%0 Journal Article
%T Development of Activity-Based Language Learning of Chinese for a Primary School in Western Sydney: A Participatory Action Research Study
%A Gege Yuan
%J Open Journal of Social Sciences
%P 384-403
%@ 2327-5960
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jss.2023.112026
%X This paper reports on a study on the use of activity-based learning in
the Chinese as a Foreign Language classroom, for young learners (8</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">9 years old) in the western Sydney region. The
research question was: How can activity-based learning be used to teach Chinese
language to learners who do not have a Chinese language background? This action
research involved the teacher-researcher reflecting on her teaching practice.
She engaged in activity-based learning of this research for nine weeks in 2019.
Data were collected from sources including feedback from the classroom teacher¡¯s
observations and interviews, teacher-researcher¡¯s reflective journal, as well
as student¡¯s focus groups and checklists. By using various activities such as
simple Chinese songs and visual arts activities, students engaged cognitively
and emotionally. Activity-based learning had a significant impact on their
Chinese language learning.
%K Activity-Based Learning
%K Children
%K Chinese Language
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