台灣人學習者透過SCMC之日語學習

The Taiwanese learner's Japanese acquisition by SCMC

本研究是採用即時（Synchronous）的CMC（＝SCMC）方法針對外語學習所進行的實驗性研究報告。實驗是依照（1）事前測驗（2）訊息互補溝通型課題（3）事後測驗（4）問卷調查的順序進行。然後（1）根據課題的得分來測定課題的完成度、（2）根據課題進行中的對話分析來測定語意溝通的活絡程度、（3）根據事後測驗的得分來測定課題中使用詞彙的習得程度、（4）根據問卷調查的統計數據來測定對課題的熟悉程度或對學習成果的期待程度。實驗結果顯示，在課題的完成度及對課題的親密度方面，SCMC組獲得的分數較高；然而，在對話中語意溝通的頻繁程度，以及事後測驗方面反而是F to F組的分數來得高。在歐美的幾篇先行研究中皆指出，運用SCMC的話，除語意溝通的進行十分頻繁外，也與詞彙或文法的習得有關聯性。但是，在我們的實驗中卻得到與其不盡相同的結果。也就是說台灣人學習者的情況，雖然有許多人覺得SCMC比F to F親合度高，因此，利於課題的進行；但是相反的，語意溝通上卻是F to F組的頻率較高。

This paper is a report of a quasi-experimental research on the foreign language acquisition using Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication (SCMC). The experiment was executed in (1) pretest, (2) information gap type task, (3) post test, and (5) questionnaire survey. Specifically, (1) the achievement level o f the task is measured by t he score of the task. Also, (2) activeness of the negotiation of meaning is measured by analyzing the utterance in the task. Furthermore, (3) the acquisition level of the vocabulary used by the task is measured by the score of the post test. Finally, (4) the sense of intimacy to the task and the expectation level to the learning effect are measured by the total points of the questionnaire.Consequentially, the mean scores of the SCMC group were higher in the achievement level of the task and of degree of intimacy. On the other hand, the F to F group has higher frequency of the negotiation of meaning in the utterance.Unlike the research done in Europe and America, assuming that the meaning negotiation of CMC is more active, particularly in the acquisition of the vocabulary and the grammar, the results of our experiment show differently. That is, there are a lot of Taiwanese learners who feel CMC is more familiar and more easily than F to F. For example, the frequency of the negotiation of meaning in F to F group seems to be higher.