Title :
A Correlation Study between Dictation and English Proficiency of Chinese English-Major Students
Author :
Luo Yuzhi ; Zhang XiaoLong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Foreign Language, Anhui Agric. Univ., Hefei, China
Abstract :
The present study was to examine the relationship between dictation scores measured by the mean score of five class dictation tests and English proficiency of Chinese learners measured by TEM-4. 106 subjects, Grade 2, majoring in English, participated in the study. First, subjects did one dictation per week for five weeks in the classrooms equipped with the multimedia before TEM-4. Then the Pearson Correlation Coefficient between the mean scores of five dictations and their total scores in TEM-4 were processed by SPSS (Statistical Programs for the Social Sciences). The research result is: Chinese English learners´ dictation scores have a positive correlation with their language proficiency.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; dictation; multimedia computing; natural languages; social sciences; social sciences computing; statistical analysis; Chinese English-major students; Chinese learners; English proficiency; Grade 2; Pearson Correlation Coefficient; SPSS; Statistical Programs for the Social Sciences; TEM-4; dictation tests; multimedia; Atmospheric measurements; Correlation; Educational institutions; Pragmatics; Presses; Vocabulary;
Conference_Titel :
Control, Automation and Systems Engineering (CASE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0859-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICCASE.2011.5997827
