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Is the mobile touch device a good tool to learn Chinese?
Zhe Chen,Yatzu Tsao,Bumsuk Kim,Philipp Osterwald,Da Sun,Xuhui Liu,Yalong Chen,Constantin Siemons,Jean Elie Guillaume,Shuiping Chen,Liangliang Zhang,Karl Jesper Ornerud 대한인간공학회 2014 대한인간공학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2014 No.5
Learning Chinese language becomes increasingly important and popular worldwide. It is a challenge for native alphabetic language speaker to learn Chinese as Chinese is a symbolic language. Various learning methods are used to help foreign students to improve their learning performance. Interactive applications in the mobile touch devices make it possible to learn Chinese anytime anywhere. It is interesting to discover the role of mobile touch devices in Chinese learning. Thus, this study investigated the usability of mobile touch devices, including mobile phones and tablet personal computer, in Chinese learning for foreign students. This study included two phases. In the first phase, an online survey and an after-interview were used to investigate the users’ attitude to using mobile touch devices in Chinese learning. Thirty international students were invited to the survey (19 males and 11 females) with 10 Germany, 4 French, 3 Italians, 2 Iranian, 2 Russians, 2 English, 2 American, 1 Indonesian, 1 Pakistani, 1 Thai, 1 Swedish and 1 Kazakhstan. In the second phase, an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of mobile touch devices in Chinese learning. Fourteen participants were invited to experiment with 8 international students and 6 Chinese students. International students were considered as beginner learner students compared to Chinese students who were considered as advanced learner. Both Android and iOS developing systems for smart devices are considered in the experiment. The results of the survey showed users have a positive attitude towards using mobile touch devices in Chinese learning. The interview results indicated that most participants were willing to pay for it if the usability of learning tool in mobile devices improves. The experiment results indicated the advantage and disadvantage of using mobile phones and tablets in Chinese learning. It was suggested that beginning leaner regarded motivation and organization of Chinese learning tool in the mobile devices. Advanced learner focused on visual design, touch performance, cognitive process. As an exploration of usability of mobile touch device in Chinese learning, this study found that user held a positive attitude to learning Chinese in mobile touch devices. Mobile touch device is a good tool to learn Chinese as it provides interactive learning tools. However, it needs much effort for the mobile application designer to improve the usability. This study had suggestions on how to develop a user-friendly Chinese learning tool in touch mobile devices.