期刊論文
EFL majors' knowledge of metalinguistic terminology: A comparative study
EdLink- EFL majors' knowledge of metalinguistic terminology: A comparative study
- Language Awareness, 18(2), 113-128, 2009
- Routledge
- 2009
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- Poland
- Austria
- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- 專上教育
- Two hundred and ninety-six English majors at universities in Poland, Austria and Hong Kong were given a 50-item questionnaire designed to evaluate their knowledge of grammatical terminology. The main aim was to identify whether the three populations were subject to differing 'terminological cultures'. This was found to be substantially the case; for example, the term indefinite article was known by 95% of Polish students but only 29% of the Hong Kong ones, whereas imperative was known by 71% of the Austrians but only 5% of the Hong Kongers. Some differences were attributed to a lack of use of the related concept in teaching; others were explained by the use of a synonymous term (e.g. reported speech was preferred in Poland and Hong Kong but indirect speech in Austria). A significant correlation between terminological knowledge and language proficiency was found for the Hong Kong students. Qualitative findings included confusion between pairs of complementary terms and thosewith similar forms; unknown terms being treated as transparent with functional reference where possible; and the prototypical use ofwords as examples of grammatical categories (e.g. 'beautiful' for adjective). Implications for teachers, writers and researchers are discussed.[Copyright of Language Awareness is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658410802513751]
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- 英文
- 期刊論文
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- 09658416
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/5c5dd51f
- 2010-11-28
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