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Effective Learning Strategies for the Recognition of Characters and Words by Learners of Chinese with

Varying Proficiency in Different Learning Environments

Jing Wang & Robert B. Harris

Abstract

1 Introduction

2. Literature Review

2.1 Background Variables

Effective Learning Strategies for the Recognition of Characters and words

2.2 Strategies for Learning Characters and Words

2.2.1 Frequently used strategies

2.2.2 Perceptions of effective learning strategies

Effective Learning Strategies for the Recognition of Characters and words

2.3 Vocabulary Knowledge

2.3.1 Evaluation of English vocabulary knowledge

2.3.2 Evaluation of Chinese vocabulary knowledge

2.3.3 Variables influencing vocabulary knowledge for CFL learners

2.4 Research Question

3. Materials and Methods

3.1 Instruments

3.1.1 Background informationz

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3.1.2 Questionnaire

3.1.3 Vocabulary test

ǒ ǐǐ

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3.1.4 Vocabulary checklist

3.1.5 Summary of all the instruments

3.2 Participants

3.3 Data Analyses

3.3.1 Previous methods

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3.3.2 Analyses

4. Results

4.1 Vocabulary Test

4.2 Principal Component Analysis of the Questionnaire

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4.2.1 Reliability

4.2.2 Six strategy categories

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4.3 Prediction

4.3.1 Predicting vocabulary knowledge by strategy categories

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4.3.2 Predicting vocabulary knowledge by individual questionnaire items

5 Discussion

5.1 Focusing on Orthography

Effective Learning Strategies for the Recognition of Characters and words

5.2 Frequent Meaningful Interaction with Characters and Words

5.3 Learning Characters and Words in Context

5.4 Looking up Unknown Characters

5.5 Conventional Ways of Learning Characters and Words

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5.6 Focusing on Character Pronunciation

5.7 Pinyin

nyin.

6 Conclusion

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Acknowledgements

References

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Effective Learning Strategies for the Recognition of Characters and words

Appendix A. Background Questions and Questionnaire for Chinese Character and Word Recognition

Background Questions

Questionnaire

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. Vocabulary Test

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Appendix C. A Checklist of Vocabulary Knowledge

Set One Set Two Set Three Set Four

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