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Publication Date: 2011-Jul
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ICT and an Exploratory Pedagogy for Classroom-Based Chinese Language Learning
Zhao, XingLong; Wang, MinJuan; Wu, Juan; He, KeKang
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, v10 n3 p141-151 Jul 2011
This paper reports on a new pedagogy for Chinese language teaching and learning at elementary schools through exploratory classroom instruction using Information and Communication Technologies. The study used quantitative method to collect data from two elementary schools of China. The results showed that: (1) the three-in-one pedagogy of "character recognition, in-class reading and in-class writing" is a new approach for enhancing the efficiency of Chinese language learning at elementary schools, and (2) the new pedagogy provides a new perspective of integrating ICT into Classroom-based Chinese Language Learning (CCLL). (Contains 7 figures and 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Character Recognition, Foreign Countries, Chinese, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Design, Reading Materials, Native Language Instruction, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection, Statistical Analysis, Reading Assignments, Writing Assignments
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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