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Effects of Time Lag in the Introduction of Characters into the Chinese Language Curriculum
Author(s) -
PACKARD JEROME L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1990.tb02562.x
Subject(s) - time lag , curriculum , citation , chinese language , library science , history , computer science , linguistics , lag , sociology , pedagogy , philosophy , computer network
one-year classroom-based study conducted to determine the effects of time lag in introducing Chinese characters into the elementary Chinese language curriculum.' Two groups of students, a "lag" (experimental) group and a "no-lag" (control) group, were the objects of this study. The difference between these groups was the amount of time which elapsed before Chinese characters were introduced into their respective Chinese curricula. In the case of the no-