A study of adult learners' attitudes towards native and non-native Chinese speaking teachers according to their learning levels in a Chinese language academy in Bangkok Thailand
A study of adult learners' attitudes towards native and non-native Chinese speaking teachers according to their learning levels in a Chinese language academy in Bangkok Thailand
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2020
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Assumption University Press
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Scholar: Human Sciences 12, 1 (January-June 2020), 232-248
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This study focused on adult learners’ attitudes towards native and
non-native Chinese speaking teachers at a Chinese language academy in
Bangkok, Thailand. One hundred and twenty-four adult learners from three
different learning levels of this Chinese language academy participated in this
study in August 2018. The study used a questionnaire to investigate adult
learners’ attitudes towards native and non-native Chinese speaking teachers
from three aspects: motivation, communication, teaching and learning. This
study had two objectives. The first objective was to determine the level of
attitudes of adult learners towards native and non-native Chinese speaking
teachers in a Chinese language academy in Bangkok, Thailand. The second
objective was to find out whether there was a significant difference between
the attitudes of adult learners towards native and non-native Chinese speaking
teachers according to their learning levels in a Chinese language academy in
Bangkok, Thailand. The quantitative data acquired from the study showed that
the adult learners from this Chinese language academy in Bangkok, Thailand,
had no preference for either native Chinese-speaking teacher or non-native
Chinese-speaking teacher, no matter if they were from beginning level,
intermediate level or advanced level. An one-way ANOVA showed that
attitudes of adult learners from different learning levels towards native and
non-native Chinese speaking teachers were not significantly different. The
study concluded with recommendations for adult Chinese language learners,
native and non-native teachers and future researchers.
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