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Does Second Life Improve Mandarin Learning by Overseas Chinese Students?
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Lan, Yu-Ju – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Second Life (SL) for improving the oral output of overseas Chinese students learning Mandarin Chinese (hereafter referred to as Mandarin). More than 1000 overseas Chinese students attend a university in northern Taiwan every year to learn Mandarin as a heritage language after graduating…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Oral Language, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries