The Effectiveness and Mechanism of Pinyin in Chinese Learning

Abstract

Abstract: Pinyin, a phonemic transcription of Chinese, is widely used in teaching Chinese children and foreigners. This review focuses on three aspects of present Pinyin studies. The first part is on how does Pinyin promote Chinese children′s early literacy skills and phonological awareness. The second part is on how does presentation ways of Pinyin affect character learning performances. The third part reviews on neural comparisons between Pinyin reading and character reading. Previous studies mainly focus on roles of Pinyin in Chinese learning. Further research needs to pay attention to Pinyin processing mechanism.

Key words: Pinyin, Chinese learning, phonological awareness, presentation, mechanism

摘要： 拼音作为增强汉字形音转换的桥梁在中文学习和教学中被广泛应用。为深入了解拼音在中文学习中的作用及其加工机制，在系统梳理已有研究成果的基础上，分别从拼音学习对语音意识发展的影响，拼音的注音方式和呈现方式对汉字学习的影响，拼音加工的认知神经机制三个方面进行综述。研究结果表明，拼音学习可以促进语音意识的发展；不同的拼音注音方式和呈现方式会对汉字学习产生不同的影响；拼音加工的机制与汉字加工存在不同，但拼音加工的机制仍有待于进一步深入。

关键词: 拼音, 中文学习, 语音意识, 呈现方式, 加工机制。

CLC Number:

B842

Chen Lin, Zhou Xiaobing, Wang Yuhan. The Effectiveness and Mechanism of Pinyin in Chinese Learning[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(5): 715-720.

陈琳,周小兵,王雨函. 拼音在中文学习中的作用及加工机制[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(5): 715-720.

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