scholarly journals CHINESE CULTURE TEACHING IN MANDARIN LANGUAGE COURSE AT UiTM

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Siaw San Loh ◽  
Jenny Tze Kie Yap ◽  
Sheau Ping Wee
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Culture Teaching ◽  
Mandarin Language

Language is closely associated with culture as the carrier and also the main presentation of the culture. People use language to create culture, while culture enriches the expression of language. Thus, language is inseparable from culture, at the same time the spreading of culture depends on the language. In this quantitative research, 70 students and 5 lecturers from the UiTM Sarawak campus were chosen to participate in a questionnaire survey based on the Daily Conversation Mandarin Language 1 serving as the research text. The objective of this study is to investigate the current situation of Mandarin teaching and learning in UiTM, and to provide suggestions for the teaching of Chinese culture in the curriculum, thus enhancing the quality and efficiency of teaching Mandarin as a foreign language.

scholarly journals Exploring the Causes of English Language Speaking Anxiety among Postgraduate Students of University of Balochistan, Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazeer Ahmed ◽  
Zahid Hussain Pathan ◽  
Faria Saeed Khan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Statistical Significant Difference ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World

English language enjoys its glory as an official language of Pakistan and it is used widely as a medium of instructions across educational institutes. Since anxiety retards the learning process, therefore it has been widely researched in the world and seems under researched in Pakistani context. Thus, the prime aim of this research is to explore the factors that cause English language speaking anxiety among Postgraduate Students of University of Balochistan (UoB), Pakistan. This study also aimed at determining the statistical significant difference if any across gender. The quantitative research design was employed in which a questionnaire comprising of eighteen items was adapted from the study by Horwitz et al. (1986). Both descriptive and inferential statistics were performed in the SPSS (version, 21). The findings revealed that UOB students were experiencing anxiety due to myriad factors in EFL classroom. The findings of the t-test revealed no statistical significant difference across gender. This paper has implications on both teaching and learning of English as a foreign language in Pakistani context.

Intercultural Awareness in Foreign Language Teaching: A Chinese Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 768
Author(s):  
Yinghao Li
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Intercultural Awareness ◽  
Chinese Perspective ◽  
Culture Teaching ◽  
The Status ◽  
English Culture

The paper discusses the status quo of the English culture teaching and learning in Chinese colleges. In the pedagogical level, most foreign language teachers have very vague idea of what the culture should be and what should be taught in terms of English culture. Lacking in the principled methodology in promoting students’ intercultural awareness, teachers either turn deaf to the new trend or frustrated by the communicative approach, somehow falling back to the more traditional but effective grammar-translation approach. The changing scenario of language teaching has constituted new challenges for the English educators in China. The paper proposes that more research should be channeled to the research of the paradigm of the English as an International Language (EIL) through intercultural awareness.

Effectiveness of ‘Pocket Mandarin’ for Online Learning among Mandarin as a Foreign Language Basic Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-137
Author(s):  
Hie Ling Ting ◽  
◽  
Kum Yoke Soo ◽  
Lay Choo Siang ◽  
Sing Ee Ooi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Mandarin Language ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Impact

In the face of difficulties of teaching and learning due to the impact of Covid-19, online lessons have become vital. This has also affected the teaching of Mandarin as a foreign language at universities. Since Mandarin is considered as a difficult language to learn especially to non-native learners, teaching online has posted an even greater challenge to Mandarin language instructors. This study thus examines the use of a combination of platforms and applications online, customised to create an online learning system called ‘Pocket Mandarin’ to facilitate online Mandarin learning at the beginner level. The purpose is primarily to enable learning to take place in a fun and interactive manner by means of online flashcards, pronunciation, games and quizzes placed in an LMS platform called Padlet. To better understand how ‘Pocket Mandarin’ can effectively facilitate online teaching and learning among EFL basic learners at the tertiary level, a survey method was applied and it consisted of 5 parts which are students’ motivation, students’ attitude, cognitive development, design and interface as well as expectations. The results show that ‘Pocket Mandarin’ was positively accepted by the students who found the lessons motivating, upbuilding, cognitively applicable, with exceptional design and interface and was better than their initial expectations. Thus, there is great potential for the ‘Pocket Mandarin’ to be widely used at a greater scale.

