by Yeung See-shing. / Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1989. / Bibliography: leaves 149-171.

莫淑儀 = A study of teaching of glossaries which are homonyms in Cantonese but non-homonyms in Putonghua / Mok Suk Yee. / 稿本 / 論文(碩士)--香港中文大學硏究院敎育學部文科敎育,1992. / 參考文獻: leaves 157-172 / Mo Shuyi = A study of teaching of glossaries which are homonyms in Cantonese but non-homonyms in Putonghua / Mok Suk Yee. / Chapter 第一章 --- 緒論 / Chapter 第一節 --- 硏究背景 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二節 --- 研究目的 --- p.2 / Chapter 第三節 --- 研究範圍 --- p.3 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻綜述及理論根據 / Chapter 第一節 --- 廣州話與普通話語音系統及其對應規律 / Chapter 一. --- 廣州話與普通話的語音系統 --- p.5 / Chapter 二. --- 廣州話與普通話的語音對應規律 --- p.9 / Chapter 第二節 --- 廣州話與普通話的語音研究回溯 / Chapter 一. --- 實驗硏究 --- p.12 / Chapter 二. --- 調查硏究 --- p.19 / Chapter 第三節 --- 廣州話同音、普通話異音的字匯研究 --- p.21 / Chapter 第四節 --- 理論根據 --- p.32 / Chapter 第三章 --- 調查硏究設計 / Chapter 第一節 --- 硏究假設 --- p.98 / Chapter 第二節 --- 硏究對象 --- p.98 / Chapter 第三節 --- 研究工具 --- p.99 / Chapter 第四節 --- 研究步驟 --- p.100 / Chapter 第五節 --- 預試結果及討論 --- p.101 / Chapter 第六節 --- 資料分析與整理 --- p.103 / Chapter 第七節 --- 研究限制 --- p.104 / Chapter 第四章 --- 調查研究結果及討論 / Chapter 第一節 --- 受試者背景 --- p.112 / Chapter 第二節 --- 分析方法 --- p.112 / Chapter 第三節 --- 硏究結果 --- p.114 / Chapter 第四節 --- 研究結果綜論 --- p.119 / Chapter 第五章 --- 總結與建議 / Chapter 第一節 --- 硏究結果總結 --- p.143 / Chapter 第二節 --- 普通話教學建議 --- p.146 / 附錄 / Chapter 一. --- 註釋 --- p.149 / Chapter 二. --- 參考書目 --- p.157 / Chapter 三. --- 調查問卷 --- p.165 / Chapter 四. --- 讀音表(一至七) --- p.166

by Leo Li Kai-chung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography: leaves 55-56. / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.2 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Analytical Framework / Chapter (1) --- Conceptual Review --- p.5 / Chapter (2) --- Theoretical Relevance Individual Differences in Language Learning --- p.8 / Chapter (3) --- The Studies of Lambert and Gardner Integrative vs. Instrumental Orientation of Second Language Learning --- p.12 / Chapter (4) --- Anomalies Arising Out of Language Learning Attitude Studies Challenge To Lambert's & Gardner's Orientation Theories --- p.17 / Chapter (5) --- Politzer's Learning Behaviour Studies Alternative Explanation To Language Learning Proficiency --- p.23 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Hypothesis & Data Collection Method --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Findings & Discussion / Chapter (A) --- Findings --- p.37 / Table 1: Personal Data & Background of English Learning Experience of Subjects --- p.39 / Table 2: Orientation by Proficiency --- p.43 / Table 3: Orientation & Proficiency by Low Language Learning Behaviour --- p.44 / Table 4: Orientation & Proficiency by High Language Learning Behaviour --- p.44 / Chapter (B) --- Discussion --- p.45 / Bibliography --- p.55 / Appendix --- p.57 / Questionnaires

