A Study on the Individual Factors Affecting the Performance of the Subjects in the Man-Machine Foreign Language Oral Test

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210609.050How to use a DOI?

Keywords

man-machine mode, foreign language oral test, preference degree, test anxiety, self cognition of foreign language ability, foreign language acquisition background

Abstract

Preference for oral test mode, test anxiety, self cognition of foreign language ability and foreign language acquisition background are several important factors affecting the performance of the subjects in an oral test. In this study, ten undergraduates and six teachers were recruited as subjects and examiners respectively to organize a simulated oral English test based on man-machine mode. The statistics and analysis of the experimental data show the following findings. Firstly, there is a slight significant difference between the preference degrees of advanced and intermediate English learners on man-machine mode, and the preference of the former is higher than that of the latter. Secondly, the subjects generally feel nervous and anxious in the test. Moderate anxiety actively promote the performance of candidates in the test. Thirdly, Subjects’ self-assessment was significantly lower than examiners’ scoring on them. It is speculated that the man-machine oral test reduces the subjects’ recognition of their English ability, which is a negative impact on their foreign language acquisition process. Fourthly, the more hours the subjects spend learning and using English daily, the better they perform in the test. Repeated reinforcement of foreign language knowledge accelerates the process of acquisition.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yong Fang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/10
TI  - A Study on the Individual Factors Affecting the Performance of the Subjects in the Man-Machine Foreign Language Oral Test
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 249
EP  - 255
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210609.050
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210609.050
ID  - Fang2021
ER  -