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Fuyu Kong; Yanli Zhang – SAGE Open, 2024
To explore the washback of the HSK on students learning Chinese as a Second Language (CSL), the study surveyed 1,616 SCL students from 25 different mother tongue backgrounds and interviewed international students studying in China through questionnaire and interview. The following was found in this study: (a) The HSK influenced both the process…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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Meihua Liu – SAGE Open, 2023
Guided by the complex dynamic systems theory, the present study explored university students' dynamic motivation to learn Chinese as a second language and its interaction with their learning experiences during a semester while studying in China. The study was conducted in a state-owned university in China and collected data at two time points of…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Chinese, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation
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Al-Hoorie, Ali H.; Hiver, Phil – SAGE Open, 2020
In this study, we examine the fundamental difference hypothesis in language motivation, which suggests that language learning--at the motivational level--is qualitatively different from learning other school subjects. Despite being a long-standing assumption, few investigations have directly examined it. Using a comparative cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Comparative Analysis