by Wang Chuming. / Publication date from spine. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 258-267). / Acknowlegements / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Semantic Structure Theory and Language Learning / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- An overview of Learnability in Language Acquisition --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- UG and Learnability --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Overgeneralization --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Learnability in L1 Transfer --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- L2 Studies on Learnability --- p.9 / Chapter 1.3 --- Semantic Structure Theory --- p.12 / Chapter 1.4 --- Representation of Semantic Structure --- p.15 / Chapter 1.5 --- Pinker's Theory of Language Learning --- p.17 / Chapter 1.5.1 --- Four Principles --- p.18 / Chapter 1.5.2 --- An Example --- p.22 / Chapter 1.5.3 --- Learnability and Pinker's Theory --- p.23 / Chapter 1.6 --- A Critique of Pinker's Theory of Language Learning --- p.26 / Chapter 1.7 --- The Syntactic Bootstrapping Model --- p.27 / Chapter 1.8 --- Criticisms of the Syntactic Bootstrapping Model --- p.30 / Chapter 1.9 --- A Reconciliation --- p.31 / Chapter 1.10 --- Implications for L2 Learning --- p.33 / Chapter 1.11 --- Adjectival Participles as the Target of Research --- p.35 / Chapter 1.12 --- Summary --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Analysis of Adjectival Participles / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.40 / Chapter 2.2 --- Syntactic Properties --- p.41 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Inadequacy of the Syntax-based Generalization --- p.43 / Chapter 2.3 --- Syntactic Positions and Their Meanings --- p.44 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Redefining Characterization --- p.47 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Attributive Filter and teh Generic Context --- p.51 / Chapter 2.4 --- Change of State and Its Relevance to the Formation of Prenominal AedPs --- p.54 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- AedPs and the Middle --- p.59 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Unaccusative Verbs --- p.61 / Chapter 2.5 --- AedPs Formed from Non-state-change Verbs --- p.63 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- The Function of the Adverbial Premodifier --- p.63 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Effects of the Identifying Context --- p.64 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Verbs with Implied State-change Meaning --- p.65 / Chapter 2.5.4 --- Stative Verbs --- p.67 / Chapter 2.5.5 --- Biases in Favour of AedPs with Negative Meanings --- p.68 / Chapter 2.6 --- Direct External Cause --- p.69 / Chapter 2.7 --- AingPs Formed from Intransitives --- p.70 / Chapter 2.7.1 --- The Attributive Filter and the Formation of AingPs --- p.70 / Chapter 2.7.2 --- Direct Internal Cause --- p.71 / Chapter 2.7.3 --- The Predicate Position and the Formation of AingPs --- p.72 / Chapter 2.7.4 --- Manner Verbs --- p.75 / Chapter 2.8 --- AingPs Formed from Transitives --- p.77 / Chapter 2.8.1 --- Psych Verbs --- p.77 / Chapter 2.8.2 --- Generic Experiencer --- p.79 / Chapter 2.8.3 --- The Generic Causee --- p.81 / Chapter 2.9 --- Summary --- p.85 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Learning Adjectival Participles / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.88 / Chapter 3.2 --- A Brief Overview of Linguistic Findings --- p.88 / Chapter 3.3 --- A Comparative Study of Chinese PVMs --- p.90 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Properties of PVMs --- p.92 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- The O-category --- p.94 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- The S-category --- p.104 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Crosslinguistic Differences and the Learning of Adjectival Participles --- p.106 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- A Model for Leaning Adjectival Participles --- p.108 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- The Role of Formal Differences --- p.110 / Chapter 3.3.7 --- The Rationale for Testing the Attributive Filter and Conflation Classes --- p.112 / Chapter 3.4 --- Summary --- p.114 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Learners' Knowledge of Adjectival Participles / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.115 / Chapter 4.2 --- Study1 --- p.117 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- The Linguistic Materials --- p.118 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Participants --- p.119 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Procedure --- p.121 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Results and Discussion --- p.121 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- A Brief Summary of Study1 --- p.134 / Chapter 4.3 --- Study2 --- p.135 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Subjects --- p.135 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Materials --- p.137 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Procedure --- p.142 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Results and Discussion --- p.143 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- A Brief Summary of Study2 --- p.166 / Chapter 4.4 --- Study3 --- p.168 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Subjects --- p.168 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Materials and Procedure --- p.168 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Results and Discussion --- p.172 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- A Brief Summary of Study3 --- p.178 / Chapter 4.5 --- Study4 --- p.178 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Subjects --- p.180 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Materials --- p.180 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Procedure --- p.183 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Results and Discussion --- p.182 / Chapter 4.5.5 --- A Brief Summary of Study4 --- p.193 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- General Discussion and Conclusions / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.195 / Chapter 5.2 --- Learnability Revisited --- p.195 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Acquisition of the Attributive Filter --- p.196 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Development of Conflation Classes --- p.199 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Negative Evidence --- p.203 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Overgeneralization --- p.206 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Language Transfer --- p.207 / Chapter 5.3 --- Conclusions --- p.211 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Findings on L2 Learning --- p.212 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Linguistic Findings --- p.213 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Future Research --- p.214 / Notes --- p.217 / Appendix A --- p.240 / Appendix B --- p.243 / Appendix C --- p.249 / Appendix D --- p.252 / Appendix E --- p.254 / Appendix F --- p.256 / References --- p.258

Hu, Jingjing. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 257-270). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in Chinese.

