Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon

Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon

This study was an attempt to find out whether engaging in the use of Pleco affects Chinese character acquisition of non-native Chinese learners or not. The study was conducted on the beginning level students at UiTM (Terengganu) in Malaysia. To accomplish the purpose of the study, the researchers ch...

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Main Author: Goh, Ying Soon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu 2016
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Special subjects, characters, persons, religious arts, etc.
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16230/
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spelling uitm-162302017-03-13T06:03:20Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16230/ Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon Goh, Ying Soon Special subjects, characters, persons, religious arts, etc. This study was an attempt to find out whether engaging in the use of Pleco affects Chinese character acquisition of non-native Chinese learners or not. The study was conducted on the beginning level students at UiTM (Terengganu) in Malaysia. To accomplish the purpose of the study, the researchers chose a sample of 86 subjects, who were taking Chinese beginner and intermediate courses. Then, the subjects participated in the classroom activity using Pleco as a mean to Chinese character learning. The subjects were asked to fill up online questionnaire on their gain during this activity. The result indicated that there was a positive perception among the learners. It was concluded that the subjects who participated in Pleco classroom activity for Chinese characters learning, perceived that this activity can assist them to learn Chinese character better. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16230/1/AJ_GOH%20YING%20SOON%20ACADEMIA%2016.pdf Goh, Ying Soon (2016) Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon. e-Academia Journal, 5 (2). pp. 23-31. https://journale-academiauitmt.uitm.edu.my/
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Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon
description This study was an attempt to find out whether engaging in the use of Pleco affects Chinese character acquisition of non-native Chinese learners or not. The study was conducted on the beginning level students at UiTM (Terengganu) in Malaysia. To accomplish the purpose of the study, the researchers chose a sample of 86 subjects, who were taking Chinese beginner and intermediate courses. Then, the subjects participated in the classroom activity using Pleco as a mean to Chinese character learning. The subjects were asked to fill up online questionnaire on their gain during this activity. The result indicated that there was a positive perception among the learners. It was concluded that the subjects who participated in Pleco classroom activity for Chinese characters learning, perceived that this activity can assist them to learn Chinese character better.
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author Goh, Ying Soon
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title Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon
title_short Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon
title_full Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon
title_fullStr Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon
title_full_unstemmed Empirical study on the use of Pleco for improving Chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of Chinese / Goh Ying Soon
title_sort empirical study on the use of pleco for improving chinese character instruction: the perception of non-native learners of chinese / goh ying soon
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu
publishDate 2016
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16230/
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http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16230/1/AJ_GOH%20YING%20SOON%20ACADEMIA%2016.pdf
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