Corpus-based instruction
Teaching discourse-linking jiu (就) in storytelling
The aim of this study is two-fold. First, it demonstrates the use of learner and native speaker spoken Chinese corpora to identify
learners’ non-use of the discourse-linking jiu in the narration of stories. To guide students to notice and
practice jiu in spoken narrative contexts, we designed and implemented four 50-minute classes of corpus-based
instruction. Second, this study investigates the effect of the corpus-based instruction in teaching discourse-linking
jiu. Evaluation of the oral production of story narration from the pretest and posttest reveals that the
students in the experimental group outperformed the control group. The results suggest that the corpus-based instruction had a
positive effect on students’ learning of jiu in storytelling.
Article outline
- I.Introduction
- II.A literature review of jiu
- III.Corpora and language teaching
- The combined spoken Chinese corpus from native speakers and learners
- IV.Discourse-linking jiu in storytelling
- a.
jiu frequently connects a sequence of multiple events
- b.
jiu frequently occurs with a later event among a sequence of events
- c.
jiu commonly co-occurs with ranhou ‘then.’
- V.The empirical study
- Purpose of the study
- Method
- Instrument
- Pretest
- 1.Story-retell task
- 2.Cartoon description task
- Posttest
- Procedure
- VI.Corpus-based instruction
- Theoretical consideration
- The teaching materials and classroom activities
- Step 1: Warm-up and review
- Step 2: Awareness-raising
- Step 3: Analysis
- Step 4: Production
- Step 5: Assessment
- Results
- Discussion
- Notes
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