Li?Jen Kuo|Taejin Kim|Xinyuan Yang|Huiwen Li|Yan Liu|Haixia Wang|Jeong Hyun Park|Ying Li
Acquisition of Chinese characters: the effects of character properties and individual differences among second language learners
Texas A&M University|Texas A&M University|Carnegie Mellon University|Duke University|University of Pittsburgh|Texas A&M University
light dramatic growth chinese learners worldwide need crosslinguistic research chinese literacy development study drew upon theories visual complexity effect su samuels 2010 dualcoding processing sadoski paivio 2013 investigated effects character properties ie visual complexity radical presence character acquisition b relationship individual learner differences radical awareness character acquisition participants included adolescent englishspeaking beginning learners chinese us following kuo et al 2014 novel character acquisition task used investigate process acquiring meaning new characters results showed characters radicals less visual complexity easier acquire characters without radicals greater visual complexity b individual differences radical awareness associated acquisition types characters association pronounced acquisition characters radicals theoretical practical implications findings discussed