31. Using Radicals in Teaching Chinese Characters to Second Language Learners
M a r c u s TAF T a n d K e v i n C H U N G
University of New South Wales, Australia
http://www2.psy.unsw.edu.au/Users/mtaft/TaftANDChung1999.PDF
32. The Role of Learning Experience on the
perceptual organization of Chinese
characters
Wenliang Chen
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kyoto, Japan
The results found that a chunking mechanism underlies the
perception of Chinese characters so learners tend to organize
information into chunks to reduce processing load.
33. A Neural Network Model for Visual Perceptual Learning
Jiawei Chen, Liujun Chen,Yan Li - Beijing Normal University
Beginner learners use global strategies to identify characters. Beginners try to
set up a relationship between the characters with some pictures that already
exist in the brain.
For learners at the Intermediate and Advanced level, the radicals play a more
important role in the process of perception.
Chinese characters can be perceived by two basic modes:
Global to local (global perception) and
Local to global (local perception)
Local perception is more efficient than global perception
48. What does this look like in
the classroom?
• From Day 1, students are engaged in
exploring characters using radicals.
• Radicals are what unlock characters
• Radicals provide ‘hooks’ for memory
57. Do your students have the keys to
understanding characters?
My School - New words
Go 去
Classroom 教室
Office 办公室
Sports field 运动场
Library 图书馆
Assembly hall 礼堂
Dining hall 食堂
Toilet 洗手间
58. My School - New words
Go 去 : 土,厶 earth / private
Classroom 教 室 : 孝,攵 obedience /
Office 办公室 : 力,八, 八,厶, 宀,至
Sports field 运动场 : 辶,云, 云,力,
Library 图书馆 : 囗,冬, 饣,官
Assembly hall 礼堂 :龸,口,土
Dining hall 食堂 : 食, 龸,口,土
Toilet 洗手间: 氵,先, 手, 门,日
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59. Students need to Students need to organize
classify characters characters
口
口 吃 喝 唱 嘴哭
Students need to
compare characters
60. Students need to connect characters to visual
memory
学生应该将中国字和虚拟的记忆联系起来
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66. The Good news is…
Building Blocks
Meaning
Connections
Context
67. Teach Characters in context
在上下文的环境里教中国字
Brain seeks connections, context and meaning!
68. Teach Characters in Context
Avoid teaching
Vocabulary
Grammar
Sentence structures
in isolation!
73. Allow students to add to the Word Wall
Word Walls
- ecomes a Reference for the class
b
- xtends vocabulary beyond set
e
characters
- asier to retrieve vocabulary
e
Students keep their own
Word Wall in a Folder
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80. Your Mission today is to start finding out the secrets of Chinese
characters. You will start comparing characters and write your
findings below. Good Luck!
Building Block English meaning I explored Chinese characters and found…..
TOP 人 rén
刀 dāo
person
knife
SECRET 力 lì
又 yòu
power
again
口 kǒu mouth
Small 囗 wéi
mén
enclosure
door
Group 土 tǔ
夕 xī
earth
Exploration
sunset
大 dà big
Teams 女 nǚ
子 zǐ
female
son
寸 cùn inch
小 xiǎo small
82. Do your students have an
understanding
of
Chinese characters?
“教人以渔,
他能养活自己
的生命.”孔子
“Teach a person to fish
and he/she will have
enough for a life-time.”