Search Results - spoken Chinese
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Spoken discourse markers and English language teaching: practices and pedagogies
Published 2011“…The study investigates the effectiveness of two different explicit teaching approaches, Illustration – Interaction – Induction (III) and Present – Practice – Produce (PPP) used to teach the same spoken discourse markers to two different groups of Chinese learners at the same level of language competency. …”
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What a spoken learner corpus tells us: construction and application of a pronunciation programme for English-language teachers
Published 2023“…To optimise the effectiveness of English pronunciation teaching with such a diverse student body, it is of paramount importance to provide Hong Kong teachers with a spoken learner corpus. This paper introduces a self-developed spoken learner corpus and shows how it can be used in the design of pedagogic applications. …”
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Teach yourself Chinese--how? The history of Chinese self-instruction manuals for English speakers, 1900-2010
Published 2015“…After an overview of the history of Chinese language learning in the UK, the article examines the differing approaches to teaching Chinese in these texts (particularly varied in the first half of the 20th century), with particular focus on pedagogical approaches to the spoken and written language, to the grammar of Mandarin Chinese (including claims made about Chinese grammar, terminology and concepts used, and the presentation of measure words), and to representing Chinese culture. …”
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The sensitivity of conversational topics and vague language in Mandarin Chinese
Published 2013“…Based on the analysis of spoken interactions in Mandarin Chinese, the findings of the study show that, although the overall frequency of vague language items seems unrelated to the sensitivity of conversational topics, different topics result in differing frequencies of the six specific categories of vague language items as well as the forms of vague language-used. …”
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Discourse analysis of chinese foochow undergraduates' language during casual conversation
Published 2009“…TThis ethnographic research investigates the Chinese Foochow undergraduates’ language during casual spoken discourse based on three research objectives: 1) the languages used by Chinese Foochow undergraduates during casual conversation, 2) the linguistic (structural) features found in Chinese Foochow undergraduates’ casual conversation and the reasons for such features 3) the particles that constitute Chinese Foochow undergraduates’ conversational style and the reasons for using them. …”
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A study of the Malaysian non-Chinese undergraduate’s response in the mandarin speaking test
Published 2017“…The findings shown that the mastery level of spoken Mandarin responses is different among the Non-Chinese undergraduates. …”
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A corpus-based investigation of pausing and the production of formulaic Language in EAP speech fluency
Published 2019“…To fill this gap, this thesis carries out an in-depth, mixed methods, contrastive investigation of the Holistic Hypothesis in two corpora of academic spoken English, one contributed by Chinese EAP learners and the other by native speakers of American English. …”
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Learning to read in multilingual Malaysia: a focus on bahasa Melayu, Tamil and Chinese
Published 2020“…The current article focuses on learning to read in the most widely spoken languages of Malaysia, namely, the national language Bahasa Melayu, Tamil and Chinese. …”
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Use of Malaysian English discourse particles in facebook among Chinese Malaysian youth
Published 2014“…The informal variety of English spoken by a large section of society in Malaysia is known as Malaysian English (ME). …”
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Literary and Colloquial Pronunciations of the Peking Mandarin Noted by Joseph Edkins in Romanized Chinese Book
Published 2011“…A Progressive Lessons in the Chinese Spoken Language is a romanized Chinese book compiled by Joseph Edkins in the middle of the nineteenth century, this book is provided to foreigners who stayed in China at that time for learning the Peking Mandarin. …”
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Lexical Bundles in Chinese Middle School English Language Teaching: Corpus and Pedagogical Insights
Published 2025“…This study explores the use of lexical bundles (LBs) in the Chinese middle school English language teaching (ELT) context, focusing on ELT textbooks, high-stakes exams, and the influence of teachers’ attitudes on the application and challenges of using LBs in the classroom. …”
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A refined and concise model of indices for quantitatively measuring lexical richness of Chinese university students’ EFL writing
Published 2024“…A total of 180 compositions were selected from a Chinese EFL learner corpus: Spoken and written English corpus of Chinese learners. …”
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Seven types of meaning and seven attributes: a study of Chinese anti-pandemic neologisms under the dual perspective of lexical semantics and lexical pragmatics
Published 2024“…From 2019 to 2023, a large number of neologisms related to the COVID-19 pandemic appeared in Chinese society, which has become a major linguistic phenomenon. …”
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砂拉越古晋华人饮食名称 的语言特色研究 (A Linguistic Study On The Names Of Chinese Food In Kuching, Sarawak)
Published 2018“…The traditional Chinese food culture that originated from the original Chinese phase slowly absorbed the essence of the dietary culture of other ethnic groups and carried out local transformation and innovation, thus enriching the food culture of Chinese in Sarawak.…”
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Ethnic Identity and Shopping Orientations among Chinese and Malay Consumers in Penang
Published 2004“…The main purposes of this research are to investigate the role of ethnic identity and acculturation as a determinant of Chinese and Malay consumers approach to the marketplace and the factor ultimately related to consumer preferences information sources. …”
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