Intervention 26th March – 25th April 2019 “8 basic strokes” introduced via an interlude during 3 continuous lessons and with colloquial names Repeat with body gestures > Handwrite down with the names in pinyin Character Analysis Sheet during the Easter holidays and right before the post-test
Data Participants: 27 students (10 male; 17 female) on Year 7 MEP – officially learning Chinese since January 2019 Pre-test (Tuesday 26th March) & Post-test (Thursday 25th April) 1. Recognition of the spoken form 2. Recognition of the written form / production of spoken form 3. Production of written form At the end of lessons: Writing previously learnt words with the correct stroke order > Learning new words through questioning/guessing > Pronunciation practice > Listen and understand key words > Analyse new/key characters into components Pre-test: 红色的、黄色的、绿色的、黑色的、白色的 Post-test: 吃猪肉、吃鸡肉、吃牛肉、吃羊肉、吃鸭肉 Two set of 22 valid samples (EAL factor controlled)
Recognition of the written form as controlled factor Evaluation criteria for production of the written form: O: Errors that do not hinder clarity > Minor errors in characters such as a misformed stroke in a character, or errors of proportion/balance/alignment between the radicals within a character Findings Z: Errors that hinder clarity without preventing meaning being conveyed > errors in forming a character such as characters with an extra or missing stroke (Cf. Mark Scheme for Foundation Writng Paper Question 1, New Edexcel GCSE)
PRE-TEST POST-TEST 13% 16% 32% 33% 7% 45% 47% 49% 58% 59% 32% 64% 65% 83% 27% 0% 9% 47% 22% 0% 80% 7% 21% 11% 53% 52% 41% 41% 40% 33% 29% 6% 24% 21% 21% 11% Average Average 红 黑 黄 白 绿 猪 鸡 牛 羊 鸭 X Z O X Z O In average: Slight increase of O • In average: Significant decrease of Z •
CONTROLLED CRITERIA: RECOGNITION OF THE WRITTEN FORM & PRODUCTION OF THE WRITTEN FORM Recognition of the spoken form Production of the spoken form 120% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 94% 90% 89% 89% 87% 80% 76% 80% 71% 60% 57% 60% 40% 20% 0% 红 黑 黄 白 绿 猪 鸡 牛 羊 鸭 Overall, the competence of RSF seems to co-exist with RWF and PWF • Accoridng to the pre-test, the competence of PSF seems to co-exist strongly wih the RWF and PWF • Accoridng to the post-test, the competence of PSF seems to co-exist less strongly with the RWF and PW •
CONTROLLED CRITERIA: RECOGNITION OF THE WRITTEN FORM & PRODUCTION OF THE WRITTEN FORM MidYIS Math - A MidYIS Non-Verbal - A MidYIS Skills - A MidYIS Vocabulary - A 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 94% 94% 94% 94% 94% 93% 93% 90% 90% 90% 89% 89% 89% 88% 86% 71% 70% 70% 67% 63% 60% 56% 56% 红 黑 黄 白 绿 猪 鸡 牛 羊 鸭 MidYIS: A computer-adaptive assessment created by CEM, pupils aged 11-14, provides informaiton • and predict performance Maths: Logical thinking, manipulating numbers and numerical concepts (speed and fluency) • Non-Verbal: Cross-Sections, Block Counting and Pictures ; ability in 3-D visualisation, spatial aptitude, • pattern recognition and logical thinking Skills: « Proof Reading » and « Perceptual Speed and Accuracy » • Vocabulary: Word fluency and understanding •
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