專業英語學生原文書閱讀之經驗

ESP Students' Experiences of Content Area Reading

本文章旨在研究專業英語學生閱讀策略之使用情形，進一步探討影響學生原文書閱讀動機的因素。研究對象是中國醫藥大學四個科系的學生。研究結果顯示這些研究對象在原文書閱讀過程中並非是有後設認知知覺的閱讀者，他們並不擅長使用有效的策略來幫助他們自己解決閱讀上的困難；他們（特別是英語能力受限的學生）很少主動閱讀英語書本，而且會因為閱讀上的困難和學習焦慮逃避閱讀文本內容。本文章亦提供建議給老師，以協助學生能夠提升他們的學習經驗和學習成效。

This study is intended to study the reported reading strategy use of ESP students, and attempts to explore the factors that influence student motivation to read content area textbooks. The subjects are students from four majors at China Medical University. The results show that the subjects are not metacognitively aware readers in content area reading. They are still not skilled in using effective strategies to help themselves solve the reading problems. Therefore, they (especially LEP students) rarely read the English textbooks actively, and tend to avoid reading the text itself because of reading problems and learning anxiety. Some suggestions are provided for teachers to enhance students' learning experiences and outcomes.