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Lee, Monique T. N.; Tse, S. K.; Loh, Elizabeth K. Y. – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
This study investigated the effectiveness of the integrative perceptual approach (IPA) to enhancing Hong Kong kindergarten children's Chinese character learning. The study applied the IPA to an experimental group of 29 lower form (K2) children. A group of 30 upper form children taught via traditional methods the year before, served as the control…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Romanization, Testing
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Chan, Lily; Zi Juan, Cheng; Lai Foon, Chan – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2008
A Chinese script is represented by Chinese characters and each character is a square-shaped configuration with condensed strokes. Children in Hong Kong are explicitly taught to write at a very young age. They are guided to draw vertical and horizontal lines at age three, and are required to write simple characters with few strokes at age four.…
Descriptors: Written Language, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy