Balance of Language Knowledge and Communication Competence in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language.

Autor/in	He, Wenchao
Titel	Balance of Language Knowledge and Communication Competence in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language.
Quelle	(1995), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Case Studies; Chinese; Classroom Techniques; Cognitive Style; College Students; Communicative Competence (Languages); Educational Strategies; Higher Education; Introductory Courses; Knowledge Level; Language Skills; Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Student Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; China; Chinesen; Klassenführung; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Collegestudent; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Lehrstrategie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Einführungskurs; Wissensbasis; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Second language; Zweitsprache
Abstract	The case studies of three college students of beginning Chinese, all native speakers of English, were undertaken to examine how second language learners find a balance between linguistic knowledge and communicative competence. Data were gathered through classroom observations, oral and written coursework, and an interview concerning Chinese language study, and analyzed on the bases of discourse patterns, error patterns, and student attitudes. Results are presented in the form of tables comparing data for each student. It is concluded that two independent means of learning a second language (linguistic knowledge and communicative competence) exist in Chinese second language learning, and should be consciously balanced in second language instruction. It was also found that the three students represent three distinct learner types, for whom different approaches are needed, including both creation of a language use environment within and outside the classroom and systematic development of linguistic knowledge and other skills such as reading and writing. A 44-item bibliography is included. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01