Studying Chinese Characters in a Web-Based Learning Environment: A Case Study of Swedish University Students

• 作者: Man Gao Tao Yang
• 来源期刊: 汉语教学方法与技术
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: Chinese characters character-learning strategy web-based courses distance education
• 年，卷（期）: hyjxffyjs,（2）
• 页码范围: 1-16
• 页数: 16页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

This survey study aims to investigate the perceptions learners have of the character-learning strategies they employ when taking a web-based course in Chinese.The seven Likert-scale statements are included in the questionnaire to examine learners’opinions on the three character-learning strategies that are widely used in traditional campus courses.A total of 65 students who completed the beginner level‘Chinese Characters’web-based course at a university in Sweden completed the survey.The results suggest that students in web-based courses consider these three strategies to be just as helpful and effective as campus students;moreover,the more orthodox strategy-rote learning-is found to be the most popular among distance students.Furthermore,findings of this study provide insight into the limitations and advantages associated with a web-based course,and also the possible effect learners’age and gender may have on learning strategy preferences.