Chunlin Yao

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at Tianjin Chengjian University, China

This study explores the effects of World Englishes teaching practice in improving EFL learners’ self-confidence in English-speaking performance (SCIESP) with a mixed methodology design comprising both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Data were gathered through a survey with the Self-Confidence in English-speaking Performance Questionnaire,...

The study explored teacher–student interactions in foreign language teaching classes in China, aiming to identify ways to improve these interactions. Data were collected through 180 min of unstructured observations in two teaching classes. The study found that the frequency of interactions varied among teachers. After analysing the data with a lang...

Aims The study was conducted to investigate the effects of a PERMA model-based positive psychological intervention on vocational college students’ social interaction anxiety and subjective well-being. Methods This is an experimental study in which data were collected through self-administered questionnaire. A total of 261 students from four classe...

One of the essential topics in human-computer communication is the disambiguation of the Chinese language. To understand the new progress in this field, this paper introduces the commonly used disambiguation methods, including the “three-domain theory” and the atomic theory used by linguists, and the neural network disambiguation and sliding semant...

Aims and objectives This study aims to explore the changes in anxiety, depression, and subjective wellbeing in patients with bladder perfusion during different stages of their chemotherapy, and analyze the correlation among their anxiety, depression, and subjective wellbeing. Methods A total of 174 patients with bladder cancer who received bladder...

We describe an ongoing project, in which an informally organised international consortium is using the open source LARA platform to create multimodal annotated editions of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Le petit prince in multiple languages, so far French, English, Italian, Icelandic, Irish, Japanese, Polish, Farsi and Mandarin. LARA versions of the bo...

Blended learning is an increasingly prevalent trend in College English acquisition. This research seeks to study the influence of a blended learning environment to English acquisition, and the differences between the high- achieving learners and the low-achieving learners for Chinese minority preparation college students in English acquisition. Eig...

A popular idea in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is to use multimodal annotated texts, with annotations typically including embedded audio and translations, to support second and foreign (L2) learning through reading. An important question is how to create good quality audio, which can be done either through human recording or by a Text...

The 2021 EUROCALL conference engaged just under 250 speakers from 40 different countries. Cnam Paris and Sorbonne Université joined forces to host and organise the event despite the challenging context due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Originally programmed to be held on site in the heart of Paris, France, the EUROCALL organising team and executive com...

English is a compulsory course for students in China from primary education to postgraduate education. Recently more and more policymakers at Chinese universities have been forcing English education to be performed using a one-way English immersion approach. In their views, the more English practices in English classes, the better the learners’ lea...

This is an experimental study investigated whether a peer review teaching method is suitable in a computer assisted online learning environment for Chinese adult college students in their English writing acquisition. The research results show that the teaching approach of peer review in a computer assisted online learning environment is beneficial...

This study aims to investigate Chinese adult learners’ viewpoints of a blended learning environment in promoting sustainable development with the research methods such as hermeneutics and a semi structured survey. The research results reveal that Chinese adult learners believe a blended learning environment promotes sustainable development in at le...

p align="LEFT"> The current research studies the language and culture life in a rural community in Jidong area with the investigation methods of questionnaire and interview. It also analyses the vitality of traditional folk arts in the community. The investigation results show that the rural community is a diglossia community with the local Chi...

Blended learning is a popular trend in college English acquisition for Chinese adult education. In order to study the influence of a blended learning environment to English acquisition and the factors affecting Chinese adult students' English acquisition, 100 of them who study in the School of Continuing Education of North China University of Scien...

Blended learning is a popular trend in college English acquisition for Chinese adult education. In order to study the influence of a blended learning environment to English acquisition and the factors affecting Chinese adult students' English acquisition, 100 of them who study in the School of Continuing Education of North China University of Scien...

How to protect language diversity in the world is a hotly discussed topic in linguistic research. This study investigates the relationship between Tibetan language vitality and language users’ identity in Maketang and Huazangsi Tibetan Autonomy County. On the basis of empirical data, the study suggests that there are no strong, positive correlation...

p>采用问卷调查、辅以访谈的方式，调查藏 语安多方言区的一个农业社区（力加村）的语 言生活、语言活力、语言使用和语言态度。结 果显示，当地藏语文活力旺盛，藏语是当地各 种场合的主要交际用语。被调查对象中近一半 人是藏汉双语人，他们大多年龄较小或受过教 育。被调查对象的语言文字态度具有较强的包 容性，对藏汉语文都持积极态度。所有被调查 对象都希望后代接受藏语教育，近一半被调查 对象希望后代在接受藏语教育的同时接受汉语 和（或）英语教育。被调查对象对藏语具有很 强的民族情感。他们承认藏语文在当地活力旺 盛，但仍旧担心“政府制定的语言文字政策执 行不到位”会影响当地的藏语文发展。 In order to study language vitality, language use and lang...

The quantitative study investigates whether the method peer review can improve Chinese college students' English writing abilities. The subjects are 64 students from Minzu University of China. The research finds that the method peer review can improve the students' writing level and be appreciated by most students because it has many advantages. Fo...