Using a radical-derived character e-learning platform to increase learner knowledge of Chinese characters

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Hsueh-Chih
dc.contributor.authorHsu, Chih-Chun
dc.contributor.authorChang, Li-Yun
dc.contributor.authorLin, Yu-Chi
dc.contributor.authorChang, Kuo-En
dc.contributor.authorSung, Yao-Ting
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-15T18:13:44Z
dc.date.available2013-05-15T18:13:44Z
dc.date.issued2013-02-01
dc.description.abstractThe present study is aimed at investigating the effect of a radical-derived Chinese character teaching strategy on enhancing Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) learners’ Chinese orthographic awareness. An e-learning teaching platform, based on statistical data from the Chinese Orthography Database Explorer (Chen, Chang, L.Y., Chou, Sung, & Chang, K.E., 2011), was established and used as an auxiliary teaching tool. A nonequivalent pretest-posttest quasi-experiment was conducted, with 129 Chinese-American CFL learners as participants (69 people in the experimental group and 60 people in the comparison group), to examine the effectiveness of the e-learning platform. After a three-week course—involving instruction on Chinese orthographic knowledge and at least seven phonetic/semantic radicals and their derivative characters per week—the experimental group performed significantly better than the comparison group on a phonetic radical awareness test, a semantic radical awareness test, as well as an orthography knowledge test.
dc.format.extent18 pages
dc.identifier.citationChen, H.-C., Hsu, C.-C., Chang, L.-Y., Lin, Y.-C., Chang, K.-E., & Sung, Y.-T. (2013). Using a radical-derived character e-learning platform to increase learner knowledge of Chinese characters. Language Learning & Technology, 17(1), 89–106. http://dx.doi.org/10125/24511
dc.identifier.issn1094-3501
dc.identifier.issn1094-3501
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/24511
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherMichigan State University Center for Language Education and Research
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLanguage Learning & Technology, Volume 17, Number 1
dc.subjectChinese as a Foreign Language (CFL)
dc.subjectChinese Orthographic Awareness
dc.subjectRadical-Derived Character Instructional Method
dc.subjectPhonetic/Semantic Radicals
dc.titleUsing a radical-derived character e-learning platform to increase learner knowledge of Chinese characters
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prism.endingpage106
prism.number1
prism.publicationnameLanguage Learning & Technology
prism.startingpage89
prism.volume17

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