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Direct linkKeehl, Oleksandra G. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
People have many reasons to want to learn a foreign language: some want to enjoy foreign media in its original form, some need it for business or travel, personal enrichment, and so on. Roughly 1/6 of Earth's population's learn languages with logographic writing systems (LWS) such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean as their native tongues. These…
Descriptors: Japanese, Korean, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Su, Henghua – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In the setting of TCFL, this dissertation is an exploration of the dynamic development of individual differences and the learning and instruction environment. Major research studies done on motivation and learning strategies are reviewed. The motivation research in foreign language learning is introduced from three different perspectives in…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Chinese, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies
Schwartz, Tomoko – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that promote transformative learning experiences of college-level adult learners of foreign languages. This study was conducted to analyze how college-level adult learners of foreign languages experience transformative learning through educational and non-educational experiences. Mezirow's…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Experience, College Students, Adult Students
Lin, Li-Ching – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation focuses on interpreting the impacts of foreign language anxiety and individual characteristics on the achievement expectations of Chinese second-language learners and English second-language students at the university level. Four research questions are examined through quantitative design. In relation to methodology, this study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety
Smith, Stephen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The qualitative research describes the experience of an instructor, participants, and researcher in a community college-based Chinese language class. Tse's (2000) Foreign Language Autobiographies (FLA), classroom observations, student vignette interviews and observations accompanied by field notes were the sources of data for this study.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Community Colleges
Cai, Shengrong – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study empirically investigated the impact of an online learning community project on university students' motivation in learning Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). A newly-proposed L2 motivation theory--the L2 motivational self system (Dornyei 2005; 2009)--was used as the theoretical framework for this study. The three aspects of motivation…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Grounded Theory, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning
