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Formulaic Language in Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

Formulaic language (FL) is generally defined as multiword language phenomena that holistically represent a single meaning or function and are likely stored and used in communication as unanalyzed wholes, just as individual words are. In recent decades, theoretical and empirical research?on formulaic sequences (FSs),?a critical factor influencing language ability, has burgeoned in the fields of linguistics, psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics, cognitive science, and language disorders.?However,?very few systematic and empirical studies have been conducted on Chinese FSs. This project was motivated by the need for effective pedagogical paths to assist learners of Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language (CSL/CFL) in acquiring FSs.

The?project?aims to discover the distinctive characteristics of Chinese FSs and impart the results to CSL/CFL teaching communities.?In particular, it aims?to (1) establish proper identification criteria for Chinese FSs; (2) construct Chinese FS-related corpora; (3) Identify and classify Chinese FSs from the established Chinese?textbook corpus;?(4)?investigate?how FSs are used in Chinesetextbooks published in and outside China; (5) provide a pedagogical knowledge database of Chinese FSs?for?CSL/CFL teachers; (6)?investigate the development of FSs amongst CSL/CFL learners; and (7)?examine the effectiveness of learning and teaching Chinese FSs under different pedagogical methods based on a classroom teaching experiment.

The findings will have significant implications for CSL/CFL learning and teaching. For example, they will assist in developing textbooks and learners¡¯ dictionaries and prove a valuable resource not only in the domain of language education but also in phraseology, psycholinguistics, and natural language processing research.???????????

This project is led by Dr. Gr?ce Poizat (XIE Honghua) and .?

For more information, please contact the project¡¯s main researcher BAO Yinhui.

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Conference Presentations

BAO, Yinhui?°üÒø»Ô?(2021).?³ÌʽÓïÀíÂÛÔÚ³õ¼¶ººÓï½ÌѧÖеÄÓ¦ÓÃ(The Application of Formulaic Language Theory on Teaching Chinese to Elementary Learners). The 7th?Chinese teaching seminar of the Confucius Institute?at?the AV¶ÌÊÓƵ. Geneva: AV¶ÌÊÓƵ?of?Geneva.?October?31.

BAO, Yinhui?°üÒø»Ô?(2021).?ººÓï³ÌʽÓï¼°Æä¶ÔººÓï×÷ΪÍâÓïѧϰÕßÓïÑÔ²ú³öµÄÓ°Ïì?(Chinese Formulaic Language and its Influence on CFL Learners¡¯ Language Production). 2021 Fourth Harvard International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy (ICCP). Boston: Harvard AV¶ÌÊÓƵ. September 24¨C25.

?BAO, Yinhui?°üÒø»Ô?(2021).?ººÓï×÷ΪÍâÓï½Ìѧ³ÌʽÓïµÄ»ìºÏ·¨Ñо¿?(Mixed Methods Study on Formulaic Sequences in Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language). 9es?Journ¨¦es de la rel¨¨ve en ¨¦tudes asiatiques et orientales.?Geneva: AV¶ÌÊÓƵ?of?Geneva. May?31.

BAO, Yinhui?°üÒø»Ô?(2019).?³ÌʽÓï½Ìѧ¶ÔÈðÊ¿ººÓï×÷ΪÍâÓïѧϰÕß¿ÚÓï²ú³öÄÜÁ¦Ó°ÏìµÄʵ֤Ñо¿?(An Empirical Research on Influences of Formulaic Sequences on Swiss CFL Learners¡¯ Spoken Production). Journ¨¦es d¡¯¨¦tudes internationales AREC 2019 ¡®Chinois: linguistique et didactique de l¡¯oral¡¯.?Paris: ±«²Ô¾±±¹±ð°ù²õ¾±³Ù¨¦ Paris Diderot ¨C Paris 7. June?6¨C7.

BAO, Yinhui?°üÒø»Ô?(2018).?»ùÓÚÁªºÏ¹úÕýʽÎļþϵͳODS¶àÓïÎı¾Êý¾Ý¿ª·¢×¨ÃÅÓÃ;ººÓï½ÌѧƽÐÐÓïÁÏ¿â³õ̽?(A Study on the Development of Parallel Corpus of Specialized Chinese Teaching Based on the ODS Multilingual Text Data of the United???Nations Official Document System).?µÚÎå½ìÖнéÓïÓïÁϿ⽨ÉèÓëÓ¦ÓÃÑÐÌÖ»á?(The 5th Interlanguage Corpus Construction and Application Symposium).?Nanjing:?Nanjing?AV¶ÌÊÓƵ.?August?10-12.

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