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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Chinese as a Second Language"”.
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Developmental stages in reading Chinese as a second language
This dissertation investigated whether adult second language (L2) learners of Chinese go through stages when learning to read Chinese characters. A study conducted with preschoolers to 6th graders in China (Chen, 2004) had demonstrated that children whose native language (L1) is Chinese pass …
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Exploring Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) and Listening Strategy Instruction in A Chinese L2 Classroom
<p>This interpretive case study explored the effectiveness of listening strategy instruction that promoted self-regulated learning and gained insights into students’ and instructors’ perceptions of strategy-integrated listening instruction among second semester learners of Chinese as a second …
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Language universals, language typology and L2 acquisition: A cross-sectional study of adult English speakers learning Chinese
… study is an attempt to integrate the theories of language universals, language typology, and markedness with interlanguage (IL) phenomena, specifically those relating to the process of acquiring Chinese as a second language. The central question addressed is whether or not a composite theory of …
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初级阶段学习者对华语擦音与塞擦音的习得 = The acquisition of the fricatives and affricatives in mandarin by elementary level learners
… examines the acquisition of the three set of Chinese fricatives and affricatives: ?z, c, s?, ?zh, ch, sh?, ?j, q, x? by adult elementary learners of Chinese as a second language. Ten informants, one native Chinese (Beijing) and nine elementary level foreign learners (6-7 months of learning) …
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Knocking tones off their perch: investigating the intelligibility of Anglophone beginner learners of Mandarin Chinese at two secondary schools in the North of England
… of Anglophone beginner learners of Mandarin Chinese at two secondary schools in the North of England Robert Neal Abstract Set within the context of teaching and learning Chinese at two secondary schools in the North of England and adopting a case study research design, the aim of this PhD …
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Native-nonnative-speaker interaction in second language acquisition: an exploration of turn management, topic management and negotiation strategies in L2 Chinese
… tracked third-level Irish learners (n=10) of Chinese at the intermediate level as a second language (L2). The investigation sought to explore how learners manage topics and employ negotiation strategies when conversing with a native speaker and how they modify their language during the …
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The expression of topic continuity by noun and pronoun phrasing and zero anaphora in first-year research writing
… linguistic devices to build cohesion in writing has long been a challenge for students (Crossley & McNamara, 2010). This is a particular problem for learners of English as a Second Language (ESL), as languages vary in the devices used. Researchers in the field of contrastive rhetoric (e.g., …
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对外汉语课堂学生自主话语与师生互动研究 = A Study of Student-Directed Talk and Teacher-Student Interaction in a CSL Classroom
… student output in teacher-student interaction in second language classrooms, which means a new topic or additional information introduced by students. Therefore, they enjoy initiative in turn-taking and turn-initiation to a certain extent. However, there are very few studies conducted to explore …
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Syntactic Attrition in L2 Mandarin Speakers
The purpose of this study was to explore how syntactic skill was maintained or lost by L2 Mandarin Chinese learners over time. In addition, this study endeavored to discover how a learner's L1 affects the attrition process of word order in Mandarin Chinese. To find out how certain Chinese syntactic …
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Student Approaches to Learning Chinese Vocabulary
… the strategies that native English speakers use as they learn to speak and write Chinese vocabulary words in the first year of an elementary Chinese class. The main research question was: what strategies do native English-speaking beginning learners of Chinese use to learn Chinese vocabulary …