Etymological Elaboration in Chéngyǔ 成语 Teaching

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_2987
dc.title	Etymological Elaboration in Chéngyǔ 成语 Teaching. The Role of Opacity, Type of Instruction, and Competence Level
dc.contributor.author	Conti Sergio
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2020/56/etymological-elaboration-in-chengyu-teaching/
dc.description.abstract	As a sub-type of Chinese idioms, chengyu 成语 play an important role in Chinese teaching. This study tested the effectiveness of etymological elaboration in relation to the type of instruction (direct or indirect), the degree of transparency of the chengyu, and the participants’ proficiency level. 48 post-elementary and 53 pre-intermediate learners were divided into three groups, one control and two experimental groups. The experimental groups attended to a 30-minute treatment, then a post-test was submitted to all the participants. Statistical and qualitative analysis revealed that indirect instruction was significantly more effective than direct instruction, independently from the participants’ competence level, and that opaque chengyu were more easily retained than transparent chengyu.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 56 \| June 2020
dc.issued	2020-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2020-05-24
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-02-06
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2020/56/016
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Chengyu
dc.subject	Chengyu
dc.subject	Chinese as a foreign language
dc.subject	Chinese as a foreign language
dc.subject	Chinese idioms
dc.subject	Chinese idioms
dc.subject	Etymological elaboration
dc.subject	Etymological elaboration
dc.subject	Formulaic sequences
dc.subject	Formulaic sequences
dc.subject	Idiom teaching
dc.subject	Idiom teaching

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Etymological Elaboration in Chéngyǔ 成语 Teaching

The Role of Opacity, Type of Instruction, and Competence Level

Sergio Conti Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italia

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abstract

As a sub-type of Chinese idioms, chengyu 成语 play an important role in Chinese teaching. This study tested the effectiveness of etymological elaboration in relation to the type of instruction (direct or indirect), the degree of transparency of the chengyu, and the participants’ proficiency level. 48 post-elementary and 53 pre-intermediate learners were divided into three groups, one control and two experimental groups. The experimental groups attended to a 30-minute treatment, then a post-test was submitted to all the participants. Statistical and qualitative analysis revealed that indirect instruction was significantly more effective than direct instruction, independently from the participants’ competence level, and that opaque chengyu were more easily retained than transparent chengyu.

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June 30, 2020

Accepted

May 24, 2020

Submitted

Feb. 6, 2020

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Keywords: Etymological elaboration • Formulaic sequences • Idiom teaching • Chinese idioms • Chinese as a foreign language • Chengyu

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