What are they telling us in their journals : an exploratory study of adults learning Chinese as a foreign language in Hong Kong

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue-meng Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Exploratory Study

scholarly journals Intonation in Hong Kong English and Guangzhou Cantonese-accented English: A Phonetic Comparison

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 724
Author(s):  
Yunyun Ran ◽  
Jeroen Van De Weijer ◽  
Marjoleine Sloos
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Language Variety ◽  
Accented English ◽  
Hong Kong English

Hong Kong English is to a certain extent a standardized English variety spoken in a bilingual (English-Cantonese) context. In this article we compare this (native) variety with English as a foreign language spoken by other Cantonese speakers, viz. learners of English in Guangzhou (mainland China). We examine whether the notion of standardization is relevant for intonation in this case and thus whether Hong Kong English is different from Cantonese English in a wider perspective, or whether it is justified to treat Hong Kong English and Cantonese English as the same variety (as far as intonation is concerned). We present a comparison between intonational contours of different sentence types in the two varieties, and show that they are very similar. This shows that, in this respect, a learned foreign-language variety can resemble a native variety to a great extent.

scholarly journals The Use of Literary Texts in EFL Coursebooks: An Exploratory Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Shaima Al-Saeed ◽  
Abdullah A. Alenezi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Important Research Area ◽  
And Linguistics

This exploratory study investigates the use of literary texts in English as a foreign language (EFL) coursebooks and examines the extent to which literature is used within the coursebooks, the types of texts used as regards authenticity and recency, the criteria for selecting and adapting the texts and the ways of improving the selection and adaptation process. Multiple articles written on this subject show that the evaluation of EFL coursebooks is a relevant and important research area in the study of language and linguistics. This study gives a survey of the extent to which literary texts are used in EFL coursebooks within institutions of higher learning in Kuwait and worldwide. In this study, 44 popular EFL coursebooks (between 2015 and 2019) within higher education institutes, including those in Kuwait, were analysed. The findings demonstrated that literary texts are not included in many of the coursebooks used nowadays and that the literary texts selected were primarily from an early period (more than a century ago). Furthermore, the results revealed that the coursebooks include a large percentage of inauthentic, ill-adapted works. Consequently, this study recommends incorporating authentic literary texts in EFL coursebooks comprising modern literature.

scholarly journals Online Peer Feedback in Beginners’ Writing Tasks

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constanza Tolosa ◽  
Martin East ◽  
Helen Villers
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
The Body ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Tutoring Program ◽  
Written Corrective Feedback ◽  
Reciprocal Peer Tutoring ◽  
Made In

This study contributes to the body of research that aims to understandthe relationship between online communication and foreign language(FL) learning, in particular when teachers seek to provide authenticopportunities for interaction for their learners. The study wasmotivated by efforts made in the New Zealand context to overcome thegeographic limitations of interaction between FL learners and nativespeakers. We report on the findings of an exploratory study into anonline reciprocal peer tutoring program established to enhance the FLlearning of a group of beginner eleven-year old students of Spanish,with particular focus on the benefits of written corrective feedback. Theproject aimed to examine the processes by which students tutored eachother in the online environment as they responded to each other’s texts.The analysis of the students’ messages focused on (1) the aspects oflanguage corrected by the tutors, (2) the frequency with which tutorsaccurately identified and provided input on errors, (3) the types offeedback provided by the tutors, and (4) what the learners did with thecorrections and feedback. The findings indicate that the students werewilling to contribute to peer correction and used different strategiesand correction techniques to foster attention to linguistic form,although they were not always capable of providing accurate feedbackor metalinguistic explanations.

Pre-school Environmental Education in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Chi Kin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
The Status ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Education In Hong Kong

AbstractThis paper reports on an investigation of the status of pre-school environmental education in Hong Kong through both a questionnaire survey and case studies. The study looked in particular at the environmental education activities organised, difficulties encountered in the implementation of environmental education and teachers' attitudes towards environmental education and teaching approaches. The findings indicated that pre-school environmental education tended to focus more on education about the environment than education in and for the environment. The results also revealed that the teachers' perceived barriers were mainly logistical, such as lack of time and resources, and educational in the sense that they felt that they lacked knowledge about environmental education. The implications for future development of environmental education are discussed.

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