The Acquisition of Chinese Pinyin and Hanzi

Table of contents

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

WRITING SYSTEMS IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

LITERACY SKILLS, PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND PHONETIC RADICAL AWARENESS

ABOUT THIS BOOK

CHAPTER TWO: READING AND SPELLING IN NATIVE SPEAKERS

WRITING SYSTEM AND ORTHOGRAPHY

Writing system

Orthography

COMPARING THE PHONOLOGIES AND ORTHOGRAPHIES OF ARABIC, CHINESE AND ENGLISH

Comparison of phonological properties of Arabic, Chinese and English

Comparison of orthographies of Arabic, Chinese and English

Section summary

THEORIES OF READING AND SPELLING

Theories of reading

Theories of spelling

Section summary

RESEARCH ON PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, READING AND SPELLING IN ALPHABETIC WRITING SYSTEMS

Development of phonological awareness

Phonological awareness and reading

Phonological awareness and spelling

RESEARCH ON PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, PHONETIC RADICAL AWARENESS AND CHINESE LITERACY SKILLS

Phonological awareness and Chinese literacy skills

Phonetic radical awareness and Chinese literacy skills

CHAPTER THREE: READING AND SPELLING IN L2 LEARNERS

INFLUENCE OF L1 ON L2 LEARNING AND NON-LINGUISTIC SKILLS

Influence of L1 on L2 learning

Influence of L1 on non-linguistic tasks

RESEARCH ON CROSS-LANGUAGE TRANSFER IN ESL LEARNING

Phonological awareness and literacy skills among ESL learners

Cross-language transfer in English phonological awareness

Cross-language transfer in English word reading

Cross-language transfer in English spelling

Cross-language transfer vs. intra-lingual influence

RESEARCH ON CROSS-LANGUAGE TRANSFER IN CSL LEARNING

Chinese phonological awareness in CSL learners

Pinyin spelling in CSL learners

Phonetic radical awareness and literacy skills in CSL learners

RESEARCH ON INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES VARIABLES IN SLA

L2 language proficiency

Foreign language aptitude

Number of Languages previously learnt

Study abroad in the L2-speaking country

THE CURRENT STUDY

CHAPTER FOUR: INFLUENCE OF L1 BACKGROUND AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES VARIABLES ON CHINESE PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND PINYIN SPELLING AMONG CSL LEARNERS

METHOD

Participants

Instruments

Procedure

RESULTS

Influence of L1 background and individual differences variables on phonological awareness

Influence of L1 background and individual differences variables on Pinyin spelling

DISCUSSION

Influence of L1 background on Chinese phonological awareness and Pinyin spelling

Influence of individual differences variables on phonological awareness and Pinyin spelling

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER FIVE: INFLUENCE OF L1 BACKGROUND AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES VARIABLES ON PHONETIC RADICAL AWARENESS AND HANZI LITERACY SKILLS AMONG CSL LEARNERS

METHOD

Participants

Instruments

Procedure

RESULTS

Phonetic radical awareness

Hanzi reading

Hanzi writing

DISCUSSION

Influence of L1 background on phonetic radical awareness, Hanzi reading and Hanzi writing skills

Influence of individual differences variables on phonetic radical awareness, Hanzi reading and Hanzi writing skills

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER SIX: INFLUENCE OF L1 BACKGROUND AND L2 CHINESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, PHONETIC RADICAL AWARENESS AND CHINESE LITERACY SKILLS AMONG CSL LEARNERS

METHOD

Participants

Instruments

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

Phonological awareness and Pinyin spelling

Phonological awareness, phonetic radical awareness and Hanzi reading

Phonological awareness, phonetic radical awareness and Hanzi writing

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER SEVEN: GENERAL DISCUSSION

THE INFLUENCE OF L1 BACKGROUND ON PINYIN AND HANZI LEARNING

L1 influence: Phonological awareness vs. phonetic radical awareness

L1 influence: Pinyin spelling vs. Hanzi writing

No L1 influence: Tone and Hanzi reading

No L1 influence: Relationships between phonological awareness, phonetic radical awareness and Chinese literacy skills

THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES VARIABLES ON PINYIN AND HANZI LEARNING

Chinese language proficiency

Phonological aptitude

The length of stay in China

The number of languages previously learnt

THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS

PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

LIMITATIONS

APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1. MATERIALS USED IN CHINESE PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS TEST

APPENDIX 2. DISYLLABIC WORDS USED CHINESE PINYIN SPELLING TEST

APPENDIX 3. SUMMARY OF ERRORS IN RHYME SPELLING

APPENDIX 4. MATERIALS USED IN THE PHONETIC RADICAL AWARENESS TEST

APPENDIX 5. HANZI USED IN THE TASK OF READING

APPENDIX 6. HANZI USED IN THE TASK OF WRITING

APPENDIX 7. SUMMARY OF THE RESPONSES IN PHONETIC RADICAL AWARENESS TEST

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

Index