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It is beneficial for Chinese English-learners to improve their communicative competence through being taught in a communicative-based class (especially with the use of task-based language teaching, Nuevo, 2006). However, previous studies revealed that Chinese teachers have had difficulties in engaging students in communicative-based classes (Chen, 2003; Chowdhury & Ha, 2008; Chung & Huang, 2009). Therefore, although communicative-based classes aim to have students engage with using the target language within the class setting, students in China seem resistant — they are not active in communicating with each other or even the teacher (Chen, 2003). The purpose of this Dissertation study was to examine whether teachers’ use of scaffolding strategies and autonomy supports might help engage students as well as improve their communicative competence in communicative-based classes. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among teachers’ use of scaffolding strategies and autonomy supports, the satisfaction of students’ psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) and students’ self-determined motivation, self-regulation, class participation, and their English learning outcomes by assessing a path-analytic model. Before conducting the path-analytic model, I validated the survey items used to measure teachers’ use of scaffolding strategies, teachers’ autonomy supports, students’ psychological needs, students’ self-determined motivation, and students’ self-regulation through an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Participants involved in the EFA were similar to participants who were involved in this dissertation research (CFA and path analysis): freshmen and sophomores who were taking communicative-based classes (Communicative English for Chinese Learners) at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. The EFA-surveys were translated into Chinese and back-translated into English, then distributed face-to-face during the month of June 2017, the end of the second semester in the 2016-2017 school year. Items were adjusted based on results of the EFA, and were subsequently used in a CFA and path-analytic analysis. Surveys were again distributed at the end of the first semester in the 2017-2018 school year for CFA and path analysis. CFA results confirmed the factor structures proposed by EFA. Path analyes showed that the initial hypothesized model did not fit the data well, and thus, the model was modified and a final model was selected and discussed. The final model revealed that only teachers’ use of scaffolding strategies predicted students’ satisfaction of their psycholgocial needs to promote intrinsic motivation, while students’ satisfaction of psychological needs mediated the relationship between teachers’ use of scaffolding strategies and students’ self-determined motivation, as assumed by the self-determination theory. In addition, students’ self-determination (including their satisfaction of psychological needs and motivational regulation) was positively related to their self-regulaion, class participation, course score, and expectation of the amount of knowledge they had learned, both directly and indirectly. Finally, students’ self-regulation negatively predicted students’ course score — which is contradictory with previous studies — while class participation was positively associated with both students’ scores (as assumed by previous studies) and expectation of the amount of knowledge they had learned. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester 2018. / June 15, 2018. / Communicative language teaching, English as a foreign language in China, Self-determination theory, Self-regulation, Students' autonomy, Students' English learning outcomes / Includes bibliographical references. / Jeannine E. Turner, Professor Directing Dissertation; Gretchen Sunderman, University Representative; Alysia Roehrig, Committee Member; Yanyun Yang, Committee Member.

Community colleges play an important role in providing first and second generation immigrants access to higher education and the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential. However, immigrant students may face obstacles in pursuit of a postsecondary degree, particularly second language challenges that can inhibit their success in college-level coursework. This dissertation seeks to provide some of the first evidence on the impact of developmental English and English as a Second Language (ESL) courses on the educational outcomes of language minority students at community college. Using a large, administrative dataset from the City University of New York (CUNY) on applicants and enrollees in the fall 2001 to fall 2007 cohorts, tracked for at least three years to summer 2010, I highlight the diverse demographic and academic outcomes of language minority students at the community colleges, and then conduct two quasi-experimental studies that use a regression discontinuity design and a difference-in-differences approach to identify the effects of developmental education and ESL coursework on this student population. These studies provide evidence that certain features of pre-college English coursework can have potentially positive or negative effects on specific outcomes. In particular, assignment to and enrollment in pre-college reading and writing coursework compared to just writing coursework is tied to positive effects on persistence and perhaps learning, while the longer sequence length in ESL compared to developmental English decelerates language minority students' progression through college and degree attainment.

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