兒童中文認字課程
學中文字對細路嘅難處拆解
學寫中文字(漢字)對細路嚟講係件大工程,要記性、理解力、手部協調同埋環境因素夾埋一齊先搞得掂。下面由專家研究角度,詳細拆解晒所有難關位,仲會教埋應對方法。
1. 要記成千上萬個字
中文字唔似英文咁砌字母,每個字都有自己樣同讀音。研究話齋,普通讀本書都要識3500個字左右,對細路嚟講真係好大壓力。好似外國啲華裔細路,如果屋企唔係成日講中文,好易轉頭就唔記得啲生僻字。
常見問題
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腦容量爆炸:個個字都要獨立記,冇得靠拼音砌
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失憶症發作:少用嘅字好快忘記得一乾二淨
2. 筆畫順序搞到頭痕
寫中文字最講究筆順,但細路成日會漏筆畫或者畫蛇添足。有研究專登錄低細路寫字嘅衰樣,發現佢哋成日將橫豎撇捺嘅次序調亂,搞到個字寫出嚟七扭八歪。
典型錯誤
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倒轉筆順:例如「口」字唔跟「豎、橫折、橫」嘅規矩
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漏加料:寫「笑」字漏咗竹花頭,變咗個「夭」字
3. 字音字義撈亂晒
中文字最蠱惑係同音字多,仲有啲字會變音。好似「行街」同「銀行」,個「行」字讀音完全唔同。有心理學研究發現,細路特別容易將「買」同「賣」呢類孖生字搞混,一唔留神就寫錯。
麻煩位
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撞音字陷阱:「青」同「清」明明唔同意思,但讀音差唔多
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變音怪獸:「長」字喺「長大」同「長度」入面完全兩個讀法
4. 樣似字分唔清
好多中文字好似孖生兄弟咁,好似「日」同「曰」、「未」同「末」,細路初學好易睇到眼花花。有家長分享經驗,話個仔成日將「熊」字下面四點火寫漏,變咗個「能」字出嚟。
易中伏例子
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木 vs 本:多一橫就完全唔同意思
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人 vs 入:筆畫方向唔同就變第二個字
5. 拆字砌字似玩積木
中文字好多時由部首同聲旁砌成,例如「河」字嘅三點水加「可」字。但要細路明白「火」字邊代表同火有關,仲要記埋聲旁嘅讀音,真係考起唔少小朋友。
理解難關
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部首解謎:要識得「⺮」字頭通常同竹有關
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聲旁呃人:「青」字家族(清、請、情)讀音相近,但唔係百分百準
6. 冇語境好難學
喺外國生活嘅細路最慘,周圍都冇人講中文。有美國華人家長投訴,話住嗰區得3%亞裔,個仔想搵人練中文都難。加上如果父母自己中文都半桶水,教錯讀音仲大鑊。就算香港,因爲宜家互聯網盛行,因爲英語使用者占大多數,英語内容自然更豐富,孩子透過中文學習的機會就更少。
環境障礙
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真空狀態:日常生活完全接觸唔到中文
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阿媽教錯音:將「食飯」讀成「蝕飯」都唔知
7. 手仔未夠靈活
細路手部肌肉未發展好,寫字時成日手震震。有研究發現,要同時處理字形同字音對小朋友嚟講好吃力,特別係寫複雜字時,手眼協調跟唔上就會出錯。
發展限制
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手殘模式:寫「龜」字寫到打蛇餅
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腦超載:記字形又要記讀音,CPU過熱
兒童中文認字課程
學習模式
學習模式用多維度設計,畀學生一個全面嘅學習體驗。系統可以好順暢咁喺粵語同普通話模式之間切換,等學生揀最適合自己嘅語言環境。對於幼稚園K1到K3嘅學生,學習內容會有齊所有常用漢字嘅詳盡列表,幫佢哋打好基礎;到咗小一(P1)之後,就只會加入新學嘅詞彙,逐步擴大詞彙量。每個詞彙都有漢字、普通話同粵語嘅拼音、語音朗讀功能,加上表情符號解釋同英文說明,豐富理解層次。
測試模式
測試模式會喺詞庫入面隨機揀10個詞彙出嚟考學生,當中有啲可能係未學過嘅。不過唔使驚,可以當係一個挑戰,試吓估答案,培養學習嘅勇氣同樂趣。如果考試成績有80%以上,就會攞到一張可愛嘅證書做獎勵,張張證書都唔一樣,增加學習動力。家長仲可以自己設計其他獎勵,例如連續攞7張證書就畀份大獎,鼓勵小朋友堅持學落去。
遊戲模式
遊戲模式用趣味活動幫學生鞏固記憶,例如翻開摺卡配對,畀學習過程變得生動有趣。為咗加多啲挑戰性,部分遊戲會有鏡像文字,等學生喺玩樂中訓練認知能力,同時加深對漢字嘅印象。呢啲寓教於樂嘅方法唔單止提高學習興趣,仲可以有效強化記憶成果。
點樣報名參加?
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唔使報名!
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先睇下仔女咩嘢程度,直接簡啱佢程度嘅課程
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未玩過/無信心可以先玩下學習模式,有信心可以玩測試模式/遊戲模式
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測試模式答啱八成題目之後可以透過電郵獲取證書
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等到系統顯示已經send咗證書俾你之後先至離開
自學課程及測驗(廣東話/普通話自由切換)
驗證文件
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證書範本
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