Word-Processor or Pencil-and-Paper? A Comparison of Students' Writing in Chinese as a Foreign Language

Autor/inn/en	Zhu, Yu; Mark Shum, Shiu-Kee; Brian Tse, Shek-Kam; Liu, Jinghui Jack
Titel	Word-Processor or Pencil-and-Paper? A Comparison of Students' Writing in Chinese as a Foreign Language
Quelle	In: Computer Assisted Language Learning, 29 (2016) 3, S.596-617 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-8221
DOI	10.1080/09588221.2014.1000932
Schlagwörter	Chinese; Second Language Instruction; College Students; Foreign Students; Technology Uses in Education; Word Processing; Conventional Instruction; Essays; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Statistical Inference; Teaching Methods; Interviews; Scoring; Foreign Countries; Likert Scales; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? China; Chinesen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Collegestudent; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Textverarbeitung; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Inferential statistics; Schließende Statistik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bewertung; Ausland; Likert-Skala
Abstract	A study is reported of the performance and attainment of 32 students from overseas studying elementary Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in a Chinese university. With an AB-BA design, they were asked to use two forms of writing media to present two essays: one a word-processed essay entitled "My Favourite Female" and the other a conventional hand-written essay entitled "My Favourite Male". The essays were marked by experienced Chinese language experts and the learners' impression of using each type of writing medium was gathered via questionnaires and interviews. Inferential statistics showed that the students performed significantly better when using a word-processor, and they thought that completing writing tasks using pencil-and-paper and word-processors were markedly different. Most of them felt that their work was more professional when produced on a word-processor. A small number of students considered that writing by hand in Chinese was aesthetically pleasing, but they appreciated the convenience of writing in words spelled and written correctly by the computer. Inter-marker consistency was more homogeneous for essays written on the computer. In conclusion, word-processors are suggested as the preferred writing medium for beginning learners of CFL. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01