Grammar and beyond grammar in the Chinese tertiary EFL classroom: a language awareness perspective.

Yang Ying. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-145). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Background of the Present Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- The Theoretical Background of the Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- The Contextual Background of the Study --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Rationale for the Present Study --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Organization of the Thesis --- p.6 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- REVIEW OF LITERATURE --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Understanding Language Awareness (LA) --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- The Psycholinguistic Sense of Language Awareness --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1.1 --- Intuitive Awareness and Conscious Awareness of Language --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.1.2 --- Awareness of Language as Understanding and Metacognition --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1.1.3 --- The Dynamic Language Awareness --- p.13 / Chapter 2.1.1.4 --- A Brief Summary of Section 2.1.1 --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- The Educational Sense of Language Awareness --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.2.1 --- Language Awareness and Learning About Language --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.2.2 --- Language Awareness and Reflection about Language --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1.2.3 --- Language Awareness and The Learner's Role --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.2.4 --- Language Awareness Work in the Classroom --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.2.5 --- The Scope of Language Awareness --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1.2.6 --- A Summary of Section 2.1.2 --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- la and related theory in second language teaching --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Input hypothesis --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Noticing Hypothesis --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- LA Raising & Consciousness-Raising --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- The Interaction Hypothesis --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- The Output Hypothesis --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Metalinguistic Awareness in Second Language Learning --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.7 --- A Summary of Section 2.2 --- p.37 / Chapter 2.3 --- Tasks and Learner Interaction: An Integrative Position --- p.38 / Chapter 2.4 --- "Empirical Studies: Noticing, Interaction and Language Awareness" --- p.46 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary of the LA Claims --- p.52 / Chapter 2.6 --- Description of Linguistic Area: Adverbial Positioning in English --- p.53 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Obligatory & Optional Adverbials --- p.55 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Adverbial Positioning and Scope of Modification --- p.56 / Chapter 2.6.3 --- Other Considerations Affecting Adverbial Positioning --- p.61 / Chapter 2.7 --- Research Questions and Hypotheses --- p.64 / Chapter 2.8 --- Summary of Chapter Two --- p.66 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- DESIGN OF THE STUDY --- p.68 / Chapter 3.1 --- Selection of Subjects --- p.68 / Chapter 3.2 --- Construction of Instruments --- p.69 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Development of the Pretest and the Posttest --- p.70 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Three Weekly Reports --- p.72 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- The Final Questionnaire --- p.73 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Experimental Procedure --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- An Overview of the Procedure --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- The Administering of the Pretest --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- The Lecture --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- The Nature of the Follow-up Tasks --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Treatments on the Three Groups --- p.76 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- The Weekly Reports --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.7 --- The Administering of the Posttest --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.8 --- The Summary Session --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3.9 --- Administering the Questionnaire --- p.80 / Chapter 3.4 --- On the LA Process of the Study --- p.80 / Chapter 3.5 --- Methods of Data Analysis --- p.82 / Chapter 3.6 --- Summary of Chapter 3 --- p.83 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR: --- REPORTING THE RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Test Performance: A General Picture --- p.86 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- "Comparing G1, G2 and G3 on the Pretest" --- p.87 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Individual Group Gains (Losses) --- p.89 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- "Comparing G1, G2 and G3 on the Post-test" --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Research Hypothesis Tested --- p.93 / Chapter 4.3 --- A Brief Summary of the Effect of Treatment --- p.95 / Chapter 4.4 --- Responses from Weekly Reports and Questionnaire & the LA Claims --- p.96 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Data Approach and LA Claims --- p.96 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Attitude Towards Grammar Learning --- p.96 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Attitude Towards the Use of Metalanguage --- p.99 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Reports on Learner Motivation --- p.99 / Chapter 4.4.5 --- "The Development of ""Sensitivity “" --- p.100 / Chapter 4.4.6 --- Self-evaluation on Understanding --- p.101 / Chapter 4.4.7 --- Attitudinal and Behavioral Change --- p.103 / Chapter 4.5 --- Some Possible Intervening Variables and the Constraints of the Study --- p.104 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary of the Chapter --- p.105 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE: --- DISCUSSIONS OF RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.107 / Chapter 5.1 --- Between LA & Non-LA Groups --- p.107 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Impact of Interactive LA Work --- p.108 / Chapter 5.3 --- Summary of the Chapter --- p.117 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX: --- CONCLUSION --- p.119 / Chapter 6.1 --- Pedagogical Implications --- p.120 / Chapter 6.2 --- Caveats in the Use of Learner Interaction as an LA Raising Approach --- p.124 / Chapter 6.3 --- Recommendations for Further Research --- p.126 / Chapter 6.4. --- Summary of the Chapter --- p.128 / REFERENCES --- p.130

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323069
Date January 2000
ContributorsYang, Ying., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of English.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, 218 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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