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University of San Francisco
Improving English skills through Video: A Conversation-Based Curriculum for Chinese EFL Adult Learners
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>In 1980, China opened its door to the outside world and eventually learning English became a tool for the drive for modernization in the country. For the past thirty years, learning English has been a goal of many. However, the overwhelming majority of Chinese students with limited vocabulary are apt to display low confidence when engaged in conversations in English. Specifically, they may fail to apply correct grammar knowledge and syntax during their communication. The purpose of this field was to create video teaching resources, based on U.S. media like television shows, to be used in EFL classes in China to improve the conversational skills of students.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Project/Capstone - Global access
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- International and Multicultural Education (IME)
- Year dc:date.available
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- WANG, Xiaojie
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. Onllwyn C. Dixon
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/88
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1091