Chinese as a Second and Foreign Language Education Pedagogy and Psychology /

• Main Author: Cai, Qiao Yu (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Language and languages-Study and teaching.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Chinese language.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Language and education.; Language Teaching.; Sociology of Education.; Chinese.; Curriculum Studies.; Language Education.

This book presents key issues in the teaching of Chinese as a second or foreign language (TCSL or TCFL). It investigates how multimedia can help to assist TCSL/TCFL and explores practical effects of multimedia-assisted teaching at secondary schools in the Philippines. It addresses the psychology of...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Effect of multimedia visual aids used for teaching Chinese on Philippine secondary school students' learning outcomes and attitudes
• The anxiety factors of studying academic Chinese in graduate programs: Experiences of non-native Chinese-speaking postgraduates in Taiwan
• An item analysis of a self-made placement test for an immigrant Chinese program
• Psychological characteristics of adult learners with implications for immigrant Chinese curriculum design
• Conclusions.