Assessing Confidence in the Chinese Learner4

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1、AssessingConfidenceintheChineseLearnerStephenBruceNapierUniversity,EdinburghAssessingConfidenceintheChineseLearnerChinesestudentsatNapierUniversityRationaleforconfidence-basedassessmentStudentresponsestothetestAcademicself-concept,confidenceandachievementrese

2、archEnglishFoundationProgrammeSetupin2001toprepareChinesestudentsforentrytoNapierUniversity,bothintermsoflinguisticandstudyskills.Theneedsofthesestudentswerecomplex,the“learningcurve”forthemwasextremelysteep,andthatthedemandstheyfacedonalinguisticallycomplexa

3、ndculturallyunfamiliarone-yearMasterswouldbeconsiderable,evengiventherequisiteIELTSpass.ProportionofChinesestudentsonNapierBusinessMastersprogrammeshasincreasedinrecentyears,whichhasresultedinstaffandtheinstitutionfacingaverydifferentcohortwithdifferentstreng

4、ths,andalsoneeds,totheirpredecessors.Presentsamajorchallengetolecturersastheystruggletoadapttheirteachingapproachestosuitboththeincreasednumberofoverseasstudentsandalsothehomestudentsontheirmodules.DrLesleyGourlay,NapierUniversity(2004).CrossingBoundaries:ACa

5、seStudyMastersLevelChineseStudents,LTSN(InPress).LinguisticandCulturalIssuesChallengesforStudentsLANGUAGEExtremedifficultiesinunderstanding/takingnotesinlecturesDifficultieswithtutorialparticipationduetolackofconfidenceinEnglishSomedifficultieswithtutorialtas

6、ksduetoslowreadingspeedsFearoffailingexamsduetodifficultiesinwritingEnglishinatimelimitEDUCATIONALCULTUREFeeling“lost”insemester1SomestudentsunclearaboutexpectationsinUK-stylecoursework&readingExperienceextremelystressfulforsomeLesleyGourlay,NapierUniversity(

7、l.gourlay@napier.ac.uk)LinguisticandCulturalIssuesChallengesforStaffLANGUAGEUnsureifstudentsareunderstandinglecturesRequiredtospendextratimeexplaininglecturecontentattheendSomedifficultieswithtutorialparticipationandintegrationEDUCATIONALCULTURESomestafffaced

8、withnumerousexamplesofplagiarismincourseworkSomedifficultieswithtasksinvolvingcriticalappraisalSomestudentsstruggledwithapplicationoftheorytopracticeLesleyGourlay,NapierUniversity(l.gourl