Description
This guest lecture shared the findings of a study that investigated the role of phonetic and semantic radicals in Chinese character processing by Chinese learners from different native language backgrounds. Three groups of learners were involved: Japanese, Korean, and alphabetic learners. A picture-pseudo character matching experiment was designed to investigate learners' reliance on semantic and phonetic radicals in processing Chinese characters. The study results delineate that (a) Three learner groups demonstrated different levels of reliance on semantic and phonetic radicals. Alphabetic learners relied more on phonetic than semantic radicals, while Japanese learners showed an opposite pattern. Korean learners relied equally on phonetic and semantic radicals; (b) Japanese learners were more sensitive to semantic and phonetic radicals' conventional position in a character than Korean and alphabetic learners. The findings of this study reveal that the writing system of Chinese learners' native language significantly influences learners' reliance on and sensitivity to semantic and phonetic radicals in processing Chinese characters. This study sheds light on teaching Chinese characters to learners from different native language backgrounds.| Period | 12 Feb 2024 |
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| Event title | British Chinese Language Teaching Society- Guest Lecture Series |
| Event type | Other |
| Location | London, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |