東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

A Reflective Account of Two Hong Kon...

Lam, Chi Yung.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

A Reflective Account of Two Hong Kong Sub-Degree College Students Engaged in Independent Learning of English as a Second Language.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A Reflective Account of Two Hong Kong Sub-Degree College Students Engaged in Independent Learning of English as a Second Language./
Author:	Lam, Chi Yung.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	202 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-10, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-10A.
Subject:	Asian studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27767097
ISBN:	9781392462317

A Reflective Account of Two Hong Kong Sub-Degree College Students Engaged in Independent Learning of English as a Second Language.
Lam, Chi Yung.

A Reflective Account of Two Hong Kong Sub-Degree College Students Engaged in Independent Learning of English as a Second Language. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 202 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-10, Section: A.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom), 2018.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

In this paper I report upon a qualitative investigation of independent language learning (ILL) by two Hong Kong sub-degree students who studied English as a second language. They are myself and one of my students. I start with a contextual discussion which facilitates understanding of the specific language environment in which the learning took place. Data was collected by means of an innovative set of tools, including memory bag, personal narrative and semi-structured interviews, as well as an innerview, a new research method developed from this study. Utilising thematic analysis, five main themes were identified, namely ILL motivation, ILL autonomy, ILL outcomes, relationship between ILL and formal curriculum and parental influence on ILL.Evidence from this study highlights the contribution of positive parental influence and the influence of the formal curriculum on effective ILL. Factors of successful ILL strategies include whether they are interactive, perceived as interesting, convenient and accessible, functional and inexpensive. However, ILL learners in this study encountered learning challenges, such as self-discipline, self-motivation and lack of expertise to choose appropriate learning and assessment strategies.I conclude that ILL increased the language proficiency of myself and the other participant, but it also, and perhaps more importantly, contributed to development of confidence in relation to learning a second language independently. As an English language teacher, learner and researcher, the findings of the study contribute to the potential for myself and other teachers to raise awareness of our lifelong ILL. Furthermore, a key finding from this study shows that more in-depth self-reflexive data can be generated by innerview than by personal narrative when constructing an autoethnographic account.

ISBN: 9781392462317Subjects--Topical Terms:

1571829
Asian studies.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Independent language learning

A Reflective Account of Two Hong Kong Sub-Degree College Students Engaged in Independent Learning of English as a Second Language.
LDR:03010nmm a2200337 4500 001 2270621
005 20200930060350.5
008 220629s2018 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020 $a 9781392462317
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI27767097
035 $a (MiAaPQ)Nottingham_36894
035 $a AAI27767097
040 $a MiAaPQ $c MiAaPQ
100 1 $a Lam, Chi Yung. $3 3547998
245 1 0 $a A Reflective Account of Two Hong Kong Sub-Degree College Students Engaged in Independent Learning of English as a Second Language.
260 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, $c 2018
300 $a 202 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-10, Section: A.
502 $a Thesis (Ed.D.)--Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom), 2018.
506 $a This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
520 $a In this paper I report upon a qualitative investigation of independent language learning (ILL) by two Hong Kong sub-degree students who studied English as a second language. They are myself and one of my students. I start with a contextual discussion which facilitates understanding of the specific language environment in which the learning took place. Data was collected by means of an innovative set of tools, including memory bag, personal narrative and semi-structured interviews, as well as an innerview, a new research method developed from this study. Utilising thematic analysis, five main themes were identified, namely ILL motivation, ILL autonomy, ILL outcomes, relationship between ILL and formal curriculum and parental influence on ILL.Evidence from this study highlights the contribution of positive parental influence and the influence of the formal curriculum on effective ILL. Factors of successful ILL strategies include whether they are interactive, perceived as interesting, convenient and accessible, functional and inexpensive. However, ILL learners in this study encountered learning challenges, such as self-discipline, self-motivation and lack of expertise to choose appropriate learning and assessment strategies.I conclude that ILL increased the language proficiency of myself and the other participant, but it also, and perhaps more importantly, contributed to development of confidence in relation to learning a second language independently. As an English language teacher, learner and researcher, the findings of the study contribute to the potential for myself and other teachers to raise awareness of our lifelong ILL. Furthermore, a key finding from this study shows that more in-depth self-reflexive data can be generated by innerview than by personal narrative when constructing an autoethnographic account.
590 $a School code: 8745.
650 4 $a Asian studies. $3 1571829
650 4 $a English as a second language--ESL. $3 3423990
653 $a Independent language learning
653 $a Hong Kong
653 $a Second language learning
690 $a 0342
690 $a 0441
710 2 $a Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom). $3 3545894
773 0 $t Dissertations Abstracts International $g 81-10A.
790 $a 8745
791 $a Ed.D.
792 $a 2018
793 $a English
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27767097