• DocumentCode
    615334
  • Title

    Will Chinese students applaud for bilingual education? — A case study in Organic Chemistry course

  • Author

    Yu-ying Yang

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Chem. Eng. & Technol., Hebei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin, China
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    26-28 April 2013
  • Firstpage
    587
  • Lastpage
    591
  • Abstract
    Bilingual education has become widespread throughout the world. Bilingualism is important to Chinese learners. However, bilingual education in China is still under development and needs improvement. One year of bilingual education in an Organic Chemistry course was implemented at Hebei University of Technology. First, Questionnaire 1 was designed to investigate the students´ attitudes to bilingual education. Next, teaching modes were adjusted according to the results of Questionnaire 1. Then, bilingual education in the Organic Chemistry course was taken for one year. At the end of the course, Questionnaire 2 was designed to study students´ reflection on bilingual course. The results of Questionnaire 2 indicate that students were in favor of bilingual education in the Organic Chemistry course after experiencing bilingualism; however, some students said the course was difficult. The results also show that teaching content and methods need improvement.
  • Keywords
    chemistry computing; computer aided instruction; educational courses; educational institutions; natural language processing; teaching; China; Chinese learners; Chinese students; Hebei University of Technology; bilingual education; computer aided instruction; organic chemistry course; student attitudes; student reflection; teaching content; teaching method; teaching modes; Chemistry; Computers; Education; Imaging; Reflection; Bilingual education; Chinese Students; Organic Chemistry; Reflection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2013 8th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Colombo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4464-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCSE.2013.6553977
  • Filename
    6553977