scholarly journals Perception and Expectation of Elective Japanese Language Learners in Malaysian Higher Education Institution: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Muhammad Alif Redzuan Abdullah ◽  
Sanimah Hussin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Language Courses ◽  
Language Students ◽  
Foreign Language Courses

Japanese language course registered as either compulsory elective or free elective foreign language course at University Putra Malaysia (UPM). The Japanese language is the most popular among 11 foreign language courses offered for foreign language students who wish to take global languages proficiency courses. However, their achievements in the course are inadequate as most of them are incompetent in communication skills upon completion of the course. Therefore, this article aims to identify the perception of Japanese language students in UPM to enhance their understanding of the issue. This quantitative research applies questionnaires and random purposive sampling techniques as instruments for collecting data. The sampling consists of 84 students who had enrolled in Basic Japanese level 1course. The findings show there are significant factors attribute to students’ preference for learning the Basic Japanese language. The result of the study also indicated the Kana writing and numbers are easier to acquire compared to vocabulary, sentences, grammar, and particles in the Basic Japanese 1 course. The study also revealed that mastering vocabulary plays a vital role in speaking, reading, and writing well in the Japanese language. Therefore, this study suggests that the instructor should include more engaging activities, teaching aids, and tools in the classroom to make the teaching and learning process more conducive and friendly for the students to excel in this course.

scholarly journals VIRTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN SHAPING STRATEGIES FOR PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FUTURE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Oksana V. Tynkaliuk ◽  
Iryna Z. Semeriak
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Personal Interest ◽  
Online Chat ◽  
Teaching And Learning Environment ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
Software Engineers ◽  
Virtual Teaching

The article substantiates and appraises a set of PC-oriented and network techniques (such as online chat-based training and learning) and communicative and game-playing techniques (such as briefing, debriefing-contemplation, simulation) to help future software engineers elaborate a strategy to engage in communication on professional matters in a foreign language. The authors have ascertained the structure and the contents of the key notions pertaining to the present study, specifically: ‘strategy for professional foreign language communication’, ‘virtual teaching and learning environment’, and ‘online chat teaching and learning techniques’; a system of exercises and tasks has been developed that are to be given out to future specialists in order to develop their online communication skills in line with the aforementioned strategy. ‘Strategy for professional foreign language communication’ is construed by the authors as a cumulative aggregate for incremental thinking and speaking activities designed to help participants of the act of communication model their own communicative behaviour in the context of communication on professional matters in a foreign language aimed at attaining the objective of communication in the process of conversing with each other. Students’ index of personal interest in studying a foreign language for communication on profession-related matters has also been verified. In order to ascertain the level of personal interest in a foreign language among students, a questionnaire survey focusing on 1st and 2nd year students of the Faculty of Mathematics and IT Technologies at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine) has been conducted. We have compiled methodological guidelines to be issued to foreign language teachers at universities, outlining best practices to organise training and help future software engineers outline their strategies for professional foreign language communication; besides, a training toolkit entitled IT Student’s English Handbook showcasing a number of options for online (Internet-based) simulations has been put together. Having interpreted the results of questionnaire survey, we have been able to prove that the abovementioned training techniques do prove to be efficient.

scholarly journals A Study on the Effectiveness of English Grammar Teaching and Learning in Chinese Junior Middle Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1553
Author(s):  
Chunyi Ji ◽  
Qi’ang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Middle Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
English Curriculum ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Grammatical Competence ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The article conducts a questionnaire survey and interview on the students and teachers in three different junior middle schools in Zhejiang Province of China. The results indicate that the effectiveness in English grammar teaching and learning is not satisfactory. And the grammatical competence is not correlated with the goals and objectives of the National English Curriculum. There is significant demand for teachers to encourage students to improve the efficiency and accuracy of English grammar. The outcome is useful for foreign language researchers to know better about current situation of grammar teaching and learning in Chinese junior middle schools. Some suggestions are presented to enhance the effectiveness of English grammar teaching and learning.

