A Successful A Successful Chinese Chinese LearnerLearner

Robert L. GoodRobert L. Good

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9631317 毛薇雅 Chloe Mao9631319 張怡嘉 Elisa Chang9631323 陳韋伶 Filicia Chen9631325 李姵瑩 Penny Lee9631329 林韋妏 Nicole Lin9631373 陳冠伃 Hedy Chen9631383 曾郁婷 Eva Tseng

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IntroductionIntroductionWho

Robert L. Good ＊ Title: Assistant professor of Department of

English of National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology

＊ Education Background: Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Second

Language Acquisition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

IntroductionIntroductionWhy

- He is an expert in linguistic.

- He speaks Chinese very fluently.

- We want to make sure if staying in Taiwan can learn better Chinese.

Data Collection Data Collection MethodsMethods

Questionnaires

Face-to-face

interview

Recording

E-mail

Learner’s learning Learner’s learning conditionsconditions

Time ＊ Long time

Places＊ Hong Kong--Cantonese＊ University in US—Take Chinese

courses

Reasons ＊ Missionary in Hong Kong ＊ Find interesting in Chinese

Analysis of learner Analysis of learner characteristicscharacteristics

age of acquisition attitude motivation pronunciation personality tolerance of ambiguity learner preference learner beliefs

Age of acquisitionAge of acquisition

started to learn Chinese at 19

AttitudeAttitude

Positive

Voluntarily

spent more efforts

MotivationMotivation

initially integrative motivation

PronunciationPronunciation

He didn’t pronounce

everything the way here

people pronounced

“標準國語” pronunciation

PersonalityPersonality His learning personality tend to be extroversion - He likes group and pair interaction. - He likes to talk with his friends who speak Chinese. But sometimes he is inhibition - He also can feel nervous when communicating with Chinese friends.

Tolerance of Tolerance of AmbiguityAmbiguity

High tolerance of ambiguity

- It is sometimes impossible to avoid. - Try to use context or other kinds of clues to find out what’s going on.

Learner PreferenceLearner Preference Perceptive Learning Styles - Visual

Cognitive Learning Styles - Field Independent (analytical thinking; like math; like to analyze chart) - Field Dependent (like to work with others; get closer to the person who they are interacting with)

No particular brain dominance

Learner BeliefLearner Belief

You must spend time and effort.

BehaviorismBehaviorism

Beginning

-in class -textbook practice (reading, dialogue,

vocabulary)

BehaviorismBehaviorism

After - don’t like practice - lack of practice read little - don’t understand listen little- don’t understand

lyrics watch little- too fast - just talk

InnatismInnatism

What is innatist hypothesis

The effect of innatist in Dr.

Good’s Chinese learning

InnatismInnatism

What is the critical period (CPH)

The effect of CPH in Dr. Good’s Chinese learning

InnatismInnatism

What is Universal Grammar

The effect of the Universal Grammar in Dr. Good’s Chinese learning

Krashen’s ‘monitor Krashen’s ‘monitor model’model’

The Monitor Hypothesis

Input Three Conditions:•Time

•Focus on form•Know the rule(Monitor in your

brain)

Output

Time

Communication: -Focus on the talk -Seldom stop to ask for the correct meaning of the words -Only discuss the favorite topics with Chinese friends

Krashen’s ‘monitor Krashen’s ‘monitor model’model’

The Input Hypothesis

•i→ current competence•1→ beyond your current competence•Input ＝ i ＋ 1 (Current competences combine beyond your current competence)

Cheats and read the English subtitles

Too lazy to practice

Krashen’s ‘monitor Krashen’s ‘monitor model’model’The affective filter Hypothesis

Low motivation

Lack of Self Confidence

High Anxiety

•High language learning filter•Lower defense from the Students•Most input material are blocked in the process

High Motivation

Full of Self Confidence

Low Anxiety

•Lower filter•High defense•More input pass the filter

According to his learning experience, his affective filter was low. Because he was interested in Chinese, including culture, history and reading.

He will never stop learning Chinese.

InteractionismInteractionism Who he interacts with - people he wants to talk to - they are all native speakers

Where he interact with native speakers

- native environment

InteractionismInteractionism How he interacts with native

speakers - just talk and focus on

understanding and expressing meaning

- ask questions about “Chinese”

SuggestionsSuggestions It is better for a second language

learner to have many different learning styles.

Overcome the anxiety.

Have beliefs which are derived from learner’s learning experience or learner’s learning opinions.

SuggestionsSuggestions Second language learning

should start as early as possible.

Learning styles can be various rather than place restrict on the specific learning methods.

Practice a lot to improve language skills.

ConclusionConclusionTalkTalkTalk

EnthusiasticEnthusiastic

Spend time and Spend time and effort!effort!

MotivationMotivation PerseverancePerseverance

Thank you Thank you for your for your

attention.attention.