Research on the Application of Graphic Method in Formative Evaluation of Teaching Chinese Characters to Foreign Students

It is difficult and important to teach Chinese characters to foreign students. Graphic method has the property of visibility, so it is appropriate to use this method in the teaching Chinese as a foreign language. In order to verify the practical effect of the graphic method, a study was conducted and formative evaluation system was established. The research results shows that the graphic method is helpful to students’ understanding and memory, to enhance the students’ interest in learning. So it is beneficial to use graphic method in the teaching.

This research is funded by the International Joint Research Promotion Program, International Joint Lab (Knowledge Media Dynamics in Educational Fields) of Osaka University & Northeast Normal University, and MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences, Research on Visualization Teaching Model of Foreign Language Based on Big Data of Education (Project No. 18YJCZH088).

Authors and Affiliations

1. School of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, Shaanxi, China

   Guihua Wang

2. Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

   Zhe Li

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Zhe Li .

Editors and Affiliations

1. The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

   Lisbet Rønningsbakk

2. National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan

   Ting-Ting Wu

3. Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

   Frode Eika Sandnes

4. National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan

   Yueh-Min Huang

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