The effect of radical-based grouping in character learning in chinese as a foreign language

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 773-793

  Xu, Yi ^a   Chang, Li Yun ^b   Perfetti, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Character; Chinese as a foreign language; Orthography; Proficiency; Radical knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908232729     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/modl.12122     Document Type: Article

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