Bridging the Gap Between Communicative Language Teaching and Practice in an Introductory Chinese Language Classroom
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu14044013632021-08-03T06:25:31Z Bridging the Gap Between Communicative Language Teaching and Practice in an Introductory Chinese Language Classroom Zhang, Ning Education Foreign Language Teaching Communicative Language Teaching Chinese Teaching Foreign Language Teaching This study was an action project conducted in an introductory Chinese language college-level class. The aim of this research was to examine if the dialogues between the researcher and the instructor will facilitate the integration of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) philosophy occurs within an introductory Chinese language classroom setting. The instructor's teaching beliefs before and after the dialogue were examined through the observations and interviews. The research also included the language learners' expectations on language learning. Six times' in-class observations, two feedback meetings, and one CLT mini-lesson modeling were scheduled throughout the whole research. The researcher provided feedback to the instructor about her lessons and introduced CLT features and strategies. The hypothesis was that the interactions between the researcher and the instructor will increase the frequency of communicative activities and target language use in the beginning level Chinese language course. From the collected and analyzed data, it was found that the students expected to learn Chinese culture along with the language learning. Improving their communicative competence was the main goal that the language learners enrolled in the class. However, the students showed reluctance to speak the target language in class while they believed more target language exposure and use will help them with the communicative competence improvement. At the same time, they felt secure with the help of English during the instruction. The instructor showed great interest to utilize CLT inside her class after the feedback meetings. More meaning exchange and communication-based instruction was found in her teaching. From the post-interview, the instructor agreed that language learners would benefit from communication in the language. In conclusion, the dialogue between the instructor and the researcher impacted the instructor's teaching style and belief. Consistent professional supports would be necessary for the language educators to realize pedagogical changes. Through providing feedback based on in-site observations and class modeling, the instructor participant was able to conduct CLT strategies in class. The instructor realized the importance of meaning negotiation in language learning. 2014-08-06 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1404401363 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1404401363 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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