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Lee, Chee Ha; Kalyuga, Slava – Language Learning, 2011
This article reports the results of an experiment designed to investigate the effectiveness of pinyin (a phonic transcription system) in learning vocabulary of Chinese as a second language from the perspective of cognitive load theory. In the reported experiment, the learning effects of the vertical and horizontal layouts of characters, pinyin,…
Descriptors: Romanization, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Phonics
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Wang, Min; Koda, Keiko – Language Learning, 2007
This study examined word identification skills between two groups of college students with different first language (L1) backgrounds (Chinese and Korean) learning to read English as a second language (ESL). Word identification skills were tested in a naming experiment and an auditory category judgment task. Both groups of ESL learners demonstrated…
Descriptors: Identification, Reading Processes, English (Second Language), Word Recognition