Zhengdong Gan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5998267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zhengdong Gan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zhengdong |
| FAMILY NAME | Gan |
| SIGNATURE | GAN Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Macau, China |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Eva Kartchava
Although oral corrective feedback (CF) has long been considered advantageous in instructed second language (L2) acquisition, the effectiveness of CF for learning has been shown to depend on a combination of learner factors (e.g. learning beliefs and motivation), teacher differences (e.g. experienced or less experienced teacher), and instructional contexts (e.g. prevailing teaching approach and particular grammatical item CF is intended to address…
Classroom Assessment Practices and Learning Motivation
Classroom-based assessment carried out
Understanding English speaking difficulties
Compared with reading, writing and listening, there has been a paucity of empirical data documenting learners' experiences of speaking English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL) in different learning contexts in spite of the fact that developing the ability to speak in a second or foreign language is widely considered a daunting task for most language learners. This paper reports on the findings of a questionnaire s…
Test-task Authenticity
Leung and Lewkowicz remind us that the debate over the past two decades that is most relevant to ELT (English languge teaching) pedagogy and curriculum concerns test-task authenticity. This paper first reviews how the authenticity debate in the literature of second language acquisition, pedagogy and testing has evolved. Drawing on a body of research work on learner task-based language performance in recent years, the paper then discusses the four…
Asian learners’ re-examined
Although cultural stereotypes of Asian students as being prone to rote learning, passive and teacher-dependent have been under criticism, the issue of the extent to which Asian heritage culture impacts on Asian students' learning attitudes and behaviour warrants further investigation. This paper reports on an empirical study which compares self-directed language learning attitudes, strategies and motivation among university students in mainland C…
Asian learners’ re-examined
Although cultural stereotypes of Asian students as being prone to rote learning, passive and teacher-dependent have been under criticism, the issue of the extent to which Asian heritage culture impacts on Asian students' learning attitudes and behaviour warrants further investigation. This paper reports on an empirical study which compares self-directed language learning attitudes, strategies and motivation among university students in mainland C…
Understanding English speaking difficulties
Compared with reading, writing and listening, there has been a paucity of empirical data documenting learners' experiences of speaking English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL) in different learning contexts in spite of the fact that developing the ability to speak in a second or foreign language is widely considered a daunting task for most language learners. This paper reports on the findings of a questionnaire s…
Asian learners’ re-examined
Although cultural stereotypes of Asian students as being prone to rote learning, passive and teacher-dependent have been under criticism, the issue of the extent to which Asian heritage culture impacts on Asian students' learning attitudes and behaviour warrants further investigation. This paper reports on an empirical study which compares self-directed language learning attitudes, strategies and motivation among university students in mainland C…
Test-task Authenticity
Leung and Lewkowicz remind us that the debate over the past two decades that is most relevant to ELT (English languge teaching) pedagogy and curriculum concerns test-task authenticity. This paper first reviews how the authenticity debate in the literature of second language acquisition, pedagogy and testing has evolved. Drawing on a body of research work on learner task-based language performance in recent years, the paper then discusses the four…
Understanding English speaking difficulties
Compared with reading, writing and listening, there has been a paucity of empirical data documenting learners' experiences of speaking English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL) in different learning contexts in spite of the fact that developing the ability to speak in a second or foreign language is widely considered a daunting task for most language learners. This paper reports on the findings of a questionnaire s…
Classroom Assessment Practices and Learning Motivation
Classroom-based assessment carried out
Eva Kartchava
Although oral corrective feedback (CF) has long been considered advantageous in instructed second language (L2) acquisition, the effectiveness of CF for learning has been shown to depend on a combination of learner factors (e.g. learning beliefs and motivation), teacher differences (e.g. experienced or less experienced teacher), and instructional contexts (e.g. prevailing teaching approach and particular grammatical item CF is intended to address…
Psychology (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · China (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Empirical research (2 works) · Mainland China (2 works)