Pedagogy for Teaching Mandarin With Cablecast Facility

Experimental Results and Discussion

• Learning Phonetics

• Sight Singing with Both Zhuyin and Pinyin to Learn Phonetics Found Very Effective (4/5G)

• Review & Self Study with Cablecast Program Proven Extremely Beneficial

• Students Producing Phonetic Symbol Cards for Game Playing Was A Valuable Learning Process   

• Interactive Computer-Based Learning & Role Playing

• Role Playing Increased Student Interest and Casted More Realistic Conversation

• Interactive Text (PC) Allowing Instant Feedback and Correction Served Valuable Funtion

• Learning Pace Adjustable by Teacher and PC Assistant Could Optimize Learners' Progress

• Effect of Cablecast Lessons on TV Audience Yet to Be Determined but Definitely Beneficial to Students  

• Word Card for Vocabulary Build Up

• Character Card or Word Card Design Shown in Fig. 2

• Students Required to Produce Character Card for Each Character Learned (Homework to Homeplay)

• Extend Character to Word/Phrase to Homophone with Zhuyin/Pinyin Are Great Exercises 

• Word Game for Learning Conversational Mandarin

• Play Word Game Right After A Lesson Produced Best Effect on Word Retention 

• Word Cards Supplemented with Phonetic Cards Allowed Games Played from Phonetics ('Spelling' Game) to Word to Phrases (Word Game) and to Sentences (Grammar/Vocabulary Game)

• Word Game Examples for Learning Conversational Mandarin Shown in Fig. 3

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