Application of Latex in Teaching and Scientific Research for Chinese under International Environment

Abstract

LaTeX is an international typesetting system widely used in writing and editing documents of teaching and scientific research work. It was originally developed as an English oriented automatic system, but it is now possible to identify Chinese by developing designs. The main feature of LaTeX is the ability to quickly process complex mathematical formulas and tables with simple statements. Besides, LaTeX specifies the hierarchy of whole article, users can process each hierarchical structure at one time, and directly generate stable PDF documents. LaTeX, due to its stable and intelligent layout function, plays more and more important role in the exchange and cooperation of international teaching and research area.

Uporabniški in pedagoški vidiki uporabe označevalnih jezikov

“…Delo z označevalnimi jeziki, v konkretnem primeru z jezikom LaTeX v veliki meri lahko olajša in pohitri pisanje zaključnih del [10], saj je za ta dela praviloma natančno predvidena struktura in oblikovanje, v praksi pa se izkaže, da številni študenti sicer porabijo precej časa za urejanje in formatiranje, da bo to skladno z navodili. Prednosti uporabe jezika LaTeX izpostavljajo v [7], zlasti pri delu v mednarodnem okolju, prav tako pa so Sotomayor-Beltran et al [22] v svoji raziskavi pokazali, da je večina študentov ocenil jezik LaTeX kot veliko boljše orodje za pisanje akademskih dokumentov v primerjavi z drugimi orodji, ki so jih poznali, zato so tudi po analizi izsledkov vprašalnikov predlagali vodstvu oddelka, da postane uporaba jezika LaTeX obvezna pri predmetih, kjer je to smiselno.…”