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Prof Clare Wright: Why some learners succeed faster than others

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My blog: imlearningmandarin.com

Clare's page: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/staff/1258/prof-clare-wright

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On today’s episode, I interview a long-time member of the I’m Learning Mandarin community who also happens to be a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Leeds.

Professor Clare Wright has pioneered research into second language pedagogy, with a particular focus on Mandarin.

She is particularly interested in discovering why some learners on Mandarin courses seem to do so well at reaching communicative levels quickly while others lag behind.

I first met Clare in 2018 when she interviewed me for her research into what motivates Mandarin learners to study the language.

We’ve kept in touch ever since, and in this interview, we discussed what Mandarin learners and educators can learn from her research to improve their outcomes and reach their goals.

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91 episodes

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Manage episode 469759691 series 3418647
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Links:

My blog: imlearningmandarin.com

Clare's page: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/staff/1258/prof-clare-wright

--

On today’s episode, I interview a long-time member of the I’m Learning Mandarin community who also happens to be a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Leeds.

Professor Clare Wright has pioneered research into second language pedagogy, with a particular focus on Mandarin.

She is particularly interested in discovering why some learners on Mandarin courses seem to do so well at reaching communicative levels quickly while others lag behind.

I first met Clare in 2018 when she interviewed me for her research into what motivates Mandarin learners to study the language.

We’ve kept in touch ever since, and in this interview, we discussed what Mandarin learners and educators can learn from her research to improve their outcomes and reach their goals.

  continue reading

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