Alignment effects of the continuation task on L2 Chinese writing

Chinese as a Second Language Research Pub Date : 2019-09-25 DOI:10.1515/caslar-2019-0009

Li Zhang

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Abstract

Abstract This study aims to investigate the alignment effects of the continuation task on L2 Chinese writing. 60 participants were divided into a continuation group and a summary writing group. The former was required to continue a text with its ending removed, while the latter was required to summarize the text. The effect of the tasks was measured by examining the CSL (Chinese as a second language) learners’ correct use of vocabulary and the key grammar structure: the ba construction (“把” 字句). The study found that the continuation group made significant improvement from the pretest to the posttest, while the summary writing group did not. Moreover, learners in the continuation writing group produced more sophisticated words than those in the summary writing group and used key grammar structures with a greater degree of creativity than those in the summary writing group. These findings provide evidence for the language learning potential of the continuation task, which shows a better effect than the summary writing task.

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接续任务对二语汉语写作的对齐效应

摘要本研究旨在探讨继续任务对二语写作的衔接效应。60名参与者被分为延续组和总结写作组。前者被要求继续删除其结尾的文本，而后者被要求对文本进行总结。这些任务的效果是通过检查CSL（汉语作为第二语言）学习者对词汇的正确使用和关键语法结构：ba结构（“把” 字句). 研究发现，延续组从前测到后测有了显著的进步，而总结写作组则没有。此外，延续写作组的学习者比总结写作组的学生产生了更复杂的单词，并且使用关键语法结构的创造性也比总结写作小组的学习者更强。这些发现为延续任务的语言学习潜力提供了证据，延续任务比总结写作任务表现出更好的效果。

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Chinese as a Second Language Research Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： Chinese as a Second Language Research (CASLAR) focuses on research on the acquisition, development, and use of Chinese as a Second Language. It supports scholars and researchers from different linguistic fields, and serves as a forum to discuss, investigate, and better understand Chinese as a Second Language. Each issue (2 per year) of the journal publishes three papers in Chinese and three papers in English; summaries are always provided both in Chinese and English. We are especially interested in publishing articles and research papers that investigate how empirical findings of CSL research can advance and develop better Chinese language teaching methodologies, explore the implications of CSL research for theoretical developments and practical applications, focus on the acquisition and use of varieties of CSL, study the nature of interaction between native speakers and non-native speakers of Chinese, address major issues of second language acquisition from the perspective of CSL, analyze the ways in which language is both shaped by culture and is the medium through which culture is created.