بررسی تأثیرآموزش دانش پیش زمینه‌ای بین فرهنگی بر مهارت خواندن زبان آموزان ایرانی
الموضوعات : پژوهش در برنامه ریزی درسیفرهاد قربان دردی نژاد 1 , زهرا بیات 2
1 - 1استادیار گروه زبان انگلیسی دانشگاه شهید رجایی، تهران، ایران
2 - 2کارشناس ارشد رشته آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه شهید رجایی، تهران، ایران
الکلمات المفتاحية: دانش پیش زمینه بین فرهنگی, زبان آموزان, فرهنگ, مهارت خواندن, طرحواره ذهنی,
ملخص المقالة :
پژوهش حاضر به بررسی تأثیر دانش پیش زمینه‌ای بین فرهنگی برمهارت خواندن زبان آموزان ایرانی می‌پردازد. جامعه آماری شامل تمامی زبان آموزان دختر (5000 نفر) آموزشگاه‌های زبان انگلیسی در سطح سبزوار بودند. نمونه‌گیری از نوع احتمالی ساده بود و نمونه تحقیق 60 زبان آموز دختر بودند که با بهره‌گیری از جدول اعداد تصادفی مورگان انجام شد. ابزار تحقیق شامل پیش آزمون تعیین سطح نلسون(Fowler and Coe, 1976) ، پنج متن خواندن درباره ی عناوین فرهنگی برای اجرا در طول دوره آزمایش و یک پس آزمون خواندن محقق ساخته به عنوان پس آزمون اصلی بود. پایایی پس ـ آزمون مورد نظر با محاسبه آلفای کرونباخ 82/0 تعیین و روایی آن توسط اساتید آموزش زبان انگلیسی تأیید شد. برای پاسخ‌گویی به سؤالات تحقیق از روش‌های آماری آزمون تی مستقل و تحلیل واریانس مانووا (MANOVA) با بهره‌گیری از از نرم افزار SPSS نسخه 19 استفاده شد. نتایج تحقیق، نشان دهنده تأثیر معنادار دانش پیش زمینه‌ای بین فرهنگی (t(58)=-8.511 p<0.05 ) در مهارت خواندن زبان آموزان بود. آگاهی از برخی خرده فرهنگ‌های کشورهای انگلیسی زبان مانند روابط و آداب معاشر و نگهداری از حیوانات خانگی تأثیر معناداری در مهارت خواندن متون مرتبط با این خرده فرهنگ‌ها دارند و در نهایت دانش پیش زمینه‌ای فرهنگی از تعطیلات رسمس انگلیسی زبانان در سطح بعدی اهمیت لحاظ شد.
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