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The present research examined the changes in Chinese university students' motivation to learn German during a 16-week semester. Analyses of the data showed that both at the beginning and toward the end of the semester, the participants held (fairly) positive attitudes towards German, were motivated to learn the language mainly for integrative and…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Liu, Meihua – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
The present research examined the associations between foreign language listening anxiety (FLLA) and strategy use (FLLSU) and their predicting effects on test performance of high- and low-proficient Chinese university English as a foreign language learners. 1160 first-year undergraduate non-English majors answered the battery of questionnaires and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Correlation
Liu, Meihua – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
The present research explored bilingual/multilingual students' willingness to communicate in Chinese (WTCC) and foreign language anxiety (FLA) when speaking Chinese and their associations with self-rated proficiency in Chinese in a university in Beijing. The study recruited 167 bilingual and multilingual learners of Chinese to fill in a battery of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Chinese, Second Language Instruction
Liu, Meihua – College Student Journal, 2017
This paper reports on the results of an investigation of the relationships between motivation, motivation intensity, use of Chinese outside of class and self-rated competence in Chinese. Analyses of 162 questionnaires and 17 semi-structured interviews revealed the following findings: (1) the participants reported having high integrative…
Descriptors: Motivation, Competence, Semi Structured Interviews, Chinese
Download full textLiu, Meihua; Ni, Huiliuqian – English Language Teaching, 2015
This paper reports on the result of a study on Chinese university EFL learners' foreign language writing anxiety in terms of general pattern, effect and causes. 1174 first-year students answered the 26-item Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Scale (FLWAS) (Young, 1999) and took an English writing test, 18 of whom were invited for semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Cai, Wei; Li, Xiangrong; Liu, Meihua – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
The present case study investigated university students' academic and linguistic gains during a semester-long exchange program abroad. Thirty three third-year English majors from a Chinese university answered a battery of questionnaires and 13 of them participated in semi-structured interviews both prior to and after the program. Analyses of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Study Abroad, College Students, English (Second Language)
Liu, Meihua; Cai, Wei – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2013
The study reported in the present paper focused on the expectations of and concerns about the impending semester-long study abroad of students from a prestigious Chinese university. Data were collected via questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Analyses of 33 questionnaires and 15 semi-structured interviews yielded the following main…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Case Studies, Expectation, Questionnaires
