基于语料库的影视特点分析与大学视听课

论文摘要

随着全球一体化进程,跨文化交流及经济和技术的迅猛发展,英语作为世界通用语,英语学习者的听、说及跨文化交际能力在各行各业中显得日益重要。传统的英语听说课似乎已无法满足学习者的需求,其自身有待完善。这就亟待开发一种能有效提高英语学习者听、说及跨文化交际能力的课程。然而,英语电影有其独特的优点,融合了字幕、语音和图像等各种单独的信息传递介质,且具有一般语言材料所不具备的直观副语言特征。因此,它能极大提高英语学习者参与英语运用的主动性和积极性。本研究旨在唤起中国英语学习者及教师对以影视作为英语学习载体或教学材料的高度重视,为大学视听教学提供参考数据,以促进教学改革。首先,作者在天津市16所高校范围内针对基于英语影视的大学视听课做了调查,结果显示英语原声影视受到了英语学习者的高度肯定,而实际上开设有该课程的高校寥寥无几。继现状调查后,本文运用了三个语料库,即作者自建的EMSC(英语影视字幕语料库),COLSEC(中国学习者英语口语语料库)和NCE(新编大学英语教程语料库),利用计算机手段,从语言学角度对影视字幕进行量化分析,重点总结出英语影视字幕的语言特点。研究数据显示英语影视对提高英语学习者的听、说及跨文化交际能力具有积极作用,应该成为大学英语视听说课的主要教材。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• 摘要
• List of Abbreviations
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Background of the Research
• 1.2 Significance of This Study
• 1.3 Layout of the Thesis
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Communicative Language Teaching
• 2.1.1 Theories about Communicative Language Teaching
• 2.1.2 Two Versions of Communicative Language Teaching
• 2.1.3 Features of Communicative Language Teaching
• 2.1.4 Models of Communicative Language Teaching
• 2.2 The Input Hypothesis
• 2.3 Corpus Linguistics
• 2.3.1 Definition and Development
• 2.3.2 Corpus Classifications
• 2.3.3 Characteristics of Corpus Linguistics
• 2.4 Previous Studies
• Chapter Three Research Tools
• 3.1 Questionnaire, Observation and Interview
• 3.2 Wordsmith Tools
• 3.3 Ultraedit 32
• 3.4 Excel Software
• 3.5 Corpus
• Chapter Four Needs Analysis
• 4.1 Traditional Ways of Listening and Speaking Teaching
• 4.2 The Current Situation of Audio-Visual Course
• 4.3 Learners' Interests in English-movie-based Audio-visual Course
• 4.4 Learners' Beliefs in English-movie-based Audio-visual Course
• 4.5 Learners' Preference
• 4.6 Results of the Interview
• Chapter Five Advantages of Teaching Listening, Speaking and Culture throughSubtitled English Movies
• 5.1 Providing Colorful and Authentic Materials
• 5.2 Providing Cultural Input
• 5.3 Cultivating Communicative Competence
• 5.4 Encouraging Maximum Participation
• 5.5 Lowering Learners' Anxiety
• 5.6 Motivating Learners
• 5.7 Introducing Variety and Flexibility into the Classroom
• Chapter Six Linguistic Features of English Movie Language
• 6.1 EMSC Corpus Building
• 6.2 Linguistic Features of English Movie Subtitles
• 6.2.1 Diverse Punctuation Marks
• 6.2.2 Rich Vocabulary
• 6.2.3 Top 100 High Frequuency Words
• 6.2.4 Short Word Length
• 6.2.5 Abundant Slang Words
• 6.2.6 Various Interjections
• Chapter Seven Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendices