JANE MEDWELL's Outputs (2)

Learners' and teachers' beliefs about learning tones and Pinyin (2017)
Book Chapter
Medwell, J., & Yang, J. (2017). Learners' and teachers' beliefs about learning tones and Pinyin. In I. Kecskes (Ed.), Explorations in Chinese as a second language (141-163). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54027-6_6

This paper reports a study of the perceptions of English-speaking learners and teachers about the challenges and difficulties of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) learning in England. The study involved a Likert-scale questionnaire and follow-up int... Read More about Learners' and teachers' beliefs about learning tones and Pinyin.

Learning from each other: co-teaching Chinese to pre-service teachers (2014)
Book Chapter
Medwell, J., Richardson, K., & Li, L. (2014). Learning from each other: co-teaching Chinese to pre-service teachers. In S. Hsin (Ed.), Selected papers: 2nd International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language Research. CASLAR

This study presents a case study co-teaching of beginner level Chinese as part of initial teacher education in England. The study involved interviews with teachers and observations of planning and teaching. The teaching in this study aims to teach el... Read More about Learning from each other: co-teaching Chinese to pre-service teachers.