Acquisition of Chinese characters: the effects of character properties and individual differences among second language learners

Kuo, Li-Jen; Kim, Tae-Jin; Yang, Xinyuan; Li, Huiwen; Liu, Yan; Wang, Haixia; Park, Jeong Hyun; Li, Ying

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00986

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“…11Researchers often use these three pairs of terms interchangeably, but the terms analytic and holistic are used more frequently in discussing Chinese word recognition (e.g., Kuo et al., 2014, 2015; Leong et al., 1987; Su & Samuels, 2010). Su and Samuels suggested that it is more appropriate to refer to the early reading strategy used by Chinese readers as analytic rather than serial because Chinese characters have the shape of a square of interconnected strokes rather than a sequence of letters.…”

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Analytic Versus Holistic Recognition of Chinese Words Among L2 Learners

Jiang

Hou

Xin

2020

The Modern Language Journal

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In studying the relationship between word recognition and reading development, a distinction is made between analytic and holistic processing of words. These strategies are often assessed in a length effect in an alphabetic language or in a stroke‐number effect in a logographic language. Analytical processing is associated with a robust length or stroke‐number effect while holistic processing is reflected in smaller or a lack of such effects. Research has shown that skilled readers employ holistic processing while less skilled readers rely more on analytical processing. The present study examined analytic versus holistic word recognition among second language learners by comparing learners of Chinese as a second language (CSL) and Chinese native speakers (NSs) in a lexical decision task. Thirty Chinese NSs and 28 CSL learners were tested on 90 disyllabic Chinese words that varied in stroke number from 5 to 27. A robust stroke‐number effect was found among CSL participants but not among NS controls. The findings raised a number of theoretical and pedagogical issues in relation to word recognition and reading development among CSL learners and among second language learners in general.

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Analytic Versus Holistic Recognition of Chinese Words Among L2 Learners

Jiang

Hou

Xin

2020

The Modern Language Journal

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“…Learners with alphabetic language background, in which sounds, and symbols are tightly correlated, would have to come up with approaches to learning Chinese writing, both in word recognition and production. Recent Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) studies have focused on the relationship between Chinese character recognition and production (Ke, 1996(Ke, , 1998Kuo et al, 2015;Lam et al, 2018;Lin, 2000).…”

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Similar Sounding Words Writing Strategy by Learners of Mandarin as a Foreign Language

Ang

Halim

2019

ILS

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A general feature observed in foreign language classroom is the usage of communication strategies by the learners in their attempts to manipulate a limited linguistics system to communicate. This research aims to investigate the usage of similar sounding words as a written communication strategy in learning Mandarin. The respondents were 59 second- and third-year Malaysian students learning Mandarin as a foreign language at a public university. An open-ended questionnaire was set to gauge respondents’ perception on the strategies used, and was divided into four parts, namely the demographic data and 3 parts of written tasks. The respondents were required to write a dialogue, answer questions on their hobbies and construct sentences using the words given. A total of 77 data of similar sounding words were found. The results showed that similar sounding words strategy was mostly applied to retroflex, alveolar, affricate, fricative, plosive, aspirated and unaspirated sounds. Another one third of the data consisted of syllables which were formed based on the learners’ understanding of the pronunciation. It was found that the strategy provides constructive help in getting the message across despite the inaccurate pronunciation. The findings also mirror the constructive learning attitude and aggressive struggle put in by the learners, and therefore, a positive strategy that should be encouraged.

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“…The allocation sequence was concealed in double-sealed opaque envelopes and only revealed to the person conducting the survey. The Mandarin language is based on pictograms, whereas English is based on an alphabet, and they have very different linguistic structures 11 . The recovery domains (physiologic, nociceptive, emotive, activities of daily living) could all be translated directly from English to Mandarin.…”

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Validation of a Revised Mandarin Chinese Language Version of the Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale

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Heiberg

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Anaesth Intensive Care

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The aim of the study was to validate a revised Mandarin version of the Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale (PostopQRS) and to apply the revised version in a Chinese population. In a prospective design, bilingual volunteers completed the scale at baseline, day one, day seven, and day 14 in both languages, with the order of language and parallel forms randomised. In addition, lung cancer patients undergoing open or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) completed the Mandarin version prior to surgery, day one, day three, day seven, day 14, one month, and three months postoperatively. Sixty-eight volunteers participated in the validation part of the study and in the clinical application, 93 lung cancer patients were included. The scores in the Mandarin version were equal to the English version in all domains at all timepoints including the word generation task, when the Mandarin morpheme was included in any part of the Mandarin word. However, Mandarin scores were lower in the word generation task if the morpheme was only included in the first part of the word. In addition, the Mandarin version was able to identify lower rates of overall recovery (P <0.01), nociceptive (P <0.01), emotive (P <0.01), and activities of daily living recovery (P=0.02) after open surgery compared to after VATS. The revised Mandarin version is equivalent to the English version for the cognitive domain, if morpheme substitution for the word generation task is allowed as any part of the word, and it is able to discriminate quality of recovery in Chinese patients.

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Acquisition of Chinese characters: the effects of character properties and individual differences among second language learners

Cited by 19 publications

References 56 publications

Analytic Versus Holistic Recognition of Chinese Words Among L2 Learners

Analytic Versus Holistic Recognition of Chinese Words Among L2 Learners

Similar Sounding Words Writing Strategy by Learners of Mandarin as a Foreign Language

Validation of a Revised Mandarin Chinese Language Version of the Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale

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