Designing a computer-facilitated learning-tool for learning near-synonyms in Chinese

• Main Author: Ouyang, Shixiao.
• Other Authors: Koh Soo Ngee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18007
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Choosing an appropriate word from a cluster of near-synonyms is a significant challenge in second language acquisition. Second language learners (L2 learners) are found facing difficulties in distinguishing words that have similar meanings. The near-synonyms of physical action verbs (PA Verbs) for i...