| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 華語文教學系 === 102 === Successfully comprehending the daily speech of native speakers is very difficult. For those learners living in a target language environment, this enhances the importance of listening effectively. With the influence of communicative language teaching approach, there has been an increased focus on authentic materials. However, the application of authentic materials in teaching has been both praised and criticized. Moreover, existent major Chinese learning materials have lacked attention to listening as well as the authenticity of listening exercises in both form and content. Therefore, the aim of this research is to establish principles and modules of simulated authentic listening materials compiled for intermediate Chinese learners.
This research is divided into four parts: literature and materials review, need analysis, development of principles and modules for compiling materials and teaching experiment. First, an understanding of strengths and weaknesses of current materials was built through reviewing relevant theories and evaluating 4 commonly used intermediate textbooks. Second, need analysis was implemented, including interviewing 8 Chinese teachers and distributing a questionnaire to 67 students in Taiwan. Third, principles and modules were developed based on the research above. Finally, an experiment on 19 intermediate learners was made with a set of sample materials.
The results of the experiment suggests that (1) the post-test scores of the treatment group are significantly higher than the control group; (2) the post-test performance of the same treatment group is significantly better than the pre-test (2 out of 3 themes); (3) the test-takers in that treatment group provided a positive feedback on the simulated authentic listening materials used.
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