A study on the teaching and learning of Chinese characters of non-Chinese speaking young children in Hong Kong

Abstract

The number of non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students in Hong Kong is increasing year by year. Their needs for education are increasing too. The educators and their NCS parents very concern how well these NCS students can adopt to the learning environment in Hong Kong, and have better academic performance, especially in Chinese language learning. Researchers believe that if the NCS students can learn Chinese language as earliest as possible, like in kindergarten stage, they can catch up with the local Chinese language curriculum requirement and standard much easier. Researchers worked with three kindergartens, and ... 香港的非華語學童人數正逐年上升，他們對教育的需求與日俱增。香港教育界以及非華語家長最關注的，是如何幫助這些非華語學童適應香港學校的學習環境，並在學業上有好的表現，特別是中文學習方面。 研究員相信，非華語學童愈早學習中文，與本地華人學童的學習差異便愈小，愈容易適應並跟上本地中文科的課程要求和學習水平。研究員與香港三所幼稚園合作 ...