漢字字母教學法 : 理論和實踐

Abstract

Learning to write Hanzi, otherwise known as Hanja or kanji is difficult even for those who use it as their native tongue. The difficulty is not just due to a relative opaqueness, making script to sound transformation uncertain, but also due to the poor method used in learning. Students rarely use sound to remember the structure of Hanzi, and usually just repeatedly copywrite to learn new word. Furthermore, most computer imput methods are based on whole word pronounciation, thus bearing no relationship to the actual structure of the Hanzi. Computer usage therefore does not help learning to write Hanzi, and also cannot be used for imputing Hanzi used in different regions. We describe here a solution using a fresh approach: the Hanzi alphabet method. All Hanzi can be viewed as being spelled with 21 alphabets of differening geometrical property. Using this approach, we can then orally spell or hand spell out all Hanzi characters, whether ancient, modern, traditional or simplified chinese, or hanja, or kanji. .We can also use this to type any Hanzi character. Furthermore, use of the computer with this method can be shown to have a dramatic effect on the ability to write Hanzi.