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Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language in the Study-abroad Context

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Scaffolding in One-on-one Sessions of a Study-Abroad Program

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Lee, KS
2008

Abstract: For students in an immersion study abroad program, the curricu-lar setting is the target cultural environment: It is desirable to take advan-tage of the environment by implementing a language partner program and one-on-one sessions. This paper investigates the value of the one-on-one sessions in the language partner component and in the conventional cur-riculum of a U.S.-based study-abroad program in China. A case study with two “successful language learners” illuminates the interaction and discourse between the learners and teachers in one-on-one sessions and the learners’ meetings with their language partners. The author interpreted video-tapes of those meetings within the framework of Vygotsky’s theory of zone of proximal development (ZPD) to examine the effectiveness of different in-structional strategies and the characteristics of interaction between the learners and teachers or peers. The accuracy of the observations and analy-sis of the discourse from video-tapes were validated by a questionnaire and by interviewing both learners upon their return from the SA program. Pro-ficiency tests were used to gauge the learners’ progress.

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2008

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Beijing University Press
 

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Lee, K. S. (2008). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Scaffolding in One-on-one Sessions of a Study-Abroad Program. In K.-S. Lee (Ed.), Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language in the Study-abroad Context. Beijing University Press.
Lee, K. S. “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Scaffolding in One-on-one Sessions of a Study-Abroad Program.” In Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language in the Study-Abroad Context, edited by K. -. S. Lee. Beijing University Press, 2008.
Lee KS. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Scaffolding in One-on-one Sessions of a Study-Abroad Program. In: Lee K-S, editor. Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language in the Study-abroad Context. Beijing University Press; 2008.
Lee, K. S. “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Scaffolding in One-on-one Sessions of a Study-Abroad Program.” Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language in the Study-Abroad Context, edited by K. -. S. Lee, Beijing University Press, 2008.
Lee KS. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Scaffolding in One-on-one Sessions of a Study-Abroad Program. In: Lee K-S, editor. Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language in the Study-abroad Context. Beijing University Press; 2008.

Publication Date

2008

Publisher

Beijing University Press