A Multimodal Approach to Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) in the Digital World

Jinghe Han, Qiaoyun Liu and Ruiyan Sun
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Jinghe Han: Western Sydney University, Australia
Qiaoyun Liu: Guangxi Art School, China
Ruiyan Sun: Northeast Forestry University, China

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), 2023, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: This research investigates a cohort of bilingual Chinese teachers' use of a multimodal approach in their Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) teaching. The data include the participants' CFL teaching practices and their reflections on multimodal teaching as recorded in their theses and a focus group discussion. The theoretical underpinning of this paper is based on Paivio's dual coding theory (DCT) and Kress's social-semiotic theory (SST). This research found that the teachers' multimodal use in CFL teaching demonstrated their research-informed committed endeavour in designing content specific activities to achieve pedagogical purposes, utilizing some digital technologies as a resource. The uniqueness of the written form of the Chinese language availed these teachers the opportunity to engage the multiple modes and advance their own understanding of multimodality as a concept. This research also found the teachers' meaning making through the multimodality did not always equate to that of their students' due to their social and cultural differences.

Date: 2023
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