Behavioral Culture in the Chinese Language Classroom
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13136665612021-08-03T06:03:47Z Behavioral Culture in the Chinese Language Classroom Zheng, Yawen Language behavioral cutlure Chinese language teaching and learning teacher-student interactions student-student-interactions performance Viewing the goal of language teaching as preparing learners to communicate successfully in the languages and cultures being studied, this thesis adopts the Performed Culture Approach, which expands the meaning of “culture” and integrates the acquisition of behavioral culture with the learning of the target language. This study addresses in-school behavioral culture as one of the primary and fundamental microcultures in language teaching. The assumption is that since schooling is considered a process of socialization and enculturation, the behavior patterns and social norms in teacher-student and student-student interactions have implications for language teaching and learning. With this assumption, this study conducted a questionnaire survey among college students and teachers in American and Chinese cultures. The purpose of the survey is to explore how students of the two cultures behave in the perceived course of transactions with their teachers and classmates, and what the expectation of the teachers in the two cultures are with respect to how students in the teachers’ culture are expected to behave in these transactions. Five transactions were examined in the survey: greeting one’s teacher, expressing different opinions from one’s teacher, dealing with a problem in a study group, responding to compliments from other classmates, and returning a favor to a classmate.Comparisons between the results of the American student respondents and those of the Chinese student respondents indicate differences in terms of the perception the student respondents of the two cultures have as to how they would do things in these transactions. The results of the teacher survey reveal that the ways that the students from the two cultures would be most likely to behave were recognized and accepted by members of their own culture. In addition, the results of the survey virtually confirm the researcher’s preliminary observations. This indicates that the perceived course of these transactions and the actual transactions between the teacher and the students are largely parallel. The findings of this study indicate it would be beneficial to introduce the behavior patterns of Chinese students (which can be widely applied to other interactions in various contexts in Chinese culture) into the Chinese language classroom. Furthermore, for American learners of Chinese language, to behave in ways that are acceptable in American culture cannot ensure that students will behave in culturally appropriate ways in a similar situation in the target culture. This further indicates the necessity for American language learners to learn how to do things in school that would be appropriate in Chinese culture. The significance of in-school Chinese behavioral culture entails incorporating the school saga as a primary saga into Chinese language teaching and learning in K-12 and university language classrooms. Using the performance-based approach, this thesis discusses the design of the pedagogical materials which embody the support that teachers can provide for compiling the school saga. The results of the survey also contribute to the development of pedagogical materials for the language classroom. 2011-10-20 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313666561 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313666561 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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