scholarly journals Barriers to Technology Integration into Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language: A Case Study of Australian Secondary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Yueying Zeng ◽  
Wenying Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Technology Users ◽  
Tool Technology ◽  
Chinese Teaching ◽  
Teaching Chinese ◽  
Barriers To Technology

This case study examines the barriers to technology integration into teaching Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in Australian secondary schools. Previous research on technology integration predominantly focused on higher education and English as a second language. This study extends the field by exploring barriers in secondary schools and targeting Chinse instruction. It identified three layers of barriers: The tool (technology), The user (teacher and student), and The tool supporter (school). This study highlights the students as technology users and as significant factors behind the teacher’s technology consideration. Among the identified barriers, most notably were limited and blocked access to technology, a lack of time for class preparation and technology learning, a lack of technology knowledge, a lack of professional development, and students’ distracting behaviours. Suggestions were made accordingly to improve tech-integrated Chinese teaching in Australian secondary schools.

Mobile Experience in Teaching Chinese Pinyin

2022 ◽  
pp. 148-173
Author(s):  
Qiannan Li
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Teaching Content ◽  
Multimedia Technologies ◽  
Teaching Goal ◽  
Language Teaching Methods ◽  
Chinese Teaching ◽  
Teaching Chinese

In New Zealand, for non-Chinese speaker learners aged 5-12, the Chinese courses provided by the Confucius Institute are usually based on the premise of increasing interest, with the main teaching goal of improving students' oral communication skills and increasing their understanding of Chinese and Asian culture. Therefore, it is an effective way to improve the quality of Chinese teaching by fully considering the students' cultural background and combining modern teaching techniques with traditional teaching content. Guided by N.S. Prabhu's task-based language teaching methods, this chapter uses a case study method to explore how to use the mobile applications and other multimedia technologies to improve the teaching effect of Chinese Pinyin in a New Zealand elementary school.

scholarly journals Mobile Devices Applied in Self-Studying English as a Foreign Language Among Non-Native Students in Vietnam and Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (09) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Thuy Thi Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Yukawa Takashi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Lesson Content ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Self Learning ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

<p class="Affiliation"><strong>Abstract – </strong>In the era of technology, learning can be supported with mobile devices inside and outside of the classroom. In the hope of taking advantage of technology advances, teachers worldwide have integrated technologies into teaching to effectively deliver lesson content and address students’ needs. However, few non-native learners are exposed to mobile devices to optimize self-studying English outside the classroom. Thus, the present paper conducts a case study to look into mobile devices’ applications to enhance self-studying English as a foreign language. The study participants included 26 Japanese and Vietnamese learners divided into two groups over 15 weeks. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyze and compare the results with R-Studio statistics software. The present study sought to encourage collaboration and foster the  autonomy of learners with mobile devices’ assistance as supporting language self-learning tools. The findings of the present research will be discussed in terms of the efficiency and potentials of mobile devices as supportive tools outside of classroom activities among Vietnamese and Japanese students as non-native learners of English.</p>

scholarly journals Chilean 12th graders’ Attitudes towards English as a Foreign Language

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Gómez Burgos ◽  
Sandra Pérez Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Learning English

<p>This article aims to provide the results of a research focusing on 12<sup>th</sup> graders’ attitudes towards English as a Foreign Language in two secondary schools in Puerto Montt, Chile. Attitude towards a language has been considered as an important factor that influences the process of learning a foreign language (Shams, 2008); for this reason, it is fundamental to identify students’ attitudes since positive attitudes towards English allow the students to have favourable orientation towards learning it (Karahan, 2007). Under this premise, this study corresponds to a case study that includes a quantitative method of data analysis. A survey of five dimensions was conducted amongst 154 students in order to measure their attitudes towards the target language. The results show that their attitudes towards English as a foreign language are favourable; however, the dimensions related to learning English, and English as a subject at school obtained unfavourable attitudes. </p>

On the Digital Hybrid Publishing Model of English Reference Books for Primary and Secondary Schools—A Case Study of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Chenluzi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The Way

<p>English reference books occupy a large proportion in the basic educational books market, and the innovative publishing model is worth exploring. Another valuable question is the way to apply digital hybrid publishing—a new publishing model—in English reference books. In this article, the above problems are analyzed by taking the digital teaching reference products of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press as examples.</p>

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