对外汉语汉字教学中的图像符号学应用初探

The Application of Image Semiotics in Chinese Teaching of Chinese Characters

对外汉语教学中,汉字教学一直是难点,寻求有效的汉字教学方法一直是相关教学研究的重点议题。汉字起源于图画又不同于图画,图画通过艺术形象来表意,而汉字则是通过语音来表意。图像与意义对象之间的像似性容易搭起沟通的桥梁,通过图像符号的再像似化来重建汉字理据,不仅切合当今图像转向的时代背景,而且对提高学生汉字学习兴趣与效率、把握中国文化思维特征、促进中华文化海外传播等都有重要意义。

Chinese characters teaching has always been a difficult problem in teaching Chinese to foreigners. Therefore, to seek for effective teaching methods of Chinese characters is a key issue in relevant teaching research. Chinese characters originated from pictures but are different from pictures. Pictures express meaning through images but Chinese characters are expressed by means of phonetic. A good communication between images and objects of meaning is easy to find. To reconstruct the Chinese characters＇ motivation by the image iconicity is not only a trend but also meaningful to help foreign students be interested in learning Chinese characters, grasp the characteristics of Chinese thinking model as well as promote the spread of Chinese culture.