Bridging usage-based theory, corpus research, and grammar teaching: An innovative approach to le

: Zhuo Jing-Schmidt, S H Hung, Jun Lang, Heidi Hui Shi, Lin Zhu

: CLTA (The Chinese Language Teachers Association) Annual Conference at Seattle, WA, USA

: 2019

: Proceedings of 2019 CLTA Annual Conference at Seattle, WA, USA

: 15

: https://clta-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-CLTA-Annual-Conference-Program.pdf

This panel will provide a pedagogical model that bridges theory, research, and classroom teaching and learning by showing how the usage-based constructionist approach as a theoretical framework together with corpus-based data analysis of everyday language uses of the challenging structure involving 了 le can contribute to the conception and execution of a principled pedagogical approach to grammar teaching and learning in CSL/CFL. In doing so, it will provide useful and workable strategies for CSL/CFL teachers to apply not just in the teaching of le, but also other structures in Chinese.