Research in Chinese as a Second Language

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2013

Research in Chinese as a Second Language

Edited by: Istvan Kecskes

Volume 9 in the series Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614512554

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The book aims to address one of the main problems of Chinese language teaching: lack of research base. The rapidly growing interest in Chinese language teaching has not resulted in the development of a strong research background. This book attempts to change the current situation.

The volume consists of three chapters. Chapter I: Research Base for Practice contains three papers, each of which uses research findings as a basis for solving issues connected with practical language teaching. Chapter II: Integrating Culture and Language is about one of the most intriguing topics of current language-oriented research: how to integrate culture into the process of language teaching. Chapter III: Acquisition of Language Structures consists of studies that investigate the acquisition of certain grammatical structures in Chinese. There are only a few papers in the literature on this issue, so the articles in this chapter are especially important for further research.

One of the most important features of the volume is that each paper makes an attempt to bring together theory and practice by focusing on theory-building based on practice or theory application in practice. Thus the book can be recommended to both researchers and practitioners.

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Istvan Kecskes, State University of New York, Albany, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors to the volume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1: Research base for practice
Developing Chinese oral skills – A research base for practice Jane Orton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Asymmetrical style of communication in Mandarin Chinese talk-in-interaction: Pedagogical implications for TCSOL professionals Ping Yang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Learning tones cooperatively in the CSL classroom: A proposal Wang Chen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 2: Integrating culture and language
Integrating culture and language in the CFL classroom: A view from the bottom up Ned Danison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Analysis of pragmatic functions of Chinese cultural markers Xiaolu Wang and Tingting Ma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Gestures as tone markers in multilingual communication Chun-Mei Chen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
The collaborative construction of cultural knowledge in a Chinese movie class Ying Liu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Chapter 3: Acquisition of language structures
The acquisition of Chinese modal auxiliary Neng Verb Group (NVG): A case study of an English L2 learner of Chinese Wen Xiong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Acquisition of Chinese relative clauses at the initial stage Yi Xu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Conceptual similarities in languages – Evidence from English be going to and its Chinese counterparts Zi-Yu Lin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
SLA of Mandarin nominal syntax: Emergence order in the early stages Helen Charters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Applied Linguists; Chinese Language Educators; Applied Linguists of Chinese; Sociocultural Linguists
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 283
Keywords: Applied Linguistics; Chinese Language; Second and Foreign Language Acquisition

eBook

Published: May 28, 2013
ISBN: 9781614512554

Hardcover

Published: May 21, 2013
ISBN: 9781614513148