E-learning design for Chinese classifiers : reclassification of nouns for a novel approach

Chinese classifiers are found to be a category that creates true challenges for second language learners of Chinese to grasp its meaning and use it easily. It is also found that even native speakers of Chinese may lose their competence in using classifiers appropriately after years of living in a no...

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Main Author:	Gao, Helena Hong
Other Authors:	Wang, Fu Lee
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Software::Programming languages DRNTU::Humanities::Language::Chinese
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107294 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25445 http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-22383-9_16#page-1
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-1072942019-12-06T22:28:18Z E-learning design for Chinese classifiers : reclassification of nouns for a novel approach Gao, Helena Hong Wang, Fu Lee Li, Kam Cheong Kwan, Reggie McNaught, Carmel Tsang, Philip School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Software::Programming languages DRNTU::Humanities::Language::Chinese Chinese classifiers are found to be a category that creates true challenges for second language learners of Chinese to grasp its meaning and use it easily. It is also found that even native speakers of Chinese may lose their competence in using classifiers appropriately after years of living in a non-Chinese speaking community. This paper presents a novel approach in the design of an e-learning tool for Chinese classifier learning and teaching. With this approach, Chinese noun categories are reclassified according to their associations with the types of classifiers. The design is based on both theoretical studies of Chinese classifiers and empirical studies of Chinese classifier acquisition by both children and adults. It allows users to use cognitive strategies to explore and learn with a bottom-up approach the associations of classifiers with nouns. Accepted version 2015-04-22T07:46:21Z 2019-12-06T22:28:18Z 2015-04-22T07:46:21Z 2019-12-06T22:28:18Z 2011 2011 Journal Article Gao, H. H. (2011). E-learning design for Chinese classifiers : reclassification of nouns for a novel approach. Communications in computer and information science, 177, 186-199. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107294 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25445 http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-22383-9_16#page-1 en Communications in computer and information science © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [Article URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-22383-9_16#page-1]. 11 p. application/pdf
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description	Chinese classifiers are found to be a category that creates true challenges for second language learners of Chinese to grasp its meaning and use it easily. It is also found that even native speakers of Chinese may lose their competence in using classifiers appropriately after years of living in a non-Chinese speaking community. This paper presents a novel approach in the design of an e-learning tool for Chinese classifier learning and teaching. With this approach, Chinese noun categories are reclassified according to their associations with the types of classifiers. The design is based on both theoretical studies of Chinese classifiers and empirical studies of Chinese classifier acquisition by both children and adults. It allows users to use cognitive strategies to explore and learn with a bottom-up approach the associations of classifiers with nouns.
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title	E-learning design for Chinese classifiers : reclassification of nouns for a novel approach
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title_full	E-learning design for Chinese classifiers : reclassification of nouns for a novel approach
title_fullStr	E-learning design for Chinese classifiers : reclassification of nouns for a novel approach
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E-learning design for Chinese classifiers : reclassification of nouns for a novel approach

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