The effect of instructional embodiment designs on Chinese language learning: The use of embodied animation for beginning learners of Chinese characters

• Main Author: Lu, Ming-Tsan Pierre
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Animation; Character Recognition; Chinese; Chinese languages; Cognitive psychology; Data Analysis; Educational psychology; Foreign language education; Foreign language instruction; Foreign language learning; Ideography; Language Acquisition; Language Enrollment; Language Proficiency; Letters; Literature Reviews; Mandarin Chinese; Research Methodology; Romanization; Second Language Learning; China

The focus of this study was an investigation of the effects of embodied animation on the retention outcomes of Chinese character learning (CCL) for beginning learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL). Chinese characters have three main features: semantic meaning, pronunciation, and written for...