Research Article
Web-Based Videoconferencing in Investigation in TCFL: Taking Foreign International Students in China as an Example
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.8-9-2023.2340040, author={Hua Fan and Huannian Meng and Linyu Zhang and Tai Zhang}, title={Web-Based Videoconferencing in Investigation in TCFL: Taking Foreign International Students in China as an Example}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Modern Education and Information Management, ICMEIM 2023, September 8--10, 2023, Wuhan, China}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICMEIM}, year={2023}, month={11}, keywords={dct; tcfl; videoconferencing}, doi={10.4108/eai.8-9-2023.2340040} }- Hua Fan
Huannian Meng
Linyu Zhang
Tai Zhang
Year: 2023
Web-Based Videoconferencing in Investigation in TCFL: Taking Foreign International Students in China as an Example
ICMEIM
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.8-9-2023.2340040
Abstract
Primarily motivated by the practical question of what kind of assessments should be adopted to evaluate Chinese language proficiency in the epidemic prevention and control stage, this study outlined a web-based videoconferencing DCT (Discourse Completion Task) as the measurement to test the pragmatic competence of foreign international students, who go to China to study Chinese. Through the ZOOM online platform, researchers form a VDCT to collect data from students. The task is designed based on politeness strategies when expressing disagreement in Chinese within the academic context. 33 foreign international students from different institutions are voluntary to join in the investigation. The results show that the web-based VDCT can better help researchers distinguish the stances and attitudes of the participants. This research provides a reference for teaching Chinese as a foreign language from the technical and application levels.