提升表違能力的 「高級日語會話」之TAE運用的可能性一從學習者回饋來探討

The Possibility of Using TAE to Enhance the Development of Linguistic Expression in Advanced Japanese Conversation Class: A Perspective Based on Learners' Feedback

本研究將針對 TAE（ Thinking At the Edgc）在會話教育上應用的可能性進行檢討。筆者嘗試在「高級日語會話」課中導入TAE，讓學習者運用有限的習得語彙將想說的話表達出來。之後採取問卷調查進行量和質的分析。結果顯示，將注意力放在自己的身體感覺，逐步將其語言化這一點得到了學習者正面的評價。此外，透過使用TAE前後的比較，使用TAE後得到（1）內容變豐富（2）貼近自己的感覺（自己內心想說的）（3）可以整理思緒等共通評價。從資料中亦可讀取到TAE編寫的會話文比自由編寫還符合學習者的需要，顯示了TAE應用於會話教育上的可能性。

This study investigated the possibility of Applying TAE (Thinking At the Edge) in conversation education based on learners' feedback. In Chen's ”Advanced Japanese Conversation” class, a practice exercise using vocabulary already learned was engaged in to express what the learners wanted to say through incorporating an application of TAE (Thinking At the Edge). A survey was held after the practice lesson. As a result, through the quantitative and qualitative analysis, focusing on bodily sensation and then verbalizing it through the prescribed steps of TAE yielded a positive assessment from learners.The essential points of advantage were observed by comparing before and after using TAE, and those points of advantage were: (1) the content became richer, (2) the content grew closes to the learners' own sense (of what they wanted to say), and (3) the exercise helped organize the learner's own thinking. From this result, creating conversation sentences using TAE steps meets learners' needs better than creating conversation sentences without using TAE steps. This study further supports the beneficial possibilities of applying TAE to advanced conversation class.