I keep seeing vague references to “ICT” software, whose boosters like to make claims such as the following: \u201cUsually students take six years to master 2,500 characters. With ICT they can learn 2,000 characters in a year. With this they can spend less time learning Chinese and more time on other subjects like English, Music and Science. With ICT, six-year-olds can write essays within a month!\u201d <\/p>\n
While I believe computers can help people learn Chinese characters, that’s roughly 10 characters every school day. I just don’t believe that all of those would be learned and fully retained. Where are the scientific studies? Does anyone know anything more about this? <\/p>\n
On the other hand, Hanyu Pinyin can most definitely be learned within a month. Once that is done, people, including six-year-olds, are limited in what they can write only by the extent of their vocabulary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I keep seeing vague references to “ICT” software, whose boosters like to make claims such as the following: \u201cUsually students take six years to master 2,500 characters. With ICT they can learn 2,000 characters in a year. With this they … Continue reading