大學生英文閱讀年級指數的探討——單字標準化測驗的應用研究

Locating College Students' Reading Grade Level Through Driterion-Referenced Vocabulary Tests

本研究利用單字標準化測驗探討大學生的英文閱讀年級指數。目的是要找出國內大學生的英文讀能力大約同等於美國學制的那一年級。145位來自一所醫學大學的學生在期中考時接受The Slossen Oral Reading Test的測試。敘述性統計學分析結果：全部受測者的年級分佈為小學一年級到六年級。詳細分佈比率如下：六年級（8%）、五年級（26.2%）、四年級（38.6%）、三年級（24.15%）、二年級（5.5%）、一年級（0.7%）。眾數及平均年級為四年級。本研究的對象為非醫學類學生，研究結果只能適用於中、西、牙醫、藥學及物理治療以外的其他科系學生。如何利用本研究結果協助分班以及指定配合學生能力的英語教材，在文中有詳細的討論。

This study is intended to locate the English reading grade levels of EFL college students by using word criterion-referenced tests. The subjects are 145 college freshmen at a medical university in Taiwan. These students were administered The Slossen Oral Reading Test at mid-term. Descriptive statistics delineates the range to be from Grade 1 to Grade 6. Both Grade 1 and Grade 6 are at the extremities of the bell curve as only 0.7 % of the students were at Grade 1 and 4.8% at Grade 6. The other Grade levels were determined to contain as follows: Grade 2 = 5.5%, Grade 3 = 24.15%, Grade 4 = 38.6% and 5 = 26.2%. The results are followed with a graph to illustrate this range. Discussions are offered to include the advantages and disadvantages of using this approach under the current EFL teaching context in Taiwan. Limitations and further research paths are also suggested.