性別與英語學習動機之相關研究－－以屏東縣國小學童為例

A Study of the Relationship between Gender and English Learning Motivation—A Case Study of Elementary School Students in Pingtung County

國小英語教學自2001 年在台灣全面實施以來，引起不少學者的研究，研究者從事英語教學多年，亦希望對台灣最基礎的英語教學盡份心力，學習動機是學習活動進行的基礎，沒有動機就不可能產生學習，更遑論學習成效，許多人都認為女生在語言學習上具有天賦及優勢，因此學習語言的動機應該要比男生來得強，事實是否如此值得探討，因為影響的因素相當多，本研究以屏東縣國小六年級學童為研究對象，共發出1413 份問卷，有效問卷1317 份，男生695人，女生622 人，以黎瓊麗等人(2006)所編製之國小學童英語學習動機量表為工具，探討不同性別的國小學童在英語學習動機上的異同。本研究發現在整體動機量表上，女生的英語學習動機明顯高於男生的英語學習動機，在英語學習動機的各層面上，女生在「期望價值」、「工具性」、「對異文化的興趣」上顯著地高於男生；男生在「出類拔萃」、「被動性」上顯著地高於女生；男女生在「自我效能」上無顯著差異。對於研究結果，研究者亦提出建議以提供相關人士參考，以期激發國小學童學習英語的動機。

After English education in elementary school began in 2001, many researchers focused on that field. The authors have taught English for many years and they hope to contribute themselves to English Education in Taiwan by some related researches. Learning motivation plays an essential part in the process of learning. No learning motivation, no learning efficiency. People always think that female students have stronger motivation than male ones in English learning. It is worth studying to find out whether it is true or not. The authors selected the six-graders in Pingtung County as subjects and used the English Learning Motivation Scale designed by Li et al. (2006) as the research instrument. The findings showed that female six-graders had stronger English learning motivation than male ones. But from the different domains of learning motivation, there were some differences between female six-graders and male ones. The results showed that female six-graders had stronger English learning motivation than male ones in “Expectation and Value＂, “Instrumental motivation＂, “Interest in other culture＂; however, male six-graders had stronger English learning motivation than female ones in “Supereminence＂, “Passive Attitude＂. And in “Self-efficiency＂ motivation, there was no significant difference between female six-graders and male ones. According to the results, the authors offered parents and teachers some suggestions to help their children or students develop stronger English learning motivation.