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A Study of the Correlation between Non-English-Majored Graduates’ Scores of College English Test 6 and Tolerance of Ambiguity
School of Foreign Studies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
Paotong Elementary School, Wuhan, China
Jingzhou Experimental Middle School, Jingzhou, China
College of Foreign Language, Hunan University, Changsha, China
- 1 School of Foreign Studies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- 2 Paotong Elementary School, Wuhan, China
- 3 Jingzhou Experimental Middle School, Jingzhou, China
- 4 College of Foreign Language, Hunan University, Changsha, China
Creative Education·Volume 06 (2015)·Pages 2169–2173·Published 23 November 2015·DOI10.4236/ce.2015.620221
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Abstract
This paper is a study of effects of non-English-majored graduates’ tolerance of ambiguity (TA) on their scores of College English Test grade 6. The subjects for this study are 115 non-English-majored graduates from Yangtze University. The results in this study showed that the non-English-majored graduates’ TA was varied and their TA distributed normally; their TA was significantly correlated with their scores in listening and their total scores; there was a weak positive correlation between their TA and their scores in reading; but their scores in writing were not significantly correlated with their TA. The author hopes that the results and analyses in the paper will be a bit helpful to foreign language teaching and learning in China.
KeywordsNon-English-Majored GraduatesScoresTolerance of Ambiguity
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