Language Learning Motivation: A Comparative Study between English and Mandarin Language Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Siti Faridah Kamaruddin ◽  
Ting Hie Ling ◽  
Aisyah Nazamud-Din
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Quantum Leap ◽  
Language Learning Motivation ◽  
Mandarin Language

English as a Second Language (ESL) is a term which is broadly used in Malaysia’s educational system. Mandarin, on the other hand, is only used among Chinese community and not many non-Chinese know and use Mandarin language as their communication tools among themselves. However, due to the rapid development of economy in China, the interest in Mandarin language learning is becoming prominent. In Malaysia, a country which has developed a tight diplomatic and economic relationship with China since 1976, the interest in learning Mandarin as a Foreign Language (MFL) among the non-Chinese learners is also growing where there is a quantum leap of Mandarin learners at tertiary level (Teow, Ismail, Foo & Ho, 2016). Students in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) are offered with both English as a Second Language (ESL) and Mandarin as a Foreign Language (MFL) courses. It means that students must learn English and Mandarin simultaneously especially for Diploma students and Degree students. Understanding how the motivation to learn each language might vary within a certain socio-political context is worth exploring, as it may help lecturers working within that context to motivate their students to learn the language more effectively. Moreover, it is reasonable to assume that the different languages learned might trigger different emotional responses from learners (Humphreys & Spratt. 2008). In relation to this, it is important to examine the differences of students’ ESL and MFL learning motivation. This study employed a quantitative research design which emphasized on data collection from students who studied ESL and MFL.

Кытай тилин чет тили катары окутууда салттуу кытай маданияты жөнүндө аңгемелешүү

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Айнура Кенеш кызы ◽  
Аида Урпоева
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Culture Teaching ◽  
The Given ◽  
Teaching Chinese

Аннотация: Кытай тилин окутууда ал элдин маданияты жөнүндө айтуу өзгөчө маанилүү. Кытай маданиятына үрп-адаттар, тамак-аш түрү, кийим-кечек, ыр-бий жанрлары, сүрөт искусствосу, тил жана тарых илимдери кирет. Тилди чындап өздөштүрүү үчүн ошол элдин маданиятын билүүбүз зарыл. Кытай тилин чет тили катары окутууда кытай маданиятын жеткиликтүү билүү негизги ас- пектилерден болуп саналат. Кытай тилин чет тили катары үйрөнүүдө ал элдин маданий байланышын толук аңдап билүү үчүн коммуникативдик компетенцияны өнүктүрүү, колдонуу керек. Кытай тилин чет тили катары үйрөнүүдө студенттер эреже катары кытай коому, маданияты тууралуу көптү билиши керек, ошондой эле чыныгы маданий өзгөчөлүктөрүн үйрөнүүлөрү керек. Ошондуктан кы- тай тилин чет тили катары окутуу кытай маданиятын, тарыхын, адабиятын окутуудан бөлүнүп каралбайт. Түйүндүү сөздөр: кытай маданияты, кытай тилин чет тили катары окутуу, маданий алака, коммуникативдик компетенция, үрп-адат. Аннотация: Культура чрезвычайно важна в преподавании китайского языка. Культура Китая включает в себя обычаи и традиции, кухню, одежду, музыку, танцы, живопись, язык и историю. Чтобы по-настоящему овладеть языком, мы должны изучить культуру, которую представляет данный язык. Соответствующее знание китайской культуры также является одним из аспектов содержания преподавания китайского языка как иностранного. Коммуникативная компетенция, которая должна развиваться при обучении китайскому языку как иностранному, на самом деле является способностью к межкультурному общению. Изучая китайский язык, иностранные студенты, как правило, должны больше знать о китайском обществе и культуре, а также изучить профессиональные культурные знания. Поэтому преподавание китайского языка как иностранного неотделимо от преподавания китайской культуры, истории и литературы. Ключевые слова: Китайская культура, преподавание китайского языка как иностранного, культурный обмен, коммуникативная компетенция, обычаи и традиции. Annotation: Culture is very important in teaching Chinese language. To know language really well, we must learn the culture that the given language is represent. Appropriate knowledge of Chinese culture is one the aspects of content of teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Communicative competence, which should be developed when learning Chinese as a foreign language, is in fact the ability to intercultural communication. Foreign students in learning Chinese, as a rule, should know more about Chinese society and culture, also learn well professional cultural knowledge. Therefore, the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language is inseparable from the teaching of Chineseculture, history and literature. Keywords: Chinese culture, teaching Chinese language as a foreign language, cultural exchange, communicative competence, customs and traditions.

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