台灣國際研究生之英語溝通困擾與英語學習需求

106年01月25日  

研究生：林麗真

指導教授：藍淑雯 博士

台灣國際研究生之英語溝通困擾與英語學習需求

International Graduate Students’ English Communication Challenges and English Learning Needs: A Case Study in Taiwan

摘要:

近年來各界提倡高等教育國際化，促使越來越多的國際研究生來台學習。然而，英語熟練度不足之國際研究生在課堂內、外面臨許多英語溝通挑戰。此外，大學沒有提供專門類別的英語課程，例如聽力、會話、閱讀和寫作等英語課程，讓國際研究生加強自身的英語能力。

在台灣僅有少數研究針對國際研究生英語溝通與英語學習之需求來加以探討。因此，此研究主旨為探討國立屏東科技大學國際研究生學習生涯中課堂內、外英語溝通之觀點與經驗。

參與對象為三位布吉納法索與三位越南國際研究生，分別在2015與2016學年進行三次訪談，過程中採用半結構式問題來探討國際研究生英語學習的情況與使用英語和他人溝通的觀點。研究結果聚焦於了解國際研究生與國立屏東科技大學人員在課堂內、外英語溝通之挑戰。

研究發現，由於自身缺乏英語口語訓練同時無法理解來自他國的口音造成國際研究生對於英語溝通之使用感到沮喪。此外，研究中發現來自非洲的國際研究生所面臨的挑戰遠多於越南國際研究生，尤其是非洲國際研究生與國立屏東科技大學人員之互動。

關鍵字: 高等教育國際化、國際研究生、跨文化適應、跨文化溝通 

Abstract:

The internationalization of higher education has been emphasized gradually for the past few years. More international graduates (IGs) choose to study in Taiwan nowadays. IGs’ insufficient English proficiency poses challenges for their English communication in and outside of classroom. Additionally, universities do not provide specialized English courses like listening, speaking, reading and writing to prepare IGs for academic life in Taiwan.

There has been very little research related to English learning and conversational English of IGs in Taiwan. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore IGs’ study life with focus on their perspectives and experiences of English communication with the university community in and outside the classrooms in National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST).

The participants are three Burkina Faso IGs and three Vietnamese IGs. IGs were interviewed three times in two semesters of 2015 and 2016 academic year with the open-ended questions to explore their English learning situation and perspectives of communicating with others in English. The findings identify specific challenges IGs encounter in and outside the classroom communication in English, with focus on their conversational English with the NPUST community.

In findings, IGs felt disheartened when they attempted to have a conversation with others because of their lack of English oral practices and difficulty in comprehending diverse accents. Besides, African IGs met more challenges compare to Vietnamese IGs, especially the interpersonal interaction with the NPUST community.

Keywords: internationalization of higher education, international graduate students, cross-cultural adaptation, cross-cultural communication