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Sun, Yu-Lin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Chinese writing system has traditionally organized the typographic text vertically, with one square-shaped character placed on top of another. With the influence of globalization, an increasing number of reading materials have been presented in the Western horizontal format, including school textbooks for children in Taiwan. This study looked…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Materials, Textbooks, Written Language
Cornberg, David – 1999
This study examined first exposures to oral and written English from ages 1-16 years, surveying 212 Ming Chuan University (Taiwan) students. The survey asked about the language spoken at home; age at and context of hearing, reading, writing, and speaking the first English word; experiences with conversations in English; and problems learning…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries