بررسی دشواری درک جملات معلوم و انواع جملات مجهول انگلیسی در بین فراگیران سطح متوسط زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان خارجی

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشجوی دکتری آموزش زبان انگلیسی، بخش زبان های خارجی و زبان شناسی، دانشگاه شیراز، شیراز ، ایران

2 دانشیار بخش زبان‌های خارجی و زبان‌شناسی، دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی، دانشگاه شیراز، شیراز، ایران.

چکیده

پژوهش‌های زیادی به بررسی درک جملات معلوم و مجهول توسط بزرگسالان سالم، کودکان در حال یادگیری زبان اول و افراد دارای مشکل تکلم پرداخته‌‌اند. موضوعی که احتمالاً به پژوهش­ های بیشتری نیاز دارد بررسی چالش‌های درک جملات معلوم و انواع مختلف جملات مجهول برای فراگیران زبان‌های خارجی است. این پژوهش به بررسی و مقایسه درک جملات معلوم و انواع جملات مجهول انگلیسی در بین فراگیران سطح متوسط انگلیسی به عنوان زبان خارجی در ایران پرداخته است. به همین منظور 224 شرکت­ کننده با روش انتخاب نمونه غیرتصادفی در دسترس از بین دانشجویان مقطع کارشناسی انتخاب و خواسته شد تا جملات را روی صفحه رایانه خوانده و در بازه زمانی محدود به پرسش ­های چهارگزینه‌ای پاسخ دهند. پاسخ‌ها از نظر زمان سپری شده و درصد موفقیت مورد تحلیل قرار گرفتند. نتایج حاکی از آن بود که درک جملات معلوم به زمان کمتری نیاز دارد و میزان موفقیت بالاتری نسبت به جملات مجهول دارند. نتایج همچنین نشان داد که انواع مختلف جمله مجهول (افعال با قاعده، بی قاعده، افعال حرکتی، افعال حالتی، افعال دو مفعولی، جملات منفی، و سوالی) درجات متفاوتی از دشواری به فراگیران زبان انگلیسی تحمیل می‌کنند. جملات مجهول با افعال با قاعده کمترین دشواری را داشتند و به دنبال آن افعال بی ‌قاعده و افعال حرکتی، سپس جملات سوالی و منفی، و جملات با افعال حالتی و در نهایت افعال دو مفعولی دارای بیشترین سطح دشواری بودند. نتایج این پژوهش می‌تواند برای مدرسان زبان­ های خارجی و مولفان کتب آموزشی جهت اولویت بخشی و در نظر گرفتن زمان بیشتر برای تدریس و تمرین جملات مجهول دشوارتر مفید باشد.

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