Authors

Dr Shaoming Zhou(correspondent author)is Senior Lecturer at Asia Institute，The University of Melbourne.His primary research interest is in culture studies focusing on China’s culture transformation since later Qing Dynasty.He has also been teaching a great range of Chinese language subjects of all levels at various Australian Universities.His publication in last two decades covers a wide range of research topics both in culture studies and language acquisition and understanding.Email:shaoming@unimelb.edu.au

Ruonan Zeng is Principal Tutor at Asia Institute，The University of Melbourne.Her primary research interest is in tertiary level education and Chinese language teaching.She has also been teaching a great range of Chinese language subjects of all levels.

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[1]L1 learners，or first(native)language learners，are international students who have grown up in a Chinese-speaking society and have usually completed up to four to five years of secondary schooling in a Chinese society before coming to Australia to prepare for entry to university(Orton，2016:10).

[2]Second language learners(L2)，who are school learners of Chinese and use it virtually only in a classroom(Orton，2016:10).

[3]The nominated country is China;the nominated regions are Taiwan，Hong Kong or Macau.