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Chinese L2 Literacy Development

Cognitive Characteristics, Learning Strategies, and Pedagogical Interventions

Bibliographic Data

ID4954836
AuthorsHelen H Shen, Helen Shen (University of Iowa, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume7
Issue7
Pages371-387
Publication date2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage and Linguistics Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-818X • E-ISSN: 1749-818X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lnc3.12034
OpenAlexW1492361168
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited36

The field of Chinese L2 education has expanded rapidly in the past two decades. It has become a central research agenda for Chinese L2 scholars to seek answers to the question of how western learners learn to read logographic writing that is drastically different from their native languages in orthography. This paper approaches this question by focusing on the core issue of literacy development: character learning. The discussion covers the aspects of the cognitive characteristics of learners' development of their metalinguistic awareness in Chinese, the strategies they employed in the process of learning to read and write Chinese characters, and the optimum pedagogical practices to facilitate character learning

Cognition · Learning to read · Linguistics · Literacy · Orthography · Pedagogy · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning

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Unique citing works19
Citations per year1,58
Citation span2014 - 2026 (13)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 19

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