The Characteristics and Influencing Factors on Oral Narration of CSL in Cultural Classroom

This study designed oral narrative tasks in different text difficulty levels based on the "ancient history topic" and "contemporary economy topic" in culture class. Forty-three advanced Chinese second language learners (CSL) were selected as the research object to investigate the effects of learner factors (basic language skill level) and text factors (topic type and text difficulty) on learners' oral narrative characteristics. The results show that :(1) the learners' two basic language skills (Chinese character reading and listening comprehension ability) could indirectly predict the macro scoring ability and fluency of oral narrative through reading ability. (2) After excluding the effect of learner factors, topic type still affects lexical difficulty and lexical diversity of oral narrative features, while text difficulty only affects narrative fluency. Finally, the paper puts forward some teaching suggestions on the application and measurement of oral narrative task in culture classroom.

Keywords

oral narratives, CSL, learner factors , text factors, culture class

source

International Journal of Chinese Language Education; Jun 2024; Issue No. 15; p.37-54

Language

Chinese