A review of stroke order in hanzi handwriting
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Haiwei Zhang
Haiwei Zhang is a PhD student in the Centre for Language Learning Research, University of York. His research mainly focuses on the acquisition of second language writing systems, and especially on Chinesehanzi learning.
Abstract
This article reviews the current research on stroke order of hanzi (as used to write the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages) in teaching Chinese as a second language (CSL). Based on an extensive review of current research on stroke order, it first discusses the importance and difficulty of stroke order in hanzi learning. It goes on to present the mixed attitudes held by CSL learners and teachers towards learning stroke order, followed by a synthesis of the literature on stroke order errors and current methods of displaying and practising stroke order. Finally, some key implications for teaching and learning stroke order are suggested, and future research directions are proposed for the Chinese language classroom.
About the author
Haiwei Zhang is a PhD student in the Centre for Language Learning Research, University of York. His research mainly focuses on the acquisition of second language writing systems, and especially on Chinese hanzi learning.
©2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Munich/Boston
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