本文旨在探討科技大學應外系學生，對於演講課中，使用美國政治漫畫的態度與觀點之意見調查。受測對象為一所國立科技大學應外系四年級學生本文的研究者兼教師規定參與的學生組成小組來解釋由研究者所選擇的美國政治漫畫。受測的學生必須使用Power Point 作成簡報，並以英語口頭報告的方式來呈現他們對於這些美國政治漫畫的詮釋。研究結果顯示，受測學生認為將美國政治漫畫編入課程在下列方面是對他們助益的：提供真實美國文化(89%)，幫助學生發展創意思考(83%)，幫助學生發展批判性思考(80%)和幫助學生上課放輕鬆(67%)。受測學生遭遇到的閱讀困難，針對美國政治漫畫編入英文演講課程中的教學建議及學生可能遭遇無法瞭解漫畫的閱讀困難處，在文中亦有相關討論。

The study aimed to explore technical university English-major students’ attitudes and perceptions towards incorporation of American political cartoons in a speech class. The instructor as researcher in this
study required the participants to form a small group to interpret the American political cartoons selected by the researcher. The students were required to do an oral presentation with a power point file to show their
interpretation of the American political cartoons. The results of the study indicated that the participants believed that the incorporation of American political cartoons were helpful for the following areas: providing authentic American culture (89%), helping students to develop creative thinking (83%), helping students to develop critical thinking (80%), and helping students to relax in class (67%). Possible reading difficulties encountered by the subjects to understand American political cartoons and teaching implications were also presented in the study.