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Conference Paper: A New Generation: profiling Hong Kong tertiary English learners
Title | A New Generation: profiling Hong Kong tertiary English learners |
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Other Titles | A New Generation: profiling the English Learning experience of Hong Kong tertiary students |
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Keywords | English learning experience Profiling Academic and social interaction Hong Kong |
Issue Date | 2015 |
Publisher | Chartered Institute of Linguists Hong Kong Society, Caritas Institute of Higher Education & the Department of English Language & Literature, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. |
Citation | The 1st International Conference on Linguistics and Language Education (ICLLS 2015), Hong Kong, China, 9-10 April 2015. In Conference Proceedings, 2015, p. 89-101 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The new tertiary curriculum in Hong Kong has resulted in the emergence of a new generation of learners who, compared with previous generations, enter university with one year less prior exposure to English. This paper reports a subset of questionnaire findings from a large-scale profiling study which has a particular focus on understanding these new learners’ English learning experiences. Questionnaire surveys were administered at the beginning and end of the students’ first semester in university. The first looked at their secondary school English learning experiences and the second at their English language experience within the university. Their language needs and exposure to English both in and out of class were investigated because besides academic interaction, university education should include opportunities for social networking. The results provide crucial information for pedagogical development of language support for these learners and a picture of their English language environment. |
Description | Received Best Presentation Award Parallel Paper Session 5: Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Language Pedagogy |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210427 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Gardner, DP | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lau, KK | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-16T06:32:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-06-16T06:32:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The 1st International Conference on Linguistics and Language Education (ICLLS 2015), Hong Kong, China, 9-10 April 2015. In Conference Proceedings, 2015, p. 89-101 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210427 | - |
dc.description | Received Best Presentation Award | - |
dc.description | Parallel Paper Session 5: Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Language Pedagogy | - |
dc.description.abstract | The new tertiary curriculum in Hong Kong has resulted in the emergence of a new generation of learners who, compared with previous generations, enter university with one year less prior exposure to English. This paper reports a subset of questionnaire findings from a large-scale profiling study which has a particular focus on understanding these new learners’ English learning experiences. Questionnaire surveys were administered at the beginning and end of the students’ first semester in university. The first looked at their secondary school English learning experiences and the second at their English language experience within the university. Their language needs and exposure to English both in and out of class were investigated because besides academic interaction, university education should include opportunities for social networking. The results provide crucial information for pedagogical development of language support for these learners and a picture of their English language environment. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Chartered Institute of Linguists Hong Kong Society, Caritas Institute of Higher Education & the Department of English Language & Literature, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies, ICLLS 2015 | - |
dc.rights | Author owns CopyRight | - |
dc.subject | English learning experience | - |
dc.subject | Profiling | - |
dc.subject | Academic and social interaction | - |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | - |
dc.title | A New Generation: profiling Hong Kong tertiary English learners | - |
dc.title.alternative | A New Generation: profiling the English Learning experience of Hong Kong tertiary students | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Gardner, DP: dgardner@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lau, KK: lauken@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lau, KK=rp01419 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 243841 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 243844 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 89 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 101 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |