How jeffery and greg learned mandarin

Final Project of Foreign Language Learners How Jeffery and Greg learned Mandarin 9231320 Christine Wu 9231346 Randi 9231392 Kacey 9231340 Christine Yang 9231366 Maureen 9231344 Kelly 9231388 Selena Introduction  We have learned how language learners learn English from our perspective and many other studies, but we do not know whether language learners use the same way to learn Chinese. Many people, in fact, have started to learn Chinese because China is getting stronger and the Chinese language is getting more and more popular.  In our project, we interviewed two native speakers of English, Jeffery and Greg, and found out how they have been learning Chinese. Now we would like to show you the differences and similarities between their ways of learning Chinese and our ways of learning English. Jeffery Age 21 Nationality Canada Time in Taiwan 3 Job English teacher Motivation Strong Greg Age 33 Nationality Canada Time in Taiwan more than 3 Job English teacher Motivation Not really strong.  Greg  Jeffery  Similarities  Differences  Conclusion What kind of foreign language learners are they? Similarities & Differences  Similarities: They all started to learn Mandarin when they came to Taiwan. Their purposes are the same because they want to communicate with Taiwanese people. They use Mandarin in their daily lives. They both think writing is hard. They think their strength is listening.  Differences: Greg did not go to school to learn Mandarin while Jeffery went to school to learn Mandarin. Jeffery’s Chinese is very good, but he still thinks his speaking ability is not good enough. Greg seldom speaks Chinese. Conclusion  Their motivation affects their learning attitudes. Jeffery’s incentive is stronger than Greg’s. Jeffery came to Taiwan in order to learn Chinese while Greg came here just want to make money by teaching English. Questionnaire  Similarities  Differences  Conclusion Jeffery~logical-mathematical intelligence and interpersonal intelligence Greg~interpersonal intelligence  Similarities: They don’t like memorizing things. They don’t like making charts and diagrams. They don’t like drama and role plays.  Differences: Jeffery likes the teacher to explain grammar to him and he likes singing songs in Chinese while Greg doesn’t sing Chinese songs. Jeffery likes group and pair interaction, self-reflection through journal writing, word games and puzzles, problem-solving exercises, to learn through movies and videos, one-on-one conversation practice, analyze his own performance. Similarities & Differences Conclusion  Because Greg did not go to school to learn Chinese, it’s difficult for him to learn in groups and write journals. He can only learn Mandarin from daily-life interactions when kindergarten children or his colleagues talk to him, then he can pick up some key words which are often used. The survey shows that Jeffery is stronger in both logical- mathematical intelligence and interpersonal intelligence while Greg is stronger in interpersonal intelligence. [...]... him However Jeffery has more motivation to learn Chinese than Greg does, and the different hypothesis they use should also affect their foreign language learning This is why Jeffery s Chinese is far better than Greg s Assessment of Strategy Use Goals: To analyze how Jeffery and Greg learn Mandarin  The result of the questionnaire:    grammar vocabulary speaking listening writing reading Jeffery 24... strategies Jeffery: I try to use the sentence patterns which the teachers teach in class and go use them outside and in class Usually somebody will correct me and I won’t forget them because it embarrassed me Differences  Speaking strategies Greg cannot speak Mandarin except for some simple words However, Jeffery can have a fluent conversation in Mandarin in many topics such as politics and business... that Greg s language ego is higher than Jeffery s Hypothesis  Goals: For this part, we asked Jeffery and Greg to choose a few hypotheses to talk about and explain how they could be applied to their own second language learning  Interview Content: Conclusion  Greg mostly learns Chinese by listening to what others say and by imitating them This is why most of the hypothesis do not apply to him However... seldom does so: 1) It’s easy for Greg to understand maps, charts, and graphs 2) Greg cannot remember a joke long enough to tell it later 3) When Greg gets a great idea, he must write it down right away or he’ll forget it As Auditory Learners Jeffery usually does but Greg seldom does so: 1) When reading, Jeffery listens to the words in his head or he reads aloud 2) Jeffery can easily follow a speaker... business 1) He memorizes the dialogues which he learnt in class and then rehearses the situation in his head He will try to use another way if he dose not know how to say a word in Mandarin, 2) He takes every opportunity to practice speaking with native speakers of Mandarin  Reading strategies Greg seldom uses any reading strategies; However, Jeffery adopted all the strategies written in the questionnaire... Conclusion  Because Jeffery has stronger motivation to learn Mandarin than Greg does, he keeps using many strategies to improve his Mandarin ability  Greg applies more listening strategies than other language learning strategies However, merely input but no output is hard to learn a foreign language well, especially in speaking  Both of them know many effective learning strategies However, it is easy... moving, or hands-on experiences  After they did this survey, the results show that they are both visual learners As Visual Learners  Jeffery usually does but Greg seldom does so: 1) Jeffery can remember things better if he write them down 2) When Jeffery is trying to remember something new, for example, a telephone number, it helps him to form a picture of it in his head  Greg usually does but Jeffery. .. writing reading Jeffery 24 19 31 21 20 40 Greg 13 15 0 25 5.5 9 Similarities  Listening strategies Both of them started learning Mandarin from listening Jeffery: If I don’t understand somebody say, I will keep on listening until I get the clue what they said and ask somebody later what they said Greg: I learn Chinese by osmosis I just listen to people saying and put them in my head I try to remember... others and did not study enough on his own, such as vocabulary and grammar He enjoys being alone, and solving problems on his own, which helps him have good study skills and ways to learn the language Results The Individual Learner  This questionnaire tells us how often they use strategies that they can do it by themselves  The result of their questionnaires Jeffery Score 54 Greg 28 Analysis  Jeffery. .. questionnaire to help us learn about Jeffery s and Greg s language ego  Results of the questionnaire  Greg 26 Jeffery 16 Differences      Greg thinks that not being able to speak Chinese perfectly is ok He does not mind making mistakes Jeffery says that he’s afraid of making mistakes He’s also worried that if he does not pronounce the words correctly, nobody will understand him Peer pressure also bothers . Final Project of Foreign Language Learners How Jeffery and Greg learned Mandarin 9231320 Christine Wu 9231346 Randi 9231392 Kacey 9231340 Christine Yang. is listening.  Differences: Greg did not go to school to learn Mandarin while Jeffery went to school to learn Mandarin. Jeffery s Chinese is very good,