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

fYear

2011

fDate

30-31 July 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation and Systems Engineering (CASE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0859-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCASE.2011.5997827

Filename

5997827