Challenges Encountered by Chinese ESL Learners: Problems and Solutions from Complementary Perspectives

The book explores the properties of grammatical knowledge that pose challenges to Chinese speaking learners, including tense and aspect, articles, passives, unaccusatives, plurality, and motion verbs. It offers a blended approach to understanding these difficulties and provides pedagogical solutions for teachers. The topics selected are significant challenges for Chinese English as a Second Language (ESL) learners, bridging the gap between acquisition theory and language pedagogy research. It encourages future work that aligns with different theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, facilitating a deeper understanding of second language acquisition and instruction.

Format: Hardback
Length: 353 pages
Publication date: 02 August 2022
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the challenges faced by Chinese speaking learners in acquiring grammatical knowledge, including tense and aspect, articles, passives, unaccusatives, plurality, and motion verbs. It presents a blended approach, drawing from various linguistics perspectives, to address these difficulties. The book provides a detailed account of these problems and offers pedagogical solutions for teachers in the classroom. The selection of these topics is driven by their significant challenges and difficulties for Chinese English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. The book bridges the gap between acquisition theory and language pedagogy research, benefiting not only language learners but also language teachers worldwide and those interested in observing the collaboration between second language acquisition theory and language teaching practice. It paves the way for future work that can enhance our understanding of second language acquisition and how instruction can facilitate it.

Weight: 729g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811653315
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022