A STUDY OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ENGLISH MAJORS＇ SCORES OF TEM4 AND TOLERANCE OF AMBIGUITY

• 作者: ChenWencun
• 来源期刊: 中国英语教学：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: 英语等级考试 四级考试 英语学习 学生个性 学生耐性 容忍力
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（1）
• 页码范围: 3-6
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: H319

摘要

This is a study of the effect of English majors' tolerance ofambiguity on their scores of TEM4. The subjects for the surveyare 193 English major students. Statistical results of the surveyshow that the students' tolerance of ambiguity distributesnormally and their scores of listening comprehension and totalscores are significantly correlated with their tolerance ofambiguity. A weak positive correlation is also found betweentheir scores of dictation, cloze as well as reading comprehensionand tolerance of ambiguity. Students' scores in writing,structure and vocabulary are not significantly correlated withtolerance of ambiguity. The author makes some analysesassociating the results of the investigation with some scholarlyinferences and gives some suggestions on foreign languageteaching.