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Language Attitudes Toward Written Taiwanese.
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Chiung, Wi-vun Taiffalo – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
University students in Taiwan evaluated seven prepared Taibun reading samples on six characteristic scales. Results reveal that Han character-only orthography received the highest rating, Han-Roman mixed received the second highest, and Roman-only received the lowest.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Teaching and Learning with Different Scripts: Cross-Cultural Conflict in a Chinese Late Immersion Classroom.
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de Courcy, Michele – Language and Education, 1997
Reports results of a study conducted with learners of Chinese who were involved in a late immersion program in a graduate school of education in Australia. The aim of the project was to explore the depths of learners' experiences of learning Chinese in an immersion setting. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Educational Policy
Learner Use of Scripted and Unscripted Language in the Communicative Approach.
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Sakura, Peter T. – Doshisha Kori Education Research Journal, 2001
In the communicative approach, English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners use scripted and unscripted language. In practice, scripted language is typically over-utilized at the expense of unscripted language. This study explores the characteristics of scripted and unscripted language in 11 beginner-level EFL students in a Japanese junior high…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries