Researching and Teaching the Chinese Language

Dr. Wei Cai is a professor in the School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is a former Chair of the Division of Chinese Studies and Japanese Studies, Director of the Language Research Centre, and President of the Chinese Language Teaching and Research Association. In 2023, she was awarded the Robert Roy Award by the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT). Her research interests include second language listening,  second language acquisition,  teacher education, artificial intelligence in language learning and teaching.  She has recently published “Teaching and researching Chinese second language listening” (2022, Routledge).

• Introduction.- Overview.- An overview of Chinese language learning and teaching in the Canadian context.- The use of educational technology in Chinese language teaching in Canada.- Comparisons of learning conditions.- Factors influencing global accent ratings of students in Mandarin bilingual programs.- The use of translation activities in L2 grammar teaching.- Chinese L2 idiom learning through academic listening.- Interactive dynamics and communication strategies.- Using syntactically incomplete structures and visual signs to elicit students’ knowledge display in CSL classrooms: A multimodal perspective.- A study of miscommunication and repair process in native-nonnative Chinese conversations.- Social and cultural dimensions .- Chinese heritage learners’ language and literacy socialization.- Reconceptualizing culture teaching in Chinese classrooms in Canada: A theoretical model.- Chinese culture: The syntax of the language.