When to start to learn characters

January 24, 2015 at 08:20 AM

If anyone is interested in scientific side of learning the characters, here is the reference (90 %) list for my thesis.

Allen, J. 2008: Why Learning To Write Chinese Is a Waste of Time: A Modest Proposal. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Bassetti, B., 2007: Effects of hanyu pinyin on pronunciation in learners of Chinese as a foreign language. Teoksessa: Guder, Andreas; Jiang Xin and WanYexin (toim.) The Cognition, Learning and Teaching of Chinese Characters. Beijing, China: Beijing Language and Culture University http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/528/1/528.pdf. Tulostettu 4.3. 2014

Bassetti, B. 2006: Orthographic input and phonological representations in learners of Chinese as a foreign language. University of Oxford and Birkbeck, University of London.

Chee Ha Lee and Slava Kalyuga, Effectiveness of Different Pinyin Presentation Formats in Learning Chinese Characters: A Cognitive Load Perspective, Language Learning Volume 61, Issue 4, Article first published online: 23 Sep 2011, Language Learning ISSN 0023-8333

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Chung, K. 2003: Effects of Pinyin and First Language Words in Learning of Chinese Characters as a Second Language. Journal of Behavioral Education, Vol. 12, No. 3, September 2003

Chung, K. 2007: Presentation Factors in the Learning of Chinese Characters: The order and position of Hanyu pinyin and English translations. The University of Hong Kong.

Chung, Kevin K. H. 2002: Effective use of hanyu pinyin and English translation as extra stimulus prompts on learning of Chinese characters. Educational Psychology 22. 149–64

Du, X. 2010: Pinyin and Chinese Children’s Phonological Awareness. Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning. University of Toronto https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/25645/11/Du_Xintian_201011_MA_thesis.pdf. Tulostettu 4.3. 2014

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Feldman, L. B., & Siok, W. W. T. 1999: Semantic radicals contribute to the visual identification of Chinese characters. Journal of Memory and Language, 40, 559-576

Guder, A, Xin, J, Yexin, W: The Cognition, Learning and Teaching of Chinese Characters Beijing Language and Culture University Press.

Hua, S. 2013: Chinese writing system and learning to read. Beijing Normal University, China http://psychbrain.bnu.edu.cn/teachcms/res_base/teachcms/upload/channel/file/2013_1/1_5/fxh3hbkenbgi.pdf. Tulostettu 4.3. 2014

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Ho, S., Ng, T., & Ng, W. 2003: ”A ”radical” apporach to reading development in Chinese” The Role of Semantic Radicals and Phonetic Radicals. Journal of Literacy Research. http://jlr.sagepub.com/content/35/3/849. (Tulostettu 1.3. 2014)

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Jiang, L: On Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Beijing Language and Culture University Press, The Chinese Language: Research and Teaching (EBOOK).

Lee, H. & Kalyuga, S. 2011: Effectiveness of Different Pinyin Presentation Formats in Learning Chinese Characters: A Cognitive Load Perspective. Language Learning 61:4,

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Packard, J. 1990. Effects of Time Lag in the Introduction of Characters into the Chinese Language Curriculum. The Modern Language Journal, 74(ii), 167-175

Perfetti, C. 2003: The Universal Grammar of Reading. University of Pittsburgh. Scientific Studies of Reading. 7(1), 3–24, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc http://www.pitt.edu/~perfetti/PDF/Universal%20grammar%20of%20reading.pdf. Tulostettu 4.3. 2014

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Shen, H. 2004: Level of Cognitive Processing: Effects on Character Learning Among Non-Native Learners of Chinese as Foreign Language. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1323, USA

Shen, H. 2013: Chinese L2 Literacy Development: Cognitive Characteristics, Learning Strategies, and Pedagogical Interventions. Chinese L2 Literacy Development 373.The Authors Language and Linguistics Compass 7/7 (2013): 371–387, 10.1111/lnc3.12034. Language and Linguistics Compass. John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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Shu, H. 2013. Chinese writing system and learning to read. Beijing Normal University, China

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Wang, J., & Koda, K. 2013: Does Partial Radical In formation Help in the Learning of Chinese Characters? University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University

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Wang, J., & Leland, C. 2011: Beginning students’ perceptions of effective activities for Chinese character recognition. Indiana University http://www2.hawaii.edu/~readfl/rfl/October2011/articles/wang.pdf. Tulostettu 4.3. 2014

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Xin, J: Research on Foreign Learners' Acquisition of Chinese Characters, Words and Reading, (EBOOK) International Chinese Teaching and Research 2014.1 Beijing Language and Culture University Press.

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Xu, Y., Chang, L., Zhang J., & Perfetti, C. 2013. Reading, Writing, and Animation in Character Learning in Chinese as a Foreign Language Foreign Language Annals Volume 46, Issue 3. Article first published online: 17 SEP 2013

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Ye, L. 2011: “Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language in the United States: To Delay or Not to Delay the Character Introduction". Applied Linguistics and English as a Second Language Dissertations. Paper 21 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=alesl_diss. Tulostettu 4.3. 2014

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Internet pages

Chinese Characters and Radicals http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Radical_index.htm#How%20is%20a%20Chinese%20character%20formed. Tulostettu 28.2. 2014.

Chinese Learner http://www.chineselearner.com/writing/strokes/chinese-strokes.html. Tulostettu 28.2. 2014.

Global Britannica http://global.britannica.com /EBchecked/topic/461271/Pinyin-romanization. Tulostettu 28.2. 2014.

Hanban.com http://www.hanban.com/. Tulostettu 28.2. 2014.

History of Chinese Characters http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/languages/pdf/Yin_chapter1.pdf. Tulostettu 1.3. 2014.

Iivonen, A., Horppila, M., Heikkonen, M, ja Rissanen, O. 2000. Fonetiikan Perussanasto, Helsingin yliopisto | Fonetiikan laitos. Verkkotoimitus: Esa-Pekka Keskitalo, Opiskelijakirjasto

https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10224/3513/index.htm. .Tulostettu 2.3. 2014.

Kiekuma: http://www.kiekuma.fi/?p=609.

Kognitiivinen oppimiskäsitys: http://tievie.oulu.fi/verkkopedagogiikka/luku_2/kognitiivisen_oppimiskasityksen_taustaa.htm.

Mandarin about http://mandarin.about.com/od/readingmandarin/a/pinyin.htm. Tulostettu 28.2. 2014.

Mandarin 1

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/mandarin1/4565 (tarkistettu 28.2. 2014).

Mandarin Chinese 1 http://mandariinikiina.wordpress.com/kiinan-kieli/. Tulostettu 3.4. 2014.

Oppimiskäsitykset: http://oppimateriaalit.jamk.fi/oppimiskasitykset/oppimiskasityksista-oppimisen-ohjaamiseen/kognitiivinen-oppimiskasitys-ja-oppimisen-ohjaaminen/.

Oppimisnäkemykset: http://www.oamk.fi/amok/oppimat/LO/Oppimisnakemys/html/kognitiivinen.html.

Oppimisstrategiat 1: http://www.uef.fi/fi/aducate/oppimisstrategiat.

Oppimisstrategiat 2: http://www.finope.fi/content.php?cid=22.

Oppimisteoriat: http://www.cs.uta.fi/ipopp/www/ipopp99/maijanen-tuomola/teoria/teoria1.htm.