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Yang, Yi.

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"My English is lopsided": Chinese EFL learners' perceptions of their English language journey in China and the United States.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	"My English is lopsided": Chinese EFL learners' perceptions of their English language journey in China and the United States./
Author:	Yang, Yi.
Description:	168 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-08, Section: A, page: 2754.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3100174

"My English is lopsided": Chinese EFL learners' perceptions of their English language journey in China and the United States.
Yang, Yi.

"My English is lopsided": Chinese EFL learners' perceptions of their English language journey in China and the United States. - 168 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-08, Section: A, page: 2754.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 2003.

English teaching in China was dominated by the grammar-translation and intensive-reading method until the communicative approach was introduced in the early 1980s. There has been heated debate on the effectiveness of these two approaches for Chinese students, but I found learners' voices were largely absent from the literature. To fill this gap, I conducted in-depth interviews with 15 Chinese young adults who took English as a compulsory course in China and were pursuing graduate studies in the U.S. I explored not only their classroom experiences, but also the influence of the sociocultural context. My goal was to investigate their perceptions of their learning experiences in China based on how they actually used English in an English-speaking country.

"My English is lopsided": Chinese EFL learners' perceptions of their English language journey in China and the United States.
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502 $a Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 2003.
520 $a English teaching in China was dominated by the grammar-translation and intensive-reading method until the communicative approach was introduced in the early 1980s. There has been heated debate on the effectiveness of these two approaches for Chinese students, but I found learners' voices were largely absent from the literature. To fill this gap, I conducted in-depth interviews with 15 Chinese young adults who took English as a compulsory course in China and were pursuing graduate studies in the U.S. I explored not only their classroom experiences, but also the influence of the sociocultural context. My goal was to investigate their perceptions of their learning experiences in China based on how they actually used English in an English-speaking country.
520 $a My research yields three major findings. First, teachers' attitudes, students' self-confidence, and real-life application of English are indispensable in nurturing intrinsic motivation, which is crucial for improving learning outcomes. Second, the traditional Chinese pedagogy contributed to these students' lopsided English proficiency: most could read, but felt handicapped in listening, speaking, and writing. Some Western teaching approaches were more practical and efficient in enabling immediate use of the language, but did not provide as much structure and grammar foundation as some participants wished for. Third, the public examination system in China had an overwhelming influence on learning and teaching. Studying for the standardized tests gave these students a solid foundation in grammar, but did not encourage them to apply book knowledge to real-life situations
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