Abstract:
In the 21st century tertiary education, Chinese programs often give not much emphasis on philological training. Students lack learning interests in classical Chinese, and the design and contents of classical Chinese courses seem less attractive compared with courses such as modern literature and cultural studies. Currently, to enrich the knowledge foundation of students and to broaden their horizons, Chinese programs offer a wide range of courses for students. However, the more courses are offered, the less likely students will enroll in classical Chinese courses.
Classical Chinese texts have long been regarded as indispensable sources in understanding and examining our ancient culture. The capability to comprehend basic classical texts is considered one of the requirements for Chinese major students. In recent years, although secondary schools and universities have already put much effort into teaching classical Chinese, the competence levels of reading classical Chinese among Chinese major students are still deteriorating.
By evaluating the Chinese programs offered by local universities, together with those offered by Mainland China and Taiwan, this project aims to provide suggestions and recommendations on the competence structures of classical Chinese for Chinese major students to design and develop a feasible and efficient classical Chinese benchmark test. To present the latest research findings and to seek advice and gather the latest outputs from overseas experts, the project team also plans to organize a workshop and 2 consultant meetings to address the issues in classical Chinese teaching and learning. The objectives of this project include the following:
Explore the reasonable level of classical Chinese language competence and knowledge a graduate of Chinese major should possess;
Study how to construct these language abilities and knowledge, from which we will deduce how courses should be structured to make the percentage of the classical Chinese courses more relevant; and
Construct the teaching and learning modes of classical Chinese language in the 21st century higher education.
Code:
T0163
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Start Date:
01 Jan 2016
End Date:
31 Dec 2016
Status:
Completed
Result:
This study revealed that, as compared with Taiwan and Mainland China, teaching hours as well as modules for Classical Chinese in Hong Kong are relatively scarce. Most students lack the motivation in learning Classical Chinese, and the supply of relevant courses are scare. Students thus could not master Classical Chinese even they are majored in Chinese. The pilot test in this study was developed to measure students’ performance in Classical Chinese based on the classical courses taught in EdUHK. The results showed less than satisfactory performance in Classical Chinese of Chinese Major students. This implies that new teaching methods and revision of the relevant course outlines are needed.
Impact:
This study brought impact on studying and general researching on curricula, structure and design of Chinese programmes in HK, mainland and Taiwan. Relevant information on the curriculum design, teaching materials, assessment tools and teaching and learning strategies in Classical Chinese had been collected. Reference on Classical Chinese teaching and learning had also been carefully collected. Further collaborations will be explored with non-local universities to collect more teaching resources and student performance to benefit on relevant subject teaching.
Deliverables:
Books / Book Chapters / Journal Articles / Conference Papers
張連航 (2016年2月)：古漢語知識與能力結構研究，論文發表於「第二屆「古漢語教學與研究之回顧與展望」工作坊」，香港教育大學，中國。(Number of participants = 42) https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/9f7f938c-5757-4f31-948d-f827...
王嬋娟 (2016年2月)：成效為本教育的實踐：中文師資培訓中的古代漢語教學，論文發表於「第二屆「古漢語教學與研究之回顧與展望」工作坊」，香港教育大學，中國。(Number of participants = 42) https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/7ae655c1-1726-4022-9578-2bf3...
張連航 (2016年11月)：二十一世紀香港大專院校中文系畢業生古漢語能力基準，論文發表於「「傳統語文學的教與學：關於中文主修學生古漢語知識與能力結構的研究」工作坊」，香港教育大學，中國。(Number of participants = 50) https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/0f1ad4e9-82e4-4e89-bdb0-d5f7...
王嬋娟 (2016年11月)：對師範專業古代漢語課程設計的一些思考，論文發表於「「傳統語文學的教與學：關於中文主修學生古漢語知識與能力結構的研究」工作坊」，香港教育大學，中國。(Number of participants =50) https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/ac22acde-8828-4244-9bb2-3a6e...
王嬋娟 (2016年12月)：由分析文言文閱讀的影響困素、能力結構層次開展文言文教學行動研究，論文發表於「第一屆語文教育國際研討會」，香港教育大學，香港，中國。(Number of participants = 45)https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/b143dc20-5f2c-4899-861a-311c...
Seminars/Presentation/Sharing Sessions
「傳統語文學的教與學：關於中文主修學生古漢語知識與能力結構的研究」工作坊，香港教育大學中國語言學系，2016年11月26日。(Number of participants = 50) https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/427a6217-5283-4e5a-baec-9a3a...
「第一屆語文教育國際研討會– 文言文教學座談會」，由周清海、王榮生、楊裕貿、施仲謀和余婉兒主講，香港教育大學中國語言學系，2016年12月17日。(Number of participants = 170) https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/42480373-d67e-42f1-9aa1-692b...https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/e3fabff4-5ca7-45ec-9bdc-6cae...
(2017， March) TDG Sharing session “Teaching and Learning of Chinese Philology: Research on Evaluating Chinese Major Students’ Knowledge and Competence of Classical Chinese in Hong Kong” presented by Dr. Cheung Lin Hong at The Education University of Hong Kong on 21 March 2017. (Number of participants = 11)https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/4a6bdb28-fcc6-456d-bd86-b574...
Report
張連航、王嬋娟、林淑娟 (2017) :「 傳統語文學的教與學：關於中文主修學生古漢語知識與能力結構的研究」研究報告，香港教育大學。https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/63c750b6-07eb-4f3d-8468-f5aa...
Financial Year:
2015-16
Type:
TDG