1. A Successful Chinese Language Learner Aurélie 劉雯君 Winifred Liu 9431308 郭子蓮 Hermosa Kuo 9431314 陳琬洵 Cindy Chen 9431316 鄭伊吟 Kate Cheng 9431340 陳雍蓁 Aggie Chen 9431364

2. Group members and Aurélie

3. Aurélie’s Introduction

4. Introduction Who did we interview? Auréli, a 25 years old exchange student from France Why did we choose her? We were curious about why she could acquire Chinese successfully.

5. Data Collection Questionnaires Face-to-Face Interview Email Take Pictures

6. Aurélie’s Text Book

9. Results No Particular Dominance on Brain Extroverted Field-Dependent Learner

10. Personalities Intelligence Aptitude Motivation Attitudes

11. Age of Acquisition Accent Her Chinese Textbooks (four-word idioms)

12. Skinner’s Behaviorism Imitation: By the sounds from tapes or native speakers Practice :Practice By writing Chinese characters many times Reinforcement : Taiwan’s environment pushes her to use Chinese Habit formation By spending 3-4 hours learning Chinese every day

13. Krashen’s Monitor Model The Monitor Hypothesis The Natural Order Hypothesis The Input Hypothesis The Affective Filter Hypothesis

14. Information Processing Noticing Words Restructuring Speaking Skill

15. ZPD (zone of proximal development) When she was in France: seldom interact with people When she is in Taiwan: always speak Chinese

16. Interactionism Piaget: Physical Interaction to touch to observe to manipulate Long: Modified Interaction off class in class

17. Q & A

18. Thank You Merci Beaucoup

19. Aurélie’s Chinese name