指出日間部學生與進修部學生對於同儕的評論的看法並無顯著的差異。日間部學生與進修部學生相較之下，日間部的學生認為教師所提供的評論比起同儕所給予的評論還來得更有幫助。本研究的訪談結果與問卷結果相似，也就是說，同儕間的評論傾向於肢體語言的表現，而教師的評論則較為專業，能在演說上給予更多具體的建議，其中包含在演說中如何利用與觀眾相關的例子，如何組織演說架構、眼神交流及措辭用語等。本研究的結果建議大學生在進行同儕間的評論之前需要更多的專業訓練。而進修部的大學生在課堂中則須獲得更多的支持、鼓勵來增進英語專業演說的自信心。

This study aims to explore college students’ perceptions of teacher and peer critiquesfor their presentations. It attempts to investigate the differences between two groups (daydivision students and night division students) of students’ opinions towards teachercritiques and peer critiques for their presentations. Both groups of students enrolled in theclass of Public Speaking. A self-inventory questionnaire and a semi-structured interviewwere the main instruments used in the research to collect data. Both groups of studentsfilled out the questionnaires at the end of the school year. The t-test and descriptivestatistics were used to calculate the results of the questionnaires. Three day divisionstudents and three night division students joined one-to-one semi-structured interviews.The results of the questionnaires indicate that night division students and day divisionstudents believe that there is no significant difference in the peer critiques of theintroduction, the body and the conclusion of the speech. Day division students agree morethat critiques by teacher help them more than critiques by peers than night divisionstudents. The results of the interviews have the similar outcome. It is proposed that peercritiques tend to focus more on the body language while teacher critiques are moreprofessional and they give more useful suggestions including relating the examples to theaudience, organizing the speech, maintaining strong eye-contact and the use of language intheir presentation. This study implies that students require more professional trainingbefore they conduct peer’s critiques and night division students need more supportivenessto build up their confidence in the class of Public Speaking.