摘要
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of the balanced reading program on the elementary school students in Taiwan. The participants were 36 fifth graders in Taiwan. The researchers chose suitable picture books as teaching materials and made use of them to design a balanced reading program. The program combines the ideas of whole language and phonics rules. Whole-part-whole structure was used in the teaching process. The teaching of the balanced reading program lasted for nine weeks. The questionnaire of learning feedbacks, the questionnaire of reading activities, the teacher's journal, interviews with teachers and students were used to gather data. Six facts were found after the analysis of the data: (1) Among the picture books, 'Seven Blind Mice' and 'Snow' were chosen by the students as their favorite. (2) Most students liked the reading activities for this semester. (3) The students made progress in reading ability and reading techniques. (4) The frequency of the students' reading English storybooks increased. (5) Most students were willing to read English storybooks after the program. (6) The table of self-evaluation didn't work well. Some suggestions have been provided according to the findings.
此研究的目的是探讨平衡式阅读教法在台湾小学课堂实施的效果。参与者是36名台湾的五年级小学生。研究者选择合适的教学资料并用它们设计了平衡式阅读教学项目。项目融合了全语言教法和语音规则教法的优势。教学过程呈整体—部分—整体结构。平衡式教学进行了9个星期。学习感受问卷、阅读活动问卷、教师的教学日志、教师学生访谈被用来搜集数据。数据分析后有6种发现:(1)在所选图画书中,《七只瞎老鼠》和《雪》被学生选为最爱;(2)大部分学生喜欢这一学期的课程;(3)学生在阅读能力和阅读技巧方面有进步;(4)学生阅读英语故事书的频率增加了;(5)大部分学生在项目结束后仍愿意阅读故事书;(6)自我评估表不好用。根据以上发现,论文提出了一些改进建议。
