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Linghong Li; Martin Valcke; Linda Badan; Christoph Anderl – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background study: Chinese tone pronunciation instruction gains increasingly attention and various instructional strategies have been studied to develop effective tones in students. Students usually listen to successful pronunciation stimuli provided by the teacher or peers, to be copied by themselves. However, individuals seem more sensitive to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Chinese, Intonation
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Akuneme, Chioma Christiana; Nwosu, Kingsley Chinaza – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2023
Introduction: Communication apprehension is significant in understanding the language skills acquisition of foreign language students. However, studies on communication apprehension have been devoted mainly to second language learners of the English Language. Consequently, there is, in the body of literature, insufficient evidence to understand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Anxiety
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Sun, Peijian Paul – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Informed by Segalowitz's (Cognitive bases of second language fluency, Routledge, 2010) L2 speech production model and MacIntyre et al.'s (Mod Lang J 82(4):545-562, 1998. https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1998.tb05543.x) L2 willingness to communicate model, this study sought to understand the influence of cognitive, affective and sociocultural…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Language Fluency, Advanced Students, Chinese
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Chen, Ming-Puu; Wang, Li-Chun; Zou, Di; Lin, Shu-Yuan; Xie, Haoran; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Augmented reality (AR) deepens learning interactions by imposing digital information on top of physical settings. This study implemented an AR-enhanced theme-based contextualized learning and aimed to examine the effects of captions (non-caption, English caption and Chinese caption) and English proficiency (less proficient and proficient) on…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, English (Second Language)
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Sugie, Satoko; Mitsugi, Makoto – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2014
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) utilization in Chinese as a "second" foreign language has mainly been focused on Learning Management System (LMS), digital material development, and quantitative analysis of learners' grammatical knowledge. There has been little research that has analyzed the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Second Language Learning, Chinese, Second Language Instruction
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Ruan, Youjin; Duan, Xiaoju; Du, Xiang Yun – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
This study focuses on how beginner learners in a task-based teaching and learning (TBTL) environment perceive what is motivating to them in the process of learning Chinese as a foreign language at Aalborg University, Denmark. Drawing upon empirical data from surveys, group interviews and participant observation, this study explores which kinds of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese, Learning Motivation
Wu, Manfred Man-fat – New Horizons in Education, 2012
Background: There has been a lack of research on exploring how beliefs about language learning (BALLs) and out-of-class language-learning activities are related. BALLs and out-of-class language-learning activities play an important role in influencing the learning behaviours of learners and learning outcomes. Findings of this study provide useful…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Self Efficacy