This study investigates how Chinese logogriphs are comprehended by learners of Chinese as a foreign language(CFL)with different Chinese proficiencies and cultural backgrounds.Eighty-eight CFL learners from four cultur...This study investigates how Chinese logogriphs are comprehended by learners of Chinese as a foreign language(CFL)with different Chinese proficiencies and cultural backgrounds.Eighty-eight CFL learners from four cultures(South Koreans,Southeast Asians,Western Caucasians and Arabs)were divided into two Chinese proficiency groups according to their HSK scores,and 15 L1 Chinese speakers also took part in the experiment as a control group.The participants were asked to write down how they interpreted Chinese logogriphs in questionnaires.An ANOVA analysis was conducted to examine the effects of Chinese proficiency and cultural background on logogriph comprehension.The results indicate that the accuracy of logogriph comprehension and the frequency of adopting logogriph-solving strategies positively correlated with the learners’Chinese proficiency,and that those with higher proficiency used more linguistic and cultural knowledge of the target language.As for cultural influence,Western Caucasians tended to think more visually than the other three cultural groups,and South Koreans and Southeast Asians were better at activating Chinese semantic knowledge.The closer the CFL learners’culture is to Chinese culture,the more similar strategies they adopted to those of L1 Chinese participants.Moreover,the participants’Chinese proficiency and cultural background show an interactive effect on their logogriph comprehension,with the former factor having a greater influence than the latter in this process.展开更多
In this study, we made references to past literatures and developed an e-learning training program for CSL （Chinese as a Second Language） teachers. The class was held from July to August, 2010, in Chinese Culture Un...In this study, we made references to past literatures and developed an e-learning training program for CSL （Chinese as a Second Language） teachers. The class was held from July to August, 2010, in Chinese Culture University （Taiwan）, and we designed a performance-evaluation questionnaire with the Delphi method. Three months after the training program was completed, the questionnaire was given to the 30 students of the class, and they were asked to answer questions regarding their use of e-learning in the actual practice. We also asked 5 teachers to conduct experimental e-learning for us to video-record and observe. This effort allows us to discuss the use of e-learning among CSL teachers in Taiwan, come up with a conclusion and suggestions, and use the findings as references for course-planning and policies or research regarding the digital learning of Chinese.展开更多
Chinese character teaching with a long history has rich experience. Teaching Chinese characters is popular all over the world, so Chinese character teaching experience at home should be made good use of and transplant...Chinese character teaching with a long history has rich experience. Teaching Chinese characters is popular all over the world, so Chinese character teaching experience at home should be made good use of and transplanted. Thus, we must first lay a good foundation of spoken Chinese to learn Chinese characters. Spoken language takes the lead, followed by literacy. At the beginning of teaching Chinese characters, we should focus on literacy, and implement in teaching materials and in classroom. Teaching should be paid attention to dispersing the difficulties, which should be progressively possessed step by step, with appropriate burden. We should take full advantage of the features of Chinese characters for teaching. From the reality of students, teaching arrangement is made. We should train teachers, and design teaching plans at different levels by judicious use of modem teaching methods. In the teaching materials, the amount of recognized characters is arranged, so that students can learn to read around 1,500 Chinese characters. We should select the species of new characters and arrange the order of emergence. We should teach students to use Pinyin, who should lay an emphasis on four bases. We should pay attention to vocabulary teaching and arrange proper training in writing. During classroom teaching, we should do a good job in： unified glyph, pronunciation, and meaning, and dominated with glyph; links among characters, words, and sentences, mainly based on characters; combination of reading and writing and dominated with reading; dual-purpose of using remembering, comparison, and speaking, mainly based on remembering.展开更多
Music is an extraordinary bridge between people all over the world so much as to be called a universal language. Idols and B-boys stages are fun, touching, and fantastic. Today, South Korean students are excited and e...Music is an extraordinary bridge between people all over the world so much as to be called a universal language. Idols and B-boys stages are fun, touching, and fantastic. Today, South Korean students are excited and enthusiastic about their colorful dance moves. The study is about creative educational methods that use K-pop music videos to learn the proverbs and old words that our ancestors learned to keep in mind and teach. K-pop lyrics are a rich reflection of the experiences of life and the world in which people are living today. Accordingly, this study can present new teaching and learning method examples that are used in class related to the old language associated with K-pop lyrics and can also introduce interesting class materials.展开更多
Multiuser online system is useful, but the administrator must be nervous at security problem. To solve this problem, the authors propose applying signature verification to multiuser online system. At the authors＇ res...Multiuser online system is useful, but the administrator must be nervous at security problem. To solve this problem, the authors propose applying signature verification to multiuser online system. At the authors＇ research, they attempt adding signature verification function based on DP （Dynamic Programming） matching to existing multiuser online kanji learning system. In this paper, the authors propose the construction of the advance system and methods of signature verification, and evaluate performance of those signature verification methods that difference is combination of using features. From signature verification＇s experimental results, the authors adopted to use writing velocity and writing speed differential as using feature to verify the writer for the system. By using signature database which is construct with 20 genuine signatures and 20 forged signatures with 40 writers and written mostly by English or Chinese literal, experimental results of signature verification records 12.71% as maximum EER （Equal Error Rate）, 6.00% as minimum EER, and 8.22% as average EER. From mentioned above, the authors realized to advance the reliability and usefulness of the multiuser online kanji learning system.展开更多
