ChapterⅠ 1
THEPROBLEMANDITSBACKGROUND 1
Background 1
PurposeofStudy 1
TheProblem 2
ChapterⅡ 6
REVIEWOFTHERELATEDLITERATURE 6
SecondLanguageAcquisition:AHistoricalPerspective 6
RoleofNLonSLA:AHistoricalOverview 18
CurrentPerspectiveontheRoleofNLinSLA 27
TeachingLanguageinContext 30
SecondLanguageAcquisitionandCulturalUnderstanding 31
TraditionalChineseLanguageTeachers PhilosophyandViewsTowardsErrors 34
ErrorAnalysisandChineseLanguageTeaching 35
ChapterⅢ 41
METHODOLOGY 41
Introduction 41
TypeofInquiry-OralProficiencyInterview 43
StageⅠ:PilotStudy 45
StageⅡ:TheMainStudy 47
ACTFL-OPIRating 48
DataCollection 49
Introduction 50
ChapterⅣ 50
RESULTS 50
AnalysisofData 52
ErrorTypes 55
ChineseEthnicBackgrounds 81
PreviousOverseasExperiences 82
ErrorsVersusMistakes 84
ChapterⅤ 88
CONCLUSION 88
NoviceLevel 88
IntermediateandAdvancedLevels 90
ErrorTransferfromOtherChineseDialects 92
ChineseEthnicBackgrounds 92
PreviousOverseasExperiences 92
CulturalNotions 94
ImplicationsforTeachingChineseasaSecondLanguage 96
ThesisLimitations 99
SuggestionsforFutureResearch 100
REFERENCES 102
APPENDIXAAmericanCouncilontheTestingofForeignLanguages—OralProficiencyInterviewAssessmentCriteria 110
APPENDIXBErrorCategoryandAnalysis 117
APPENDIXCChi-squareTest:RelationshipBetweenFrequencyofErrorsandChineseEthnicalBackgrounds 309
APPENDIXDChi-squareTest:RelationshipBetweenFrequencyofErrorsandPreviousOverseasExperiences 311