A Comparison between Native and Non-Native English Language Teachers Regarding Immediacy Behaviors in English Classrooms

英語為母語的教師及英語非為母語的教師其即時行為在英語課堂上的比較研究

10.6902/JNTUST.201512_2(1).0005

徐琍沂(Lisa Li-I Hsu)

即時行為 ； 英語語言教學 ； 英語為母語的教師 ； 英語非為母語的教師 ； immediacy behaviors ； English language teaching ； native English speaking teacher ； non-native English speaking teacher

中科大學報

2卷1期（2015 / 12 / 01）

99 - 116

英文

本研究旨在檢視與比較英語為母語的教師及英語非為母語的教師其即時溝通行為在英語課堂上出現之頻率。共有十二位老師 （六位英語為母語的教師和六位英語非為母語的教師）參與此研究。他們接受課室觀察，一週兩次，每次一小時，此研究觀查時間有兩個月之久。四位訓練有素的觀察員做筆記，關察中在事先準備好的表格，標誌著他們所觀察到的教師即時溝通行為。結果顯示以英語為母語的教師並沒有在各個方面表現突出，反而超出大多數人的預期，英語非為母語的教師表現出更多的即時溝通行為。總體來說，以英語為母語的教師比英語非為母語的教師顯示更多的語言即時行為，而英語非為母語的教師比英語為母語的教師顯示更多的非言語即時行為。這兩種類型的教師在課堂上都表現出一些的非即時行為。這項研究的發現提供家長、學生及英語補教業經營者，能重新審視英語為母語的教師是否一定優於英語非為母語的本土教師。從他們在課室中所表現出的即時行為可以參考做為評量的依據。詳細的討論和比較將在本文中詳細說明。

This study aimed to examine and compare the frequency of native English speaking teachers and non-native English speaking teachers and their communicative immediacy behaviors while teaching. There were 6 native English speaking teachers and 6 non-native English speaking teachers participating in this study. They were observed twice a week, and each time for an hour. The observation time for this study was about 2 months. Four trained observers were taking notes and marking teachers’ immediacy communicative behaviors on a prepared sheet. The result revealed that native English speaking teachers not only do not excel in all aspects but non-native English speaking teachers showed more communicative skills than most people had predicted. Overall, native English speaking teachers displayed more verbal immediacy behaviors than non-native English speaking teachers, whereas non-native English speaking teachers expressed more nonverbal communicative behaviors than native English speaking teachers. Both types of teachers also demonstrated some non-immediacy behaviors while teaching. The findings of this study could provide parents, students, and English teaching industries’ administrators a brand new concept to reevaluate whether native English speaking teachers excel over non-native English speaking teachers, by specifically examining their immediacy behaviors in English classroom. Detailed discussions and comparisons are addressed in this paper.

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