A Preliminary Study of Integrating Flipped Classroom Strategy for Classical Chinese Learning

Abstract

This is a multiphase study which aims to investigate how to provide learners with an method to acquire classical Chinese through integrating mobile technology with the flipped classroom approach. Currently, in the first phase of study, the researcher adopts informant design through questionnaire survey to understand students' and instructors' perceptions of using mobile learning devices for classical Chinese learning, and afterwards the researcher constructs the system based on the pilot results. The pilot questionnaire results, structure of the developed mobile learning system and the practical application of the developed system for classical Chinese teaching and learning are described in the paper.