本研究乃以台北市63所市立國中之中的7所國中一年級學生為施測對象，本研究旨在探討國小英語學習經驗對國中英語學習表現的影響，其中，國小英語學習經驗除了已學習與未學習兩種經驗外，尚包括初學年齡、學習年數、授課教師、學習感受、學習內容與學習地點等不同之學習經驗；國中英語學習表現則函括了認知、情意與技能三層面的英語學習表現。本研究之主要發現如下： 一、國小已學習英語與未學習英語的學生在英語認知、情意與技能方面的差異： （一）英語認知層面：國小已學習英語的學生在英語認知策略與英語後設認知策略的使用上均顯著優於國小未學習英語的學生。 （二）英語情意層面：國小已學習英語的學生在英語學習態度、英語學習動機與英語學習焦慮上均顯著優於國小未學習英語的學生。 （三）英語技能層面：國小已學習英語的學生在英語聽力精熟程度、英語閱讀精熟程度、英語寫作精熟程度以及英語口語精熟程度上均顯著優於國小未學習英語的學生。 二、國小已學習英語的不同經驗在英語認知、情意與技能三層面的差異： （一）英語認知層面：學生的初學年齡與學習地點在英語認知層面均無顯著差異；學習年數則愈長、學習感受愈有趣、學習內容愈完整在認知層面上的表現則愈佳；而授課教師則在認知策略上無顯著差異，在後設認知策略上則外國教師與中外聯合教學顯著優於中國老師教學。 （二）英語情意層面：學生的學習地點在情意層面上無顯著差異；學習年數愈長、學習內容愈完整在情意層面的表現則愈佳；初學年齡則僅於英語學習動機上有顯著差異，且年齡愈低，英語學習動機愈強；授課教師則僅於英語學習無焦慮上有顯著差異，外國教師與中外聯合教學者顯著優於中國教師；學習感受則在英語學習態度與動機上均有顯著差異，且對國小英語學習愈感到有趣者，英語情意表現則愈佳。 （三）英語技能層面：學生的初學年齡在英語閱讀精熟程度上有顯著差異，且初學年齡愈小，英語閱讀程度的表現愈佳；學習年數在英語聽力精熟程度、閱讀精熟程度以及寫作精熟程度上均有顯著差異，且學習年數愈長表現愈佳；授課教師則僅於閱讀精熟程度上有顯著差異，授課教師為外國老師與中外聯合教學者顯著優於中國老師；學習感受亦僅於閱讀精熟程度上有顯著差異，學習感受為有趣者在英語閱讀精熟程度上的表現較佳；學習地點則僅於口語精熟程度上有顯著差異，學習地點為家教式者在英語口語程度上的表現較佳。 / The study is based on the 1_st grade students in junior high school, which are 7 municipal junior high schools among 63 ones in Taipei. The goal of this study is to explore the influence of elementary school's English learning experience includes not noly 'the learned' and 'unlearned', but also the 'starting age','learning years','teachers','feeling about learning','learning contents' and 'learning places'; as to English learning performance, it includes the cognitive, affective and psychomotor stages. The main findings of this study list as below: Ⅰ. The differences between the learned and unlearned students at elementary school period in cognitive, affective and psychomotor stages are: (i) English cognitive stage: the learned ones who use English cognitive strategies and metacognitive strategies are superior to the unlearned. (ii) English affective stage: the learned ones whose English learning attitude, English learning motivation and English learning anxiety are superior to the unlearned. (iii) English psychomotor stage: the learned ones whose skills of English listening proficiency, reading proficiency, writing proficiency and oral proficiency are superior to the unlearned. Ⅱ. The different experiences of the learned in Enlgish cognitive, affective and psychomotor stages are: (i) English cognitive stage: the starting 'age' and learning 'places' at elementary school period in English cognitive stage make no sighnificant difference. The loger 'years', the more interesting 'feeling' and more complete 'content'the students had the better cognitive performance they make. The 'teachers' who taught the students in childhood make no significant difference is using cognitive strategies, but the foreign teacher and the united teaching are superior to the Chinese teacher while the students use metacognitive strategies. (ii) English affective stage: the learning 'places' at elementary school period make no significant difference on English affective stage. The loger 'years' and the more complete 'content' they learned the better performance the students make. The starting 'age' of learning English merely makes difference on English learning motivation-- the younger the learning age started the stronger motivation the students have. The 'teachers' only make significant difference in English learning anxiety-- the foreign teacher and the united teaching are superior to the Chinese teacher. Learning 'feeling' makes significant difference in Enlgish learnging attitude and motivation-- the more interesting they felt about calsses the better affective performance they make. (iii) The psychomotor stage: the starting 'age' makes significant difference in English reading proficiency-- the younger the learning age started the better English reading proficiency the students make. The learning 'years' make significant difference in English listening, reading and writing proficiency-- the longer years the students learned the better performance they make. The 'teachers' merely make significant difference in English reading proficiency-- the foreign teacher and the united teaching are superior to the Chinese teacher. Learning 'feeling' make significant difference in English reading proficiency-- the more interesting the students felt the better English reading proficiency they have. The learning 'places' make significant difference in English oral proficiency-- the tutor style makes better performance in English oral proficiency.

