36.183, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Pragmatics / Romania

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Subject: 36.183, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Pragmatics / Romania

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Date: 15-Jan-2025
From: Mengxin Lyu [lyumengxin41 at 163.com]
Subject: The 8th International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language Research


Full Title: The 8th International Conference on Chinese as a Second
Language Research
Short Title: CASLAR-8

Date: 30-May-2025 - 01-Jun-2025
Location: Brasov, Romania
Contact Person: Adrian Lacatus
Meeting Email: caslar8 at unitbv.ro

2nd Call for Papers:
Chinese Learning Motivation and AI-Mediated Informal Digital Learning:
The Mediating Role of CSL Enjoyment Among International Students in
China
Abstract: Based on an integrated framework of self-determination
theory and the control-value theory of achievement emotions, this
study investigates the relationship between Chinese learning
motivation and AI-mediated informal digital learning of Chinese
(AI-IDLC) among international students in China, with Chinese as a
Second Language (CSL) enjoyment as a mediating variable. The research
examines how motivations for learning Chinese influence students’
engagement with AI tools, including machine translators and AI-powered
chatbots. Using an explanatory sequential mixed-method design, the
study surveyed 300 international students in China and conducted 10
follow-up interviews. Employing structural equation modeling, the
quantitative analysis reveals that Chinese learning motivation
significantly predicts both CSL enjoyment and AI-IDLC. Furthermore,
enjoyment partially mediates the relationship between learning
motivation and AI-IDLC. The qualitative findings from interviews
provide a nuanced understanding of how motivation and enjoyment evolve
in response to varying learning contexts during AI-IDLC. These
insights inform pedagogical strategies to enhance international
students’ engagement in informal digital learning of Chinese while
fostering emotional well-being in the age of generative AI.
Keywords: Technology and CSL, Chinese learning motivation, AI-IDLC,
international students in China, CSL enjoyment, AI-assisted language
learning



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