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Author Cai, Qiao Yu, author

Title Chinese as a second and foreign language education : pedagogy and psychology / Qiao Yu Cai
Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 127 pages) : illustrations
Contents Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: Effect of  Multimedia Visual Aids Used for Teaching Chinese on Philippine Secondary School Studentsâ#x80;#x99; Learning Outcomes and  Attitudes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Background and  Importance; 2.1.2 Purposes; 2.2 Theoretical Bases for the  Multimedia Visual Aids Used for Philippine TCFL; 2.2.1 Accelerated Learning; 2.2.2 Whole-Brain Learning; 2.2.3 Situated Learning; 2.3 Methodology; 2.3.1 Subjects; 2.3.2 Framework; 2.3.3 Variables; 2.3.3.1 Control Variables; Textbooks
Teacherâ#x80;#x99;s Educational Background and  Experience2.3.3.2 Experimental Variables; 2.3.3.3 Dependent Variables; Assumptions; Measuring Tools; 2.4 Results and  Discussions; 2.4.1 The Effects of  the  Multimedia Visual Aids Used on Chinese Learning Outcomes; 2.4.2 The Effects of  the  Multimedia Visual Aids Used on Attitudes Towards Learning Chinese; 2.5 Conclusions and  Suggestions; 2.5.1 Conclusions; 2.5.2 Suggestions; References; Chapter 3: The Anxiety Factors of  Studying Academic Chinese in Graduate Programs: Experiences of  Non-Native Chinese-Speaking Postgraduates in Taiwan
3.1 Introduction3.2 Literature Review on Foreign Language Anxiety; 3.3 Methods: In-Depth Interview, Participants, Data Coding, and  Analysis; 3.3.1 In-Depth Interview; 3.3.2 Participants; 3.3.3 Data Coding and  Analysis; 3.4 Findings and  Discussion; 3.4.1 Instructional Methods and  Materials; 3.4.1.1 Oral Presentation; 3.4.1.2 Written Report; 3.4.1.3 Small-Group Discussion; 3.4.1.4 Subject Content Knowledge; 3.4.1.5 Reading Comprehension; 3.4.1.6 Code-Switching; 3.4.2 Ways of  Questioning; 3.4.2.1 Question Types; 3.4.2.2 Selection of  Student Appointed to Answer
3.4.3 Learning Environment3.4.3.1 Digital Divide; 3.4.3.2 Studying with  the  NCSPs; 3.4.4 Personality; 3.4.4.1 Introvert vs Extrovert; 3.4.4.2 Self-Demand; 3.4.5 Self-Evaluation; 3.4.5.1 Confidence; 3.4.5.2 Self-Esteem; 3.4.6 Personal Background; 3.4.6.1 Bachelor Degree Major; 3.4.6.2 Nationality; 3.4.6.3 Age; 3.5 Conclusion and  Suggestion; Appendix; Semi-Structured Interview Questions for NNCSPsâ#x80;#x99; Anxiety Factors; Background Questions; Questions about Your Anxiety of  Studying in Your Postgraduate Program; References
Chapter 4: An Item Analysis of  a Self-Made Placement Test for an Immigrant Chinese Program4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Theories of  Item Analysis; 4.2.1 Item Difficulty Index; 4.2.2 Item Discrimination Index; 4.2.3 Distractor Analysis; 4.3 Participants and  Steps; 4.3.1 Participants; 4.3.2 Steps; 4.4 Results and  Discussion; 4.5 Conclusion and  Suggestion; References; Chapter 5: Psychological Characteristics of  Adult Learners with  Implications for Immigrant Chinese Curriculum Design; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Psychological Characteristics of  Adult Learners; 5.2.1 Intelligence; 5.2.2 Cognition
Summary This book presents key issues in the teaching of Chinese as a second or foreign language (TCSL or TCFL). It investigates how multimedia can help to assist TCSL/TCFL and explores practical effects of multimedia-assisted teaching at secondary schools in the Philippines. It addresses the psychology of TCSL/TCFL and discusses various recurring foreign graduate students concerns when learning academic Chinese in graduate institutes in Taiwan. It examines issues of educational assessment and testing, analyzing the validity of a self-made placement test for an immigrant Chinese program, as well as the psychological characteristics of adult learners and their implications for immigrant Chinese curriculum design. As foreign learners of Chinese grow exponentially, this cutting edge read conceptualizes the educational philosophy of TCSL/TCFL as a distinctive discipline
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Chinese language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
Second language acquisition.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
Second language acquisition
Chinese language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
Chinese language
Education
Education -- Curricula
Educational sociology
Language and education
Language and languages -- Study and teaching
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789811074431
9811074437