A Study On Language Services Planning In China For Adolescents To Study Overseas

In recent years,with the transformation of the concept of language as resources,research on the language industry and language services has been in the ascendant.Language services used to focus more on language translation services,or the combination of language and technology and other fields as the research objects,and rarely touch the language services for studying abroad.Therefore,this study focuses on the language services and planning for Chinese adolescents studying abroad and aims to provide perspectives and content with certain research value.This research raises three questions: 1)What are the problems in the language service planning for Chinese adolescents studying abroad? 2)What are the factors that cause the problem of language service planning for Chinese adolescents studying abroad? 3)How to effectively plan language services for Chinese adolescents studying abroad?In response to the above problems,this study adopts a mixed research method,ie.,qualitative research,quantitative research and text analysis with triangulation verification paradigm.In response to research question 1,this study uses text analysis combined with quantitative research to refine the conceptual system based on text analysis of relevant national and local policies,and then design questionnaires to conduct current research on policy formulation,implementation and evaluation from a micro perspective.From technical level,NVivo qualitative analysis software is applied to process a total of 16 policy texts,about 178,000 words,mainly including official policy documents at the national level(7)and the provincial level(10 in Shanghai);247questionnaires of parents and 148 questionnaires of tutors are processed by SPSS quantitative analysis software,and thus get the overall extraction of the current situation of adolescent language service planning for studying abroad.In response to research question 2,this research conducted in-depth interviews with policy makers,training school managers,parents and students,tutors from training schools,experts and scholars.The survey collected 17 interview manuscripts with approximately 71,000 words.The NVivo qualitative analysis software was also used for data processing to unearth the influencing factors of language service planning for adolescents studying abroad.Combining the results of qualitative and quantitative research,the effective path of language service planning for Chinese adolescents studying abroad in Shanghai finally emerges,which is to answer the third question of this research.This study found that the current situation of language service planning for Chinese adolescents studying abroad is viewed from a macro level,that is,at a national level.Policies are often based on a macro perspective,involving evaluation measures from access to process to results.From a meso-level perspective,the specific rules for offcampus youth training institutions formulated by Shanghai mostly follow the requirements of the country's “four basic principles”,cover the goals required by governance in a more comprehensive manner,and show obvious standardization and meticulous features.That is,the management tasks of Shanghai's off-campus training institutions for juveniles basically follow national-level policy requirements,and the detailed performance is such as incorporating various training and education carried out by off-campus training institutions into the scope of national education unified management,and establishing and improving the supervision mechanism of offcampus training institutions.In addition,the managers of the organization generally believe that the language service planning and the effect of language services reflect the service capabilities and strength of an organization.At the micro level,it is found that the access and qualification planning of language service institutions are not standardized enough.The professionalism of teachers and courses,textbooks and teaching methods needs to be improved,and needs and assessments need to be more efficient.The influencing factors of language service planning for young people studying abroad mainly include three dimensions: macro,meso and micro.Macro-level national policy formulation,implementation and evaluation have an impact on the language service planning for Chinese adolescents studying abroad.From the perspective of the meso dimension,that is,the Shanghai region,although the Shanghai region has not issued corresponding policies and regulations for language service institutions for young people studying abroad,it still has regulatory policies and strengths for institutions that belong to the nature of education and training.In addition,the service capabilities,service specifications and service effects of language service institutions for youth studying abroad have an important influence on their overall planning.From a micro perspective,parents' planning for institutional services,teachers and qualifications;students' needs and evaluations on institutions;teachers' own initiative,self-efficacy,and market demand have a strong influence;experts and scholars have some influence on institutional development concepts and its development.The effective planning path of language services for Chinese adolescents studying abroad can be realized from the national macro-level planning,local and institutional mid-level planning,and individual micro-level planning.Based on the four basic principles of the management of national off-campus training institutions,that is,"regulated according to law,classified management,comprehensive policy implementation,and coordinated management" as the guiding principle,classified management of language services for Chinese adolescents studying abroad is adopted.The Shanghai Municipal Education Administration's evaluation of off-campus training institutions mainly focuses on licensing and access.From the perspective of language service organization planning for young people studying abroad,the plan involves three aspects: service standard,service ability and service effect.Operating a formal language service organization needs to meet a certain scale,necessary personnel organizational structure,business venues,teaching staff,teaching materials and teaching methods.Language service agencies for Chinese adolescents studying abroad should have the necessary service capabilities,which are mainly reflected in clear and effective service management,including personnel,structure and processes;effective and marketoriented capabilities;systematic and scientific courses and teaching materials,The service system can meet market demand,and can form a good reputation accumulation.The core competitiveness of language service agencies for Chinese adolescents studying abroad is service effectiveness.Institutions must ensure the quality of training through high-quality curriculum,scientific teaching materials,and service system.For the teachers of language service institutions for Chinese adolescents studying abroad,it is necessary to personally take the examinations of the subjects they teach,obtain the teacher qualification certificate,and exert their initiative in the work,and use their full sense of self-efficacy to continuously refine their teaching skills and teaching skills in the teaching profession.Technology can truly meet the needs of students for language ability improvement.Parents play the role of training school identification and selection,actively understand the relevant regional policies,and can play a supervisory role when necessary to protect their young's rights and interests in the language service process.Students clarify their training needs,actively play the role of evaluation and feedback on training effects,and truly obtain corresponding benefits from language services.Experts and scholars,especially those related to language service research,provide advice and suggestions on the macro-and meso-level language service planning from an academic and theoretical perspective,and promote the healthy and orderly development of the language service industry.This research is theoretically based on foreign language education planning and language service planning.Starting from the language testing services needs of young people who plan to study abroad,this research presents the current situation of language service planning for young people studying abroad,and explores the current research deficiencies in this field,as well as problems in order to effectively plan the language services for young people studying abroad.However,this research needs to be richer in the selection of research objects,research theories can be more focused,and research methods and tools need to be optimized.In future research,the research theory can be further enriched with the expansion of the language service planning theory,and the school of formal education for young people and related planning policies can be included in the research at the meso level,so as to make this research more substantial and complete.