Although the literature often portrays Chinese students as passive, lacking in critical thinking, and prone to plagiarism, Dr. María Azpiroz reflects on the role of motivation and memorization in the process of knowledge acquisition.
The paper“Learning Approaches Among Chinese University Students Studying Spanish as a Foreign Language”aims to examine “the prevailing learning approaches” among Chinese university students studying Spanish within the framework of an exchange program. It also seeks to understand the changes that occur as a result of learning the Spanish language.
The professor at the Institute of Education and director of International Relations at Universidad ORT Uruguay a qualitative research design. Specifically, she uses a case study. Azpiroz includes 27 interviews with students from the 2013–2014 cohort of the program: 100% of those who participated.
Thearticle appears inIssue 8, Volume 1 (January–June 2017) of the journal Cuadernos de Investigación Educativa.