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Title: Malaysian Non-native Chinese Learners’ Challenges and Learning Strategies in Chinese Characters Learning
Authors: Chua Hui Wen 
Lee Hui Ling 
Suhaida Omar 
Mahama Tohleheng 
Chin Siao Mei 
Keywords: Chinese characters learning;Non-native Chinese learners;Challenges;learning strategy
Issue Date: Jun-2022
Publisher: Penerbit UPSI
Journal: EDUCATUM –Journal of Social Science (EJOSS) 
Abstract: 
This study investigates the challenges faced by non-native Chinese learners in learning Chinese characters and their learning strategies. This research applied quantitative research, where the questionnaire was delivered at the end of the semester to 370 students of Mandarin level two, selected through convenience sampling. The descriptive analysis showed that most of the students stated that being literate in Chinese characters and learning many Chinese characters was the most challenging act while corresponding between characters and their pronunciations was the least challenging. Next, the students listed repetitively memorising Chinese characters as the preferred learning strategy, followed by imitating each stroke of a Chinese character and picturing what Chinese characters look like in their minds. The finding of this study contradicts other research studies since the students in this study did not perceive the "lack of correspondence between characters and their pronunciation in Chinese character learning" as the main challenge since they only learned 105 Chinese characters for two semesters. Nonetheless, this study also supports similar research on learning strategies in that students have difficulty learning Chinese characters as there are too many characters, too many pronunciations, and too many strokes. Hence, they repeatedly imitate and memorise the characters as learning strategies. Thus, memory strategies and graphic strategies are the main learning strategies to help learners cope with learning Chinese characters. For future study, it is recommended to find out whether there is any correlation between the challenges for non-native Chinese learners and the learning strategies they apply, which will give teachers an idea of how to improve their teaching to support learners’ learning strategies to boost their Chinese character learning.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3246
ISSN: 2289-9391
DOI: 10.37134/ejoss.vol8.1.7.2022
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