Despite its advantage of answering research questions on language development, longitudinal studies are underrepresented in second-language research, even within the increasing visibility of second-language Chinese research.
This collection of essays is driven by the recent call for longitudinal research in the field of second language (L2) acquisition. Compared with cross-sectional studies, longitudinal studies trace a group of people over time to reveal changes of L2 abilities. In other words, longitudinal research often uses a with-in-group design and compares repeated data across time points to directly address developmental issues. This volume, consisting of eight longitudinal studies on L2 Chinese, fills the gap of longitudinal studies within L2 research. The volume is organized in three parts: studies on developments of L2 Chinese skills (i.e., reading and writing), studies on learning context and L2 Chinese development, and studies on individual differences and L2 Chinese development. Taken together, the collected chapters show the dynamics and complexity of L2 Chinese development.
This book features eight empirical studies that examine the longitudinal development of Chinese as a second language. Taken together, the collected studies show the dynamics and complexities of Chinese L2 development.
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This book features eight empirical studies that examine the longitudinal development of Chinese as a second language. Taken together, the collected studies show the dynamics and complexities of Chinese L2 development.
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Introduction, Feng Xiao
1. Lexical Tone Production Over The Lifespan Of Mandarin L2 Learners: A Case
Study From Singapore, Rebecca Lurie Starr
2. The Acquisition Of Chinese -De Via Skype-Mediated Conversations, Xiaoping
Gao
3. Topics in Everyday Discourse: Mandarin L2 Learners with Their Chinese
Peers, Yi Wang and Wenhao Diao
4. Effects of Proficiency on the Development of Pragmatic Routine Production
in L2 Chinese, Shuai Li, Naoko Taguchi, and Feng Xiao
5. Mastering the Discourse of Summary Writing: A Longitudinal Study in the
Use of Projection at the Advanced Level of Chinese as a Second Language,
Wenhui (Winfred) Xuan and Yu (Rachel) Liu
6. The Development of Willingness to Communicate in L2 Chinese Writing: A
Longitudinal Study, Ying Zhou, Yang Xiao-Desai, Shan Chen, and Alison L.
Curry
7. Tracking Changes in Compound Word Learning in Adult L2 Chinese Learners,
Sihui Ke and Yueming Yu
8. Examining the Longitudinal and Reciprocal Relationship between Word
Knowledge and Reading Comprehension in L2 Chinese Learners, Haomin Zhang
Feng Xiao is Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures at Pomona College, California, USA.
