ERIC Number: EJ809413
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-7778
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The Effects of Using CALL on Advanced Chinese Foreign Language Learners
Chang, Linda L.
CALICO Journal, v24 n2 p331-353 Jan 2007
This study investigates the effect of a CALL application designed to enhance speaking and listening in Mandarin Chinese on advanced students' verbal skills, learning attitudes, and self-efficacy. A pretest/posttest experimental/control-group design with intact classes was employed to minimize treatment diffusion. Over the course of 14 weeks, students in the treatment group previewed the Chinese CALL application, based on a culturally rich and popular Chinese talk show, prior to classroom instruction and reviewed similar materials during and after class. The control group received traditional instructions from a different instructor and used a different textbook. Students in both the control and treatment groups were given criterion-referenced pre- and posttests in which lab computers were used to record their verbal responses. Students in both groups also completed a language experience survey and two questionnaires on using CALL in their Chinese learning and their self-efficacy in Chinese-speaking fluency. Analysis of test data showed that the students in the treatment group significantly outperformed those in the control group. The CALL application also fostered positive learning attitudes and a self-efficacy in students' Chinese fluency. Students considered the CALL application to be a time saver and an effective means of learning advanced Chinese. (Contains 10 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Control Groups, Advanced Students, Self Efficacy, Pretests Posttests, Student Attitudes, Language Skills, Language Fluency, Undergraduate Students, Criterion Referenced Tests, Student Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Utah
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