文摘This study investigates how Chinese logogriphs are comprehended by learners of Chinese as a foreign language(CFL)with different Chinese proficiencies and cultural backgrounds.Eighty-eight CFL learners from four cultures(South Koreans,Southeast Asians,Western Caucasians and Arabs)were divided into two Chinese proficiency groups according to their HSK scores,and 15 L1 Chinese speakers also took part in the experiment as a control group.The participants were asked to write down how they interpreted Chinese logogriphs in questionnaires.An ANOVA analysis was conducted to examine the effects of Chinese proficiency and cultural background on logogriph comprehension.The results indicate that the accuracy of logogriph comprehension and the frequency of adopting logogriph-solving strategies positively correlated with the learners’Chinese proficiency,and that those with higher proficiency used more linguistic and cultural knowledge of the target language.As for cultural influence,Western Caucasians tended to think more visually than the other three cultural groups,and South Koreans and Southeast Asians were better at activating Chinese semantic knowledge.The closer the CFL learners’culture is to Chinese culture,the more similar strategies they adopted to those of L1 Chinese participants.Moreover,the participants’Chinese proficiency and cultural background show an interactive effect on their logogriph comprehension,with the former factor having a greater influence than the latter in this process.
文摘In this study, we made references to past literatures and developed an e-learning training program for CSL （Chinese as a Second Language） teachers. The class was held from July to August, 2010, in Chinese Culture University （Taiwan）, and we designed a performance-evaluation questionnaire with the Delphi method. Three months after the training program was completed, the questionnaire was given to the 30 students of the class, and they were asked to answer questions regarding their use of e-learning in the actual practice. We also asked 5 teachers to conduct experimental e-learning for us to video-record and observe. This effort allows us to discuss the use of e-learning among CSL teachers in Taiwan, come up with a conclusion and suggestions, and use the findings as references for course-planning and policies or research regarding the digital learning of Chinese.
文摘Chinese character teaching with a long history has rich experience. Teaching Chinese characters is popular all over the world, so Chinese character teaching experience at home should be made good use of and transplanted. Thus, we must first lay a good foundation of spoken Chinese to learn Chinese characters. Spoken language takes the lead, followed by literacy. At the beginning of teaching Chinese characters, we should focus on literacy, and implement in teaching materials and in classroom. Teaching should be paid attention to dispersing the difficulties, which should be progressively possessed step by step, with appropriate burden. We should take full advantage of the features of Chinese characters for teaching. From the reality of students, teaching arrangement is made. We should train teachers, and design teaching plans at different levels by judicious use of modem teaching methods. In the teaching materials, the amount of recognized characters is arranged, so that students can learn to read around 1,500 Chinese characters. We should select the species of new characters and arrange the order of emergence. We should teach students to use Pinyin, who should lay an emphasis on four bases. We should pay attention to vocabulary teaching and arrange proper training in writing. During classroom teaching, we should do a good job in： unified glyph, pronunciation, and meaning, and dominated with glyph; links among characters, words, and sentences, mainly based on characters; combination of reading and writing and dominated with reading; dual-purpose of using remembering, comparison, and speaking, mainly based on remembering.
文摘Music is an extraordinary bridge between people all over the world so much as to be called a universal language. Idols and B-boys stages are fun, touching, and fantastic. Today, South Korean students are excited and enthusiastic about their colorful dance moves. The study is about creative educational methods that use K-pop music videos to learn the proverbs and old words that our ancestors learned to keep in mind and teach. K-pop lyrics are a rich reflection of the experiences of life and the world in which people are living today. Accordingly, this study can present new teaching and learning method examples that are used in class related to the old language associated with K-pop lyrics and can also introduce interesting class materials.
文摘Multiuser online system is useful, but the administrator must be nervous at security problem. To solve this problem, the authors propose applying signature verification to multiuser online system. At the authors＇ research, they attempt adding signature verification function based on DP （Dynamic Programming） matching to existing multiuser online kanji learning system. In this paper, the authors propose the construction of the advance system and methods of signature verification, and evaluate performance of those signature verification methods that difference is combination of using features. From signature verification＇s experimental results, the authors adopted to use writing velocity and writing speed differential as using feature to verify the writer for the system. By using signature database which is construct with 20 genuine signatures and 20 forged signatures with 40 writers and written mostly by English or Chinese literal, experimental results of signature verification records 12.71% as maximum EER （Equal Error Rate）, 6.00% as minimum EER, and 8.22% as average EER. From mentioned above, the authors realized to advance the reliability and usefulness of the multiuser online kanji learning system.
