A Successful Chinese Language Learner

Aurélie 劉雯君 Winifred Liu 9431308

郭子蓮 Hermosa Kuo 9431314

陳琬洵 Cindy Chen 9431316

鄭伊吟 Kate Cheng 9431340

陳雍蓁 Aggie Chen 9431364

Group members and Aurélie

Aurélie’s Introduction

Introduction• Who did we interview? Auréli, a 25 years old exchange student

from France

• Why did we choose her? We were curious about why she could a

cquire Chinese successfully.

Data Collection• Questionnaires

• Face-to-Face Interview

• Email

• Take Pictures

Aurélie’s Text Book

Aurélie’s Text Book

Aurélie’s Text Book

Results• No Particular Dominance on Brain

• Extroverted

• Field-Dependent Learner

Personalities • Intelligence

• Aptitude

• Motivation

• Attitudes

Age of Acquisition

• Accent

• Her Chinese Textbooks

(four-word idioms)

Skinner’s Behaviorism• Imitation: By the sounds from tapes or native speakers

• Practice : By writing Chinese characters many times

• Reinforcement : Taiwan’s environment pushes her to use Chinese

• Habit formation By spending 3-4 hours learning Chinese every day

Krashen’s Monitor Model

• The Monitor Hypothesis

• The Natural Order Hypothesis

• The Input Hypothesis

• The Affective Filter Hypothesis

Information Processing

• Noticing Words

• Restructuring Speaking Skill

ZPD(zone of proximal development)

• When she was in France: seldom interact with people

• When she is in Taiwan:

always speak Chinese

Interactionism• Piaget: Physical Interaction

to touch

to observe

to manipulate

• Long: Modified Interaction off class

in class

Q & A

Thank You

Merci Beaucoup

Aurélie’s Chinese name