Chinese Children’s EnglishChinese Children’s English Vocabulary Memory StrategyVocabulary Memory Strategy

Chen Hua

OutlineOutline

Literature Review

Method

Results & Discussion

Conclusion

Literature ReviewLiterature ReviewStudies on adult abroad

Ellis & Beaton 1993a keyword aids retention

Moore & Surber 1992 context better / same with keyword

Cohen & Aphek 1980 beginners : listing

intermediate : context

Chikamatsu 1996 Chinese learner : visual clue

English learner : phonological clue

Literature ReviewLiterature ReviewStudies on adult at home

Wang Wenyu 1998

Wu Xia & Wang Qiang 1998

a series of strategies

rote learning : common

context : most effective

Literature ReviewLiterature ReviewStudies on adolescent

Literature ReviewLiterature ReviewStudies on children

The need of the present study

The existing research focused on efficacy & training and was lack of a comprehensive picture about the strategies the learners actually used .

The existing research focused on Alphabetic or Syllabic Language learners.

Research Questions

pronunciation

Chinese equivalent

spelling

Spelling

Form

Word Sound

Meaning ( Nation 1990 )

vocabulary memory strategies in remembering

Method

Subject : 20 kindergarteners

100 schoolchildren

Instrument : first interview : think aloudrument : first interview : think aloud

second interview : self-reportsecond interview : self-report

Data analysis : frequency

Results & DiscussionPronunciation

14

86

37

6373

27

89

11

0102030405060708090

list

enin

gto

the

tape

IPA

cons

ulti

ngot

her

peop

le

piny

in

01

Results & DiscussionMeaning

Results & DiscussionSpelling

5. 58

5. 1

2. 872. 68

2. 32

1. 781. 59

1. 411. 14 0. 58

Familiar Word Clue

Syllable

Pronunciation

Rote learning

IPA

Arbitrary Cutting

Form Association

Word Building

Visual Frame

Chinese Pinyin

Spelling Strategies & Learning Outcomes

Syllable

Form Association

IPA

Pronunciation Rule

Rote-learning

Arbitrary Cutting

Good learners

Poor learners

Spelling Strategies & Learner Factors

Strategies age (r) P length (r) P

P Sig.Word-building 0.5931 *** 0.000 0.5191 *** 0.000

Familiar Word 0.3568 *** 0.000 0.5146 *** 0.000

Phonetic Alphabet 0.3390 ** 0.001 0.4196 *** 0.000

Arbitrary Cutting -0.3644 *** 0.000 -0.4016 *** 0.000

NS

Visual Frame -0.2993 * 0.02 0.0848 0.401

Form Association -0.2508 * 0.012 -0.2642 ** 0.008

Chinese Pinyin -0.1665 0.098 -0.2554 * 0.010

Rote-learning -0.2022 * 0.044 -0.1855 0.065

Pronunciation Rule 0.1319 0.191 0.1874 0.062Nonsig.

Syllable 0.1870 0.062 0.0626 0.536

Spelling Strategies & Learner Factors

Strategies Older Younger Longer Shorter GL PL

Rote-learning + +

Form Association + + +

Familiar Word + +

Phonetic Alphabet + + +

Syllable +

Word-building + +

Pronunciation Rule +

Visual Frame + +

Pinyin +

Casual Division + + +

Differences between

Chinese children & children abroadchildren & children abroad

ConclusioConclusionn

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