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Chenhao Jiang

Peking University, China

 

Dingfei Shen

Yu Wang

United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

 

Abstract

Handwriting and typing, as two writing modes in language learning, involve distinct information processing mechanisms and contribute substantially to the development of second language proficiency. It is unknown, though, how these two modes of writing interact with non-native secondary school learners when learning the Chinese language. A questionnaire was administered to Arab adolescents, and a quasi-experimental study was conducted in a local public secondary school to examine their attitudinal preferences toward the two writing modes, as well as the effects of handwriting and typing on Chinese character recognition. The results indicate that, in terms of attitudinal preferences, Arab adolescents show a stronger inclination toward handwriting, perceiving it to be significantly more effective than typing for memorizing character pronunciation, character meaning, and distinguishing character forms, while no differences were perceived between the two modes in written output. With regard to learning outcomes, both handwriting and typing were found to facilitate improvements in Arab adolescents’ Chinese character recognition. However, typing has a better performance on orthographic-phonological association compared to handwriting. As for the orthographic-semantic association, there is no significant difference between handwriting and typing. In light of these findings, the present study advocates the adoption of adolescent-friendly instructional approaches to Chinese character teaching, with the aim of promoting engaging and efficient learning experiences for overseas adolescent learners.

 

Keywords

Handwriting, typing, attitudinal preferences, Chinese character recognition, Arab adolescents

 

数字时代手写与电打方式对汉字学习的影响研究——以阿拉伯青少年为例

江晨皓

北京大学， 中国

 

申定飞

王煜

阿联酋大学， 阿拉伯联合酋长国

 

摘要

纸笔手写和键盘电打作为学习语言的两种书写方式，涉及不同的信息加工过程，在有效提升第二语言能力发展方面发挥重要作用。然而，这两种书写方式对海外非母语青少年在学习汉字时的作用尚不明确。本研究针对阿联酋青少年发放调查问卷，并在当地一所公立中学开展准实验研究，旨在考察学习者对两种书写方式的态度偏好以及手写和电打对汉字认读效果的影响。研究结果显示，在态度偏好方面，阿拉伯青少年更倾向于手写方式，认为手写在记忆字音、字义及辨析字形方面比电打更有效 ；而在书写产出方面，他们认为两种书写方式并无显著差异。在汉字认读效果方面，研究发现手写与电打均有助于提高阿拉伯青少年的汉字认读能力。与手写相比，电打在识字辨音方面表现更佳。而在识字辨义方面，电打与手写之间没有显著差异，基于上述发现，本研究建议实施契合青少年特点的汉字教学策略，旨在为海外青少年学习者提供更有趣且高效的汉字学习体验。

 

关键词

手写，电打，态度偏好，汉字认读，阿拉伯青少年