Survey: Chinese Language Background

Please provide your information and tell us about your Chinese language learning experience

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1. Please assess your Mandarin language proficiency (1 to 4, higher number means higher proficiency):

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing Essay

Handwriting Chinese (simplified or traditional) characters

Typing Chinese characters on electronic devices

2. Do you prefer reading and writing in simplified or traditional Chinese characters?

Prefer traditional Chinese characters

Prefer simplified Chinese characters

Both traditional and simplified Chinese characters

I prefer pinyin

I prefer Bopomofo-zhuyin

3. What resources do you use to help you learn Chinese? List them in order of most used to least used.

4. What is your personal attitude towards the use of a web app in achieving your language learning goals?

Not at all important

Slightly important

Moderately important

Very important

Extremely important

5. How often have you / do you use AI tools/apps to help practice writing and typing Chinese characters?

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often (once or twice a week)

Always (everyday)

6. If you have used Generative AI to study Chinese, please describe your experience with the tool.

7. How important are each of these skills to you in learning Chinese?

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing Essays

Handwriting Chinese (simplified or traditional) characters

Typing Chinese characters on electronic devices

8. How challenging are each of these skills to you in learning Chinese?

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

Handwriting Chinese (simplified or traditional) characters

Typing Chinese characters on electronic devices

9. Are you a Chinese heritage speaker (i.e., you speak or have access to Chinese language environment at home)?

Yes

10. How often do you handwrite Chinese (simplified/traditional) characters?

Very often, everyday

2 - 3 times a week

Once a week

Very rarely

Never

11. Please list your preferred methods of studying Chinese and rank them in the order from most preferred to least preferred.

12. In your perspective, does handwriting Chinese characters help increase your language proficiency level?

Maybe

Somewhat

Absolutely

13. What is your native language (meaning the most proficient language)?

14. Which other languages (dialects) do you speak/know? Please also provide your self-evaluated proficiency level (Near-native, Advanced, Intermediate, Beginning level).

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