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Direct linkHong, Jon-Chao; Lin, Chien-hung; Tsai, Ya-hsun; Tai, Kai-Hsin – Language Learning Journal, 2023
This study explores the relationship between the experience of confusion and the outcomes of Chinese character learning by learners of Chinese as a heritage language (CHL). Based on the claim that impasses triggering confusion can lead to deeper learning of conceptually difficult material, the study employed three impasse-driven tasks. The tasks…
Descriptors: Chinese, Orthographic Symbols, Heritage Education, Native Language Instruction
Riestenberg, Katherine J. – Language Learning Journal, 2020
Many theoretical models of second or additional language learning posit a crucial role for meaningful social interaction in the target language. However, it is not always clear to language educators how to create such opportunities or what counts as meaningful interaction. This can become even more difficult when the target language is an…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, American Indian Languages, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Weber, Tobias – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This article investigates the different types of language classes for Uralic languages in higher education contexts to derive principles in course planning for minority language teaching. As a micro-level example, a foreign language class for South Estonian, aimed at a general audience at LMU Munich, is analysed and informs the discussion of…
Descriptors: Uncommonly Taught Languages, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Finno Ugric Languages
Zhang, Dongbo; Lin, Chin-Hsi; Zhang, Yining; Choi, Yunjeong – Language Learning Journal, 2019
This study examined the impact of providing access to word pronunciation on the assessment of L2 Chinese learners' vocabulary knowledge. Chinese heritage learners (HLs) and foreign language learners (FLs) studying in American universities undertook a computer-based test in which they had first to select a picture that represented the meaning of a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Scores
Handley, Sharon – Language Learning Journal, 2011
The COLT (Community and Lesser Taught Languages) project is a consortium of five UK universities, working with various other regional organisations to set up replicable projects and structures to promote languages in North West England. It received funding under the UK's national "Routes into Languages" initiative. One objective was to…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, Language Enrichment
Zhang, George X.; Li, Linda M. – Language Learning Journal, 2010
There has been a long history of Chinese learning and teaching (CLT) in the UK, but until recently CLT was predominantly confined to community schools for Chinese children at weekends and a small number of other schools and universities. Therefore, it had remained peripheral for a long time in terms of student numbers and its position in the…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Mandarin Chinese, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction
