真人線上會話課程對於英語主修大一學生英語溝通能力之影響

The Influence of Online One-on-One English Conversation Course on English Major Freshmen’s Communicative Competence

全球化的影響之下，英語成為了世界共通的語言。為呼應行政院「2030雙語國家政策發展藍圖」，提升國人外語溝通能力，本研究於臺灣北部某科技大學英語相關學系，以電腦輔助語言教學的方式規劃真人線上英語會話課程以探討其對於英語口語溝通學習之成效。參與本研究之受試者共136人，依照其2019年統一入學測驗英語成績編成三班，以前實驗設計的方式進行教學實驗。每班除了校內課程之外，另搭配16次的真人一對一線上課程進行英語口語訓練。受試者之前後測成績及課後問卷為主要研究資料。前後測成績經成對樣本T檢定後顯示，受試者後測成績明顯高於前測成績，即真人一對一線上課程對於學生英語口說能力有正面之學習成效。問卷調查結果亦指出，受試者對於線上學習併實體教學之英語會話課程持有正面之態度，受試者也有再次使用線上課程進行學習之意願。此外，本研究亦發現，原先學習成就較弱的組別對於採用真人一對一線上課程之正面感受較原先學習成就相對高的組別來得強烈，學習成效亦較佳。

Taiwanese government aims to form its nation as a Chinese-English bilingual society by 2030. However, Taiwan is currently an EFL (English as a foreign language) country so people hardly speak English and their English proficiency is weaker than others in most Asia countries. In order to improve people’s English communicative competence, the present study employs online learning to plan an English conversation course at a private university in northern Taiwan to assess its influence on English majors’ learning of English communication. 136 participants joined this pre-experimental designed research and they were allocated into three groups based on their English performances in the 2019 TVE (technological & vocational education) joint college entrance examination. Except for the face-on-face teaching and learning activities at school, participants had to take 16 online courses in order to train their English communicative ability with foreign teachers one-on-one. The research data was collected from participants’ pre-test and post-test scores as well as a questionnaire survey. The paired sample t test result shows that there is an overall significant difference between participants’ pre-test and post-test scores, which means participants’ English communicative competence is certainly improved because of the online one-on-one English conversation course. In addition, the questionnaire outcome demonstrates that participants have a positive attitude toward the course design and they are willing to learn online in the future. Furthermore, the researcher additionally finds that participants who originally have weaker learning achievements on English have an even greater learning result and a stronger positive attitude toward online one-on-one learning than those who initially have relatively better learning achievements.