Open AccessSociocultural Theory-Guided College-Level Mandarin Chinese Hybrid Course Design
Author(s) -
Li Jin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the iall journal of language learning technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1050-0049
DOI - 10.17161/iallt.v42i1.8501
Subject(s) - mandarin chinese , sociocultural evolution , sociocultural perspective , mediation , course (navigation) , perspective (graphical) , mathematics education , agency (philosophy) , psychology , computer science , pedagogy , engineering , sociology , linguistics , artificial intelligence , social science , philosophy , anthropology , aerospace engineering
This paper explains how sociocultural theory (SCT), particularly its threekey concepts: mediation, zone of proximal development, and agency, canbe used to guide the course design of college-level 1st-year MandarinChinese hybrid courses. Specific examples are illustrated to demonstratehow three aspects of the hybrid course design: 1) learning materials andtasks, 2) teacher-student and student-student interaction, and 3)assessments, are guided from a SCT perspective. The feedback fromstudents enrolled in a college-level hybrid Mandarin Chinese coursesequence is also provided.