Who -who Nakajima Akira : a associate professor in the department of Japanese

-Who

• -Who

• Nakajima Akira : a associate professor in the department of Japanese

• Sato Keiji : a lecturer in the department of Japanese

• How they learn Chinese

Background of interviewees-Doreen & Tina

• Background of interviewees-Doreen & Tina

• Learner condition- Doreen & Tina

• Learner characteristic- Doreen & Tina

• SLA theories- Neco, Sherry, Carrie, Fiona

• Conclusion- Angel

• Reflection- Angel

Educational background

• Educational background

• Meiji University, Department of Political Science and Economics (日本明治大學)

• Meiji University, Institute of Political Science and Economics(日本明治大學)

• Teaching experience

• Chinese Culture University(中國文化大學)

• National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology(國立高雄第一科技大學)

Educational background

• Educational background

• Graduated from Tenri University (日本天理大學)

• Soochow University (台灣東吳大學)

• Teaching experience

• Chinese Culture University (中國文化大學)

• The Affiliated senior High School of National Kaohsiung Normal University (國立高雄師範大學附屬高級中學)

• National Kaohsiung First University of science and technology (國立高雄第一科技大學)

• Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages (文藻外語學院)

Learning process

• Learning process

• Went to cram school in Japan.

• Came to Taiwan.

• Went to National Taiwan Normal University Mandarin Training Center to learn Chinese.

Learning Methods

• Learning Methods

• Listening-

• Tapes & TV.

• Speaking-

• Talk to his wife & friends. (in Chinese)

• Speak what he learns from TV.

Difficulties & Solutions

• Difficulties & Solutions

• 1. Pronunciation

• Solutions-

• Be corrected by wife & friends.

• Practice.

• 2. Writing

• Solutions-

• Ask friends for help.

Reason

• Reason

• Mr. Sato’s father has Taiwanese friends.

• Contacted with Taiwanese people.

• Aroused his interest.

• Majored in Chinese.

Learning process

• Learning process

• University-

• Majored in Chinese.

• Minored in Japanese instruction.

• Graduate school-

• Came to Taiwan.

• Majored in Japanese Language and Culture.

• Taught in cram & extension schools.

Learning methods

• Learning methods

• Listening-

• Tapes, TV, videos and movies.

• Speaking-

• Communicated with Chinese students & his father’s friends.

• Joined a Chinese conversation club.

Learning methods

• Learning methods

• Reading-

• Read whole article, not word by word.

• Read novels that teacher recommend.

• Read newspaper & magazines.

• Writing-

• Prepared dictionary & asked classmates.

Difficulties & Solutions

• Difficulties & Solutions

• 1. Pronounced Chinese sound

• Solutions-

• Joined a Chinese conversation club.

• Practice.

• 2. Chinese phrases & idioms

• Solutions-

• Asked people to say again & explain.

Difficulties & Solutions

• Difficulties & Solutions

• 3. Different characters

• Japan-simplified Chinese character.

• Solutions-

• Attended language class.

• Compared each characters.

Motivation

• Motivation

• Intrinsic and instrumental learner.

• Language learning for practical goal.

• Talk to others actively.

Learning style

• Learning style

• Tends to be a FD learner.

• Likes to talk to others.

• Practice what he learned actively.

Motivation

• Motivation

• Intrinsic and integrative learner.

• Interested in learning Chinese.

• Sense of achievement.

Learning style

• Learning style

• Tends to be a FD learner.

• Likes to get along with people.

• Asked others for help.

• Feels happy to be corrected.

Similarity – interact with native speakers.

• Similarity – interact with native speakers.

Similar Easy-

• Similar Easy-

• Nakajima-

• Chinese characters & Taiwanese pronunciation

• Sato-

• Japanese words & Chinese characters

Different Hard-

• Different Hard-

• Nakajima-

• Speaking and listening are weak due to different sentence structure and pronunciation.

• Sato-

• Chinese Grammar is the hardest because of different word order.

Different motivations might influence the processes of learning language.

• Different motivations might influence the processes of learning language.

• Good interactions with native speakers

Q & A