A Survey Report of Chinese College Students’ Perceptions of the College English Course

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 1557
Author(s):  
Ming Li ◽  
Guofu Zhao ◽  
Gaigai Cao
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
English Version ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
College English ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Class Standing ◽  
Survey Report

This study examined Chinese college students’ perceptions of the college English course. The participants were freshmen and sophomores in a Chinese university. We handed out the original English version questionnaires to 419 students. The results indicated that there were learning problems in students’ motivation with respect to empowerment, interest, and success. There were also gender and class standing differences among the participants. Data from exploratory factor analysis (EFA) illustrated that the factors of usefulness, empowerment and interest received the most attention from the participants (n=367). The results indicated that it was necessary to implement the communicative language teaching (CLT) approach in the college English course. Suggestions on how to change the classroom environment were also discussed.

scholarly journals Prevalence of anxiety symptoms among Chinese university students amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohang Wang ◽  
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Quzhi Liu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Review Question ◽  
Standardized Measurement

Review question / Objective: The prevalence of anxiety disorders among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 epidemic. Eligibility criteria: The inclusion criteria for eligible studies are: (a) The prevalence of anxiety symptoms is reported in the article (b) The subjects of the study are Chinese college students, including overseas Chinese students (c) Anxiety symptoms are measured with standardized measurement tools (d) All studies It was carried out during the COVID-19 epidemic. We excluded the participants from non-Chinese college students, a mixed study that did not separately report the results of a group of college students, and a study that did not use standardized test tools for anxiety.

English Adaptation versus Mother Tongue: Reliability of the English Version of Moddi—F Administered to Hong Kong Chinese College Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 1026-1028
Author(s):  
Wallace C. H. Chan ◽  
Joachim Wittkowski
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
English Version ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Chinese Counterpart ◽  
Statistical Relationships

Two samples of Hong Kong college students completed the English and the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory (MODDI—F), respectively. Results show substantially lower coefficients of internal consistency in the English version when compared with its Chinese counterpart. The construct validity of the instrument, i.e., the statistical relationships between its subtests, was confirmed. Whenever available, the use of a questionnaire that is worded in the participants' mother tongue is recommended.

Social Correlates of Alienation among Chinese College Students in Hong Kong

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 952-954
Author(s):  
Li-Chen Ma
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
School Class ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Social Correlates ◽  
Class Standing

This paper examined the major social correlates of alienation found earlier in the empirical studies obtained with US and Eastern samples to see if they held among college students in Hong Kong. 154 students enrolled in a public-supported college in Hong Kong were administered a revised form of the alienation scale developed by Zeller, Neal, and Groat. Analyses indicated that similar to most findings obtained from Taiwanese, only school class standing and type of parenting were significant.

scholarly journals Analysis of Reasons for Chinese College Students’ Lack of Oral English Proficiency

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. p63
Author(s):  
YANG Fan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching

Chinese college students’ lack of oral English proficiency has aroused many attentions during the College English Reform in recent years. The purpose of this article is to (a) summarize findings from the literature of challenges existed in oral English teaching in Chinese higher education and (b) find reasons for Chinese college students’ lack of oral English proficiency. The overarching question of this article is what are reasons for Chinese college students’ lack of oral English proficiency. Several reasons for Chinese college students’ lack of oral English proficiency including teacher knowledge, students’ willingness to communicate, assessment factors, and contextual constraints have been identified from the literature. This study hopes to provide references to the development of Chinese College English Reform in respect to oral English teaching.

Reflecting on Native Culture Involvement in Current College English Textbooks

2011 ◽  
Vol 219-220 ◽  
pp. 257-260
Author(s):  
Chun Mei Wu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
College English ◽  
Native Culture ◽  
English Textbooks

Nowadays, most of the Chinese college students acquire more about target language culture than their native culture. Judging from the present distinctive sets of college English textbooks, there exists one common problem: Chinese culture is seldom involved in the textbooks. The textbook is viewed as the very crucial means to cultivate learners’ intercultural communicative competence(ICC). The overwhelming majority of textbook editors attach more importance to the target language culture, neglecting Chinese culture , which results in students’ being poor in ICC. As a successful communicator, proficiency in both the target language and the native language are required of college students.Based on the findings of a survey and a questionnaire, the author proposes some suggestions on textbook reforms with the purpose of promoting students’ ICC.

scholarly journals Demonstrative References of This and That in English Speeches by Chinese College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
Junqiang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
College English ◽  
Demonstrative Reference ◽  
Cohesion Theory ◽  
Effective Analysis

Demonstrative reference is a common means of cohesion in discourse. Based on Cohesion Theory by Halliday and Hasan, the paper is aimed at exploring the use of this and that as a means of deixis and reference in college English speeches from the perspective of discourse cohesion to achieve more effective analysis and appreciation of English speeches.

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