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Peer reviewedLight, Timothy – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1976
Reports on a study to determine whether students of Chinese read faster when the text is written in characters than when written in Romanization. Results show reading efficiency as determined by speed and errors in translation to be greater with Romanization, while there is more overall accuracy with characters. (CLK)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Chinese, Ideography, Language Instruction
