Chinese as a Second Language Multilinguals’ Speech Competence and Speech Performance by Peijian Paul Sun

Author:Peijian Paul Sun
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789811569418
Publisher: Springer Singapore

5.5 Data Collection and Analysis

After piloting and validating the instruments, the main stage of data collection, lasting for a semester, was carried out. Two parts of data collection took place among the same cohort of CSL multilinguals. Part 1 focused on quantitative data collection through piloted and validated instruments: the integrated CSLLQ, the CSCT, and the CSPT. Specifically, the CSLLQ was used to collect CSL multilinguals’ thoughts and behavioral intentions from cognitive, affective, and sociocultural perspectives. The CSCT and the CSPT were adopted to measure the participants’ speech competence and speech performance. SPSS (Mac version 22) was used to complete statistical analyses accordingly.

Part 2 focused on qualitative data collection. Qualitative methods such as focus groups and semi-structured interviews were adopted to collect qualitative data, aiming to explore the differences between intermediate and advanced CSL multilinguals’ cognition, affect, and sociocultural attitudes that contributed to their CSL speech competence and speech performance. Thirty-four multilinguals were purposefully selected to take part in the focus groups and ten multilinguals for the semi-structured interviews (after seeking their consent). The selection of these 34 participants was based on their speech performance scores and the preliminary questionnaire results. For example, participants who self-perceived themselves as less competent speakers but did well in the CSCT or the CSPT, and vice versa, were particularly invited to take part in this qualitative data collection. NVivo (Mac version 10) was used to code the transcriptions of focus groups and semi-structured interviews.

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