The Applied Method of Shadowing in Japanese Instruction —Focus on The Improvement in Listening ability—

[[abstract]]近年來學習日語的人與日漸增，要學得能實際運用的日語能力，聽力是一大要素。在台灣的日語學習者，學習日語聽力的環境與機會都不多，因此聽力對於多數學習者來說是一大障礙。學習外語最重要的就是要能溝通，為此「聽」與「說」的加強是極為重要的。只靠傳統的日語教法並不足夠，於是近年來口譯訓練技法漸漸被應用在日語教育上。本論文將針對口譯訓練法之一的跟述，對日語聽力提升之效果做一考察，以期聽力學習能更有效率化。 本論文的構成分為五章，第一章的序論，旨在說明本文的研究動機與目的、先行研究、研究方法與對象。第二章，旨在探討跟述定義與何謂聽力，並以認知觀點中的記憶構造與訊息處理來說明跟述與聽力之關係。第三章中說明跟述的效果，在指導上有何需要注意之處，並將實際實行中的跟述教學做一介紹，佐以學生的實際感想來說明跟述後的實際效果與問題。第四章是實驗結果和問卷調查分析，透過實驗組與對照組的兩次聽力成績比較，第一次聽力測驗時兩組皆無接觸跟述，第二次聽力測驗時實驗組已經跟述一段時間，來調查跟述對聽力提升之效果。並針對實驗組進行問卷調查，以了解學習者的學習感想和學習意願。根據實驗結果可知跟述之後聽力會進步，尤其是對於下位組的學生聽力提升最為明顯。學生自己對於跟述的效果感覺顯著，並表示不排斥跟述，日後也願意繼續用跟述來學習日語。最後的第五章，是根據前幾章做一整理，綜合實驗與問卷調查結果來做一闡述，希望學習者在聽力提升學習上能有一更具效率的新視野。[[abstract]]Listening ability is one of the important elements to learn practical Japanese Listening is an obstacle for Japanese learners in Taiwan in their learning process because they are absolutely lacking in Japanese surroundings and has little opportunity to develop their listening ability The chief aim of foreign language learning is to cultivate communication skill therefore it would be extremely important that to prove listening and speaking ability A conventional Japanese teaching method may be insufficient to prove them therefore interpretation skill has begun to be applied to Japanese education recently This study investigates the relation between shadowing – one of the training methods of interpreting – and listening ability examines how shadowing operates on listening ability and present a new method of increasing listening ability In the first Chapter the motive and purpose precedent studies method and object of this study are described Chapter 2 defines shadowing and listening and elucidates the relations between listening and shadowing with mechanism of memory and information processing in cognitive science Chapter 3 elucidates the effect of shadowing some points of shadowing practice and introduce the experiment with shadowing method Then based on the students’ survey the effect and problems of shadowing are elucidated In Chapter 4 the experiment and survey result are analyzed The findings could demonstrate that shadowing is effective in improving listening ability especially for students who mark lower score in their first listening comprehension According to the survey Students had a realization of the method and also said they would accept to utilize shadowing for studying Japanese The last Chapter concludes the Chapters above I expect this study can contribute the new efficiently method of improving listening ability to Japanese learner