| Tasks and learner motivation in learning Chinese as a foreign language | |
Ruan, Youjin1; Duan, Xiaoju1,2 ; Du, Xiang Yun1
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| 摘要 | 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 tasks are perceived as motivating from the students' perspective and which characteristics the learners associate with motivating tasks. The study indicates that it is important to consider the learners' affective factors and learning situation factors, which can boost learners' intrinsic motivation, when designing a task, especially at a beginning stage of foreign language learning, and to integrate cultural elements into tasks as an added value to motivate learners. Finally, this study identifies challenges and barriers related to TBTL that beginner-level students may find discouraging. It is suggested that motivating learners to continue learning the language and encouraging active participation may be more important than developing their linguistic accuracy and fluency in the given context. |
| 关键词 | cultural elements beginners Chinese as a foreign language motivation task-based teaching and learning |
| 2015-05-04 | |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 发表期刊 | LANGUAGE CULTURE AND CURRICULUM
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| ISSN | 0790-8318 |
| 卷号 | 28期号:2页码:170-190 |
| 期刊论文类型 | Article |
| 收录类别 | SSCI |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000354779000006 |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/13396 |
| 专题 | 认知与发展心理学研究室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Aalborg Univ, Dept Learning & Philosophy, Aalborg, Denmark 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ruan, Youjin,Duan, Xiaoju,Du, Xiang Yun. Tasks and learner motivation in learning Chinese as a foreign language[J]. LANGUAGE CULTURE AND CURRICULUM,2015,28(2):170-190. |
| APA | Ruan, Youjin,Duan, Xiaoju,&Du, Xiang Yun.(2015).Tasks and learner motivation in learning Chinese as a foreign language.LANGUAGE CULTURE AND CURRICULUM,28(2),170-190. |
| MLA | Ruan, Youjin,et al."Tasks and learner motivation in learning Chinese as a foreign language".LANGUAGE CULTURE AND CURRICULUM 28.2(2015):170-190. |
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