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Chinese Children’s EnglishChinese Children’s English Vocabulary Memory StrategyVocabulary Memory Strategy
Chen Hua
OutlineOutline
Literature Review
Method
Results & Discussion
Conclusion
Literature ReviewLiterature ReviewStudies on adult abroad
Ellis & Beaton 1993a keyword aids retention
Moore & Surber 1992 context better / same with keyword
Cohen & Aphek 1980 beginners : listing
intermediate : context
Chikamatsu 1996 Chinese learner : visual clue
English learner : phonological clue
Literature ReviewLiterature ReviewStudies on adult at home
Wang Wenyu 1998
Wu Xia & Wang Qiang 1998
a series of strategies
rote learning : common
context : most effective
Literature ReviewLiterature ReviewStudies on adolescent
Literature ReviewLiterature ReviewStudies on children
The need of the present study
The existing research focused on efficacy & training and was lack of a comprehensive picture about the strategies the learners actually used .
The existing research focused on Alphabetic or Syllabic Language learners.
Research Questions
pronunciation
Chinese equivalent
spelling
Spelling
Form
Word Sound
Meaning ( Nation 1990 )
vocabulary memory strategies in remembering
Method
Subject : 20 kindergarteners
100 schoolchildren
Instrument : first interview : think aloudrument : first interview : think aloud
second interview : self-reportsecond interview : self-report
Data analysis : frequency
Results & DiscussionPronunciation
14
86
37
6373
27
89
11
0102030405060708090
list
enin
gto
the
tape
IPA
cons
ulti
ngot
her
peop
le
piny
in
01
Results & DiscussionMeaning
Results & DiscussionSpelling
5. 58
5. 1
2. 872. 68
2. 32
1. 781. 59
1. 411. 14 0. 58
Familiar Word Clue
Syllable
Pronunciation
Rote learning
IPA
Arbitrary Cutting
Form Association
Word Building
Visual Frame
Chinese Pinyin
Spelling Strategies & Learning Outcomes
Syllable
Form Association
IPA
Pronunciation Rule
Rote-learning
Arbitrary Cutting
Good learners
Poor learners
Spelling Strategies & Learner Factors
Strategies age (r) P length (r) P
P Sig.Word-building 0.5931 *** 0.000 0.5191 *** 0.000
Familiar Word 0.3568 *** 0.000 0.5146 *** 0.000
Phonetic Alphabet 0.3390 ** 0.001 0.4196 *** 0.000
Arbitrary Cutting -0.3644 *** 0.000 -0.4016 *** 0.000
NS
Visual Frame -0.2993 * 0.02 0.0848 0.401
Form Association -0.2508 * 0.012 -0.2642 ** 0.008
Chinese Pinyin -0.1665 0.098 -0.2554 * 0.010
Rote-learning -0.2022 * 0.044 -0.1855 0.065
Pronunciation Rule 0.1319 0.191 0.1874 0.062Nonsig.
Syllable 0.1870 0.062 0.0626 0.536
Spelling Strategies & Learner Factors
Strategies Older Younger Longer Shorter GL PL
Rote-learning + +
Form Association + + +
Familiar Word + +
Phonetic Alphabet + + +
Syllable +
Word-building + +
Pronunciation Rule +
Visual Frame + +
Pinyin +
Casual Division + + +
Differences between
Chinese children & children abroadchildren & children abroad
ConclusioConclusionn
THANKS FOR
YOUR TIME!