本研究主旨在於調查與描述十九位台灣大學生學習英文商業字彙與觀念的策略。這十九位大學生中，有十八位為外國語文系之學生，其主修科目為英語；一位則為經濟學系之學生。期能藉由深入了解他們如何學習與記住英文商業字彙與觀念，進而探討教師在教授外國語文系學生商用英語課程時，如何幫助這些非商業主修的學生以語言為工具，認識與研讀另一專門領域。
此研究所探討的問題共有三項：一、當學生第一次研讀英文商業文章，碰到英文商業字彙與觀念時，他們使用何種學習策略幫助自己了解這些字彙與觀念；二、在接下來的課程中，學生們是否逐漸地調整自己的學習策略，以便讓自己可以了解所遇到的英文商業字彙與觀念。如果有調整學習策略的話，那改變又是為何呢？三、如何以本研究所得到的結果應用於商用英語課程大綱之設計上。
研究結果顯示：一、學生在研究過程中，的確逐步改變或調整個人的學習策略，並且願意嘗試新的學習策略幫助自己了解英文商業字彙與觀念：二、後設認知日誌可以幫助學生思考、計劃、監控與評量自己的學習狀況。建議教師在教導商用英語時，可以加入此項教學工具；三、大部分的學生都習慣使用直接學習策略來了解文章，也就是重心都放置在如何了解目標語上。建議教師可以培養學生使用間接學習策略，亦即幫助他們學習如何安排與規劃個人的學習歷程；四、學習策略是可以被教授的。建議教師可以計劃性地教導學生不同的學習策略，讓學生可以運用不同的學習策略，幫助個人能夠以更有效和更快的方法學習課業。

The study intended to unveil the business vocabulary learning strategies employed by 19 university participants who majored in English and who majored in Economics in the local context of Taiwan. Three principal instruments (1) the ESL/EFL version of the SILL, (2) metacognitive journals, and (3) a written survey were administered in this study. The data were analyzed by following the procedures of the Constant Comparative Method The identified business vocabulary learning strategies were categorized into six sections—Memory, Cognitive, Compensation, Metacognitive, Affective, and Social strategies.
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