Lesson Study of Learning Chinese Words in Hong Kong Primary School Classrooms

Abstract

Chinese character learning is the foundation of reading and writing. Therefore teaching Chinese characters is very important in primary school education. Chinese characters are the written form of Chinese language and every character can be read out. Monosyllabic is a critical feature of modern Chinese. Thus the form, pronunciation and meaning are simultaneous embedded in Chinese characters, and these three features cannot be singled out. Therefore, mastering these three features are the key learning points of Chinese character teaching. The framework of this research is based on Phenomenography which is developed in the 70s. The research compared two primary Chinese lessons in one school. The lessons are taught by different teachers while the teaching contents of the two lessons are the same and the students learning ability are also similar. We will identify the variations derived from teaching focus and content of the two teachers. We will also study the relations between different structure of content and student learning outcome.