英語學習一直是台灣很重視的一環，而許多家長更贊成提早學英語。台灣九年一貫課程改革也將英語教學由國小五年級改到國小三年級。本研究旨在了解國中學生從小學英語的經驗，與其學習態度改變過程。 本研究採取質的研究方法，以基隆市3名公立國中九年級學生為研究對象。研究過程採取訪談、觀察等方式為主要資料收集來源。資料涵蓋的面向為：(1) 家庭背景；(2) 從小到大學習英語的經驗；(3) 同儕間的影響；(4) 未來對英語學習的規劃。經過這些資料，本研究討論四個問題：(1) 有哪些關鍵點影響學生學習發展？ (2) 重要他人在學生學習經驗中的角色？ (3) 學生的英語學習態度從小到現在有何改變？以及 (4) 身為在台灣學習英語的孩子，面臨的可能性與挑戰。 本研究根據以上三個個案的討論結果，進一步提供相關建議，作為教育單位、學校英語老師、家長及未來研究的參考。

本文旨在探討學習者的語言學習信念之動態本質。研究對象為兩位北部英語教學所的碩士生，研究方法主要包含半結構式訪談和研究對象自己寫的英語學習歷程，目的在於了解研究對象在人生各個階段的語言學習信念。資料分析方式採用「整體—內容」的分析法。研究結果顯示研究對象的學習信念會依他們和其所在情境的互動關係而改變，而這樣的改變彰顯了學習信念並非固定不變。而是動態的。此外，研究結果發現學習信念和情境、自我、以及身分相關。值得點出的是，雖然學習信念會依情境而改變，但是重點並非情境本身，而是學習者如何看待和解讀情境。除了情境因素，本研究亦探討不同自我（理想自我和應該自我）與身份（核心身份和情境身份）如何影響學習者的語言信念。在所有階段，兩位研究對象都表示努力是語言學習的關鍵，而學習者和所學語言之間的關係會決定學習者願意投入多少心力在語言學習上。最後於文末提出教學和研究上的建議。 / The study aims to explore the dynamic nature of learner belief through investigating two Taiwanese MA-TESOL students' beliefs at different stages of their lives. The participants are two TESOL MA students in a graduate school in northern Taiwan. Data collection methods mainly include written narratives and semi-structured interviews. The data collected are further analyzed using a holistic-content approach. The results of the study show that the participants' beliefs shift in interaction with the context and thus reveal that the nature of learner belief is dynamic. Moreover, the study indicates that learner belief is connected with context, self, and identity. It is noted that what really matters is not the context itself but how learners perceive and interpret the context. Then, the conceptions of ideal self vs. ought-to self and core identity vs. situated identity are introduced to shed light on their relationship with learner belief. Across all stages, while both participants claimed that effort is critical to language learning, it is how they relate themselves to the target language that determine how much effort that they are willing to make into language learning. Finally, it is expected that the study can help educators as well as researchers better understand the dynamic nature of learner belief. Pedagogical implications and suggestions for future research are provided at the end of the thesis.

本文旨在以學習者定位的角度切入，探討小留學生在求學各階段會遭遇到的優勢與挑戰。研究對象為兩位曾經於童年時期在加拿大求學的台灣小留學生，研究方法主要包含研究對象所撰寫之英語學習歷程、口述英語學習歷程與半結構式訪談，目的在於了解研究對象在人生各階段的經歷、自我定位與他者定位，透過「整體 — 內容」分析法，研究結果顯示小留學生在回到母國之後，經常受到他者的正向定位，因而獲得許多優勢，如獲得許多師長、同儕的讚揚、較多參與英語相關活動機會、英語課上獲得老師特別給予的自由、以及在面對大學與研究所課業上相對較少的負擔。而這些小留學生享有的特權也與台灣「英語瘋」的現象息息相關。不過這些小留學生也面臨許多挑戰，如在出國初期遭遇許多語言障礙產生的挫折、回台灣後相當不適應以考試為導向的教學、人際關係上遭遇挫折與國文科目的挑戰。同時交叉分析個案後，顯示出家長在確保小留學生未來學習順利與否，扮演相當關鍵的角色。最後於文末提出給予老師、家長與小留學生的建議，以及未來研究建議方向。 / This study aims to reveal the advantages and challenges that early study abroad students face through exploring the positioning of two Taiwanese students who studied abroad at a young age at different stages of their lives. The study adopts a qualitative research method with written narratives, oral narratives and semi-structured interviews as data and the data collected is analyzed using a holistic-content approach. The research findings indicate that the two early study abroad students positioned themselves and were positioned positively after they returned to their own country and enjoyed various privileges, such as peers’ admiration and teacher’s encouragement for their superior English skills, ample opportunities to participate in many English-related activities in school, freedom granted by teachers in English classes, and less schoolwork burden in university or graduate school. Nevertheless, the participants also face unique challenges. Both of the participants suffer from great frustration at the beginning of their study abroad experiences and were not used to the test-oriented English education after returning to Taiwan. In Jessica’s case, difficulties in learning the Chinese subject and troubled interpersonal relationships also existed. The findings also reveal the importance of parents’ role in facilitating these early study abroad students’ sustained English development. Suggestions for teachers, parents, early study abroad students and implications for future research are provided at the end of the thesis.