| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 創造力發展碩士在職專班 === 103 === The purpose of the research is to investigate the effects of creative mnemonics with meaningful radicals and the numbers of radicals on the recognition and writing of Chinese characters for Chinese as Second Language learners. The participants were 24 English native speakers (7 males, 17 females) who were also beginners in Chinese. The design of the experiment was 2X2 two way mixed design. The methods to deal with the data were ANCOVA and two-way ANOVA. The independent variable of the between-subject factor was different Chinese character mnemonics (Chinese characters creative mnemonics of meaningful radicals and radical-order mnemonics). The moderating variable of the within-subject factor was the numbers of radicals (the character composed of 4 or more radicals was seen as high radicals Chinese character and that composed of 2 radicals was the low radicals.) The dependent variable is effects on the recognition and writing of Chinese characters through the instant post-test and delay post-test next week. The findings of the research were as follows. Firstly, there is interaction in instant and delay writing test between creative mnemonics with meaningful radicals and the numbers of radicals. The creative mnemonics had significant effect on the writing of Chinese characters under the condition of low radicals. Secondly, the creative mnemonics had significant effect on the recognition of Chinese characters. Thirdly, the low radicals had significant effect on the writing of Chinese characters. Overall, the creative mnemonics with meaningful radicals was much better to promote the effect on the recognition of Chinese characters. The low radicals were much easier to write for CSL learners because of little cognitive load.
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