Journal of Psychological Science ›› 2021, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 737-744.

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The Influence of Input Modes on Discourse Comprehension of Deaf Students:Moderating Effect of Text and Test Type

Feng Lu1, 2   

  1. 1.
    2. Soochow University
  • Received:2019-10-18 Revised:2020-03-16 Online:2021-05-20 Published:2021-05-20

输入方式对学语前聋生语篇理解的影响:文本和测题类型的调节效应

卢凤1,卢凤2   

  1. 1. 泰州学院
    2. 苏州大学
  • 通讯作者: 卢凤

Abstract: The ability of language understanding plays an important role in today's highly technical society, the language comprehension ability of hearing-impaired students is so poor that people should pay attention to the study of language comprehension of them, in order to improve their social adaptability. Discourse comprehension is an important part of language comprehension, and from the perspective of improving social adaptability, discourse comprehension is a topic with more ecological validity. Deaf students receive information in the form of oral, sign and written language. Which way is the most efficient? To address the above question, we performed two experiments in this study, in which within-subject design were used. Participants in this study were students from the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades of the school for the deaf. They were all prelingual deafness students and had hearing loss of more than 90 dB. The study presented narrative and descriptive texts through videoes in three input modes of oral language, sign language and written language. Participants were required to complete micro and macro test questions after watching the video. The researchers examined the impact of information input modes, text types, and test types on deaf students' discourse comprehension. The results of the F-test for the data from Experiment 1 showed that the input mode had a significant main effect, the main effect of the text type was not significant, and the interaction between them was significant. That was to say, text type was a moderator. The main effect analysis of input mode showed that the participants had highest score and fastest speed when the texts were shown in written language. The score and speed were in middle when texts were presented in sign language. The score was lowest and the speed was slowest when texts were shown in oral language. The F-test for the data from Experiment 2 showed that test type regulated the interaction between input mode and text type. Deaf students had the highest comprehension efficiency of the text presented in written language, but the lowest of spoken language. For the narrative text , written language is the most efficient way for them to receive discourse information. They got the highest micro understanding score for the descriptive texts under oral language condition, while got the highest macro understanding score under sign language condition. To help the deaf students improve the efficiency of descriptive discourse comprehension, the combination of speaking and sign language is a good choice. Spoken language helps students to understand and remember the details, while sign language helps students to grasp the overall information of the discourse. When evaluating deaf students' discourse comprehension, input mode is the main influencing factor. At the same time, the influence of text type and test type should be considered. The evaluation index should include score and speed.

Key words: prelingual deafness students,, discourse comprehension, input modes, text type, test type

摘要: 为了考察信息输入方式、文本类型和测题类型对聋生语篇理解的影响,研究通过录像呈现,以口语、手语、书面语三种输入方式向学语前极重度七、八、九年级聋生呈现叙述性和描述性两种文本类型的语篇信息,并要求其完成理解测试。结果显示:输入方式对聋生语篇理解的效率存在影响,书面语成绩最高且速度最快,依次为手语、口语,文本类型和测题类型对该影响有调节作用。结果表明输入方式是聋生语篇理解的主要影响因素,文本和测题类型是调节因素。

关键词: 学语前极重度聋生, 语篇理解, 输入方式, 文本类型, 测题类型