The advantage of Chinese-as-a-heritage-language(CHL)learners in acquiring Chinese has been widely recognized.However,it is still unclear whether the effect of CHL background on Chinese receptive vocabulary breadth var...The advantage of Chinese-as-a-heritage-language(CHL)learners in acquiring Chinese has been widely recognized.However,it is still unclear whether the effect of CHL background on Chinese receptive vocabulary breadth varies across different countries.To address this gap,the present study recruited 232 Chinese language learners(half were CHL learners)from Indonesia and Thailand and administered a Chinese vocabulary proficiency test.The results of regression analysis revealed an interaction effect between country and CHL background on vocabulary breadth,with the contribution of CHL background to vocabulary breadth more robust in the Indonesian group than that in the Thai group.Interviews were then conducted to explore the factors that might influence such an interaction effect.Analysis of the interview data found that the influencing factors could be categorized into four themes,including individual differences,family background,Chinese language education and socio-cultural factors.The overall results were discussed within the framework of ecological system theory,and pedagogical implications for CHL learners were proposed.展开更多
Founded on the componential model of reading, Nation＇s construct of vocabulary breadth test and structuralists＇ view of syntactic knowledge, this paper attempts to investigate the relative significance of vocabulary...Founded on the componential model of reading, Nation＇s construct of vocabulary breadth test and structuralists＇ view of syntactic knowledge, this paper attempts to investigate the relative significance of vocabulary breadth and syntactic knowledge in the prediction of Chinese EFL learners＇ reading comprehension test performance and whether the relative significance is moderated by the learners＇ different L2 proficiency. An experiment including three tests was carried out with 68 sophomores in Anhui Medical University. The findings show that： 1） there is a positive linear correlation between the learners＇ performance on a reading comprehension test and their vocabulary breadth and syntactic knowledge, with the multiple r being 0.551; 2） syntactic knowledge outperforms vocabulary breadth in predictive power and emerges as the stronger predictor of reading comprehension test performance; and the relative significance of syntactic knowledge over vocabulary breadth in the prediction of reading comprehension does not change with the EFL learners＇ L2 proficiency. The findings of this study provide implications for both reading instruction and remediation of learners＇ reading problems.展开更多
This study intends to investigate the effects of receptive vocabulary breadth and depth on listening comprehension by college students. The experimental results indicate that both the breadth and depth have a signific...This study intends to investigate the effects of receptive vocabulary breadth and depth on listening comprehension by college students. The experimental results indicate that both the breadth and depth have a significant correlation with listening comprehension; vocabulary breadth contributes more to EFL learners＇ listening comprehension. The findings of this study give pedagogical implications for the teaching of listening in China.展开更多
基金supported by National Social Science Fund of China(No.24BYY048)International Chinese Language Education Research Program(No.23YH17B)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.23JNLH10)。
文摘The advantage of Chinese-as-a-heritage-language(CHL)learners in acquiring Chinese has been widely recognized.However,it is still unclear whether the effect of CHL background on Chinese receptive vocabulary breadth varies across different countries.To address this gap,the present study recruited 232 Chinese language learners(half were CHL learners)from Indonesia and Thailand and administered a Chinese vocabulary proficiency test.The results of regression analysis revealed an interaction effect between country and CHL background on vocabulary breadth,with the contribution of CHL background to vocabulary breadth more robust in the Indonesian group than that in the Thai group.Interviews were then conducted to explore the factors that might influence such an interaction effect.Analysis of the interview data found that the influencing factors could be categorized into four themes,including individual differences,family background,Chinese language education and socio-cultural factors.The overall results were discussed within the framework of ecological system theory,and pedagogical implications for CHL learners were proposed.
文摘Founded on the componential model of reading, Nation＇s construct of vocabulary breadth test and structuralists＇ view of syntactic knowledge, this paper attempts to investigate the relative significance of vocabulary breadth and syntactic knowledge in the prediction of Chinese EFL learners＇ reading comprehension test performance and whether the relative significance is moderated by the learners＇ different L2 proficiency. An experiment including three tests was carried out with 68 sophomores in Anhui Medical University. The findings show that： 1） there is a positive linear correlation between the learners＇ performance on a reading comprehension test and their vocabulary breadth and syntactic knowledge, with the multiple r being 0.551; 2） syntactic knowledge outperforms vocabulary breadth in predictive power and emerges as the stronger predictor of reading comprehension test performance; and the relative significance of syntactic knowledge over vocabulary breadth in the prediction of reading comprehension does not change with the EFL learners＇ L2 proficiency. The findings of this study provide implications for both reading instruction and remediation of learners＇ reading problems.
基金funded by the Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of Yunnan Province(No.YB2013072)
文摘This study intends to investigate the effects of receptive vocabulary breadth and depth on listening comprehension by college students. The experimental results indicate that both the breadth and depth have a significant correlation with listening comprehension; vocabulary breadth contributes more to EFL learners＇ listening comprehension. The findings of this study give pedagogical implications for the teaching of listening in China.
