Download or read book Learning the Chinese Language Using a Performed Culture Pedagogical Approach written by Jing Chen Henderson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: This is a multiple case study analysis of a select group of middle school students learning the Chinese language and Chinese culture through the inquiring, performing, reflecting, and producing (IPRP) model, a performed culture pedagogical approach. With the purpose of deepening the understanding and perspectives of students' Chinese language and cultural learning processes, this researcher examined nine participants' Chinese language and cultural learning experience in a classroom setting for 18 weeks. Within the perspectives of Vygotsky's (1978a, 1978b) sociocultural theory, the researcher used the constant comparison method and the categorical aggregation method to collect and analyze three data sources: field notes of class observations, semistructured participants' interviews, and video-recorded performance sessions. The findings of this study revealed that IPRP, as a new and practical performed culture pedagogical approach, links Vygotsky's (1978a, 1978b) sociocultural theory with the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2015). The current study's findings suggest the IPRP model could be used to provide a solution to improve the integration of Chinese language and culture learning at the practical level.