DocumentCode
2911034
Title
A Study on Eye Movement of Thai Students Reading Chinese Texts with or without Marks for Word Boundaries
Author
Jiao Yumei ; Yu Peng
Author_Institution
Chinese Dept., Duksung Women´s Univ., Seoul, South Korea
fYear
2011
fDate
15-17 Nov. 2011
Firstpage
291
Lastpage
294
Abstract
By comparing the eye movement data of Thai students reading Chinese texts with or without marks for word boundaries, the researcher has found that: (1) To Thai students, the Chinese words represent more Psychological reality than Chinese characters. (2) The reading efficiency of Thai students could be immensely improved by inserting word boundary marks. It is, therefore, suggested that when publishing Chinese textbooks intended for Thai students, we adjust the way we do typesetting today and insert word boundary marks into the text.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; object tracking; visual perception; Chinese characters; Chinese text reading; Chinese textbooks publishing; Chinese words; Thai students; eye movement; psychological reality; typesetting; word boundaries; word boundary marks; Chinese text; Thai students; eye movement; space;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Asian Language Processing (IALP), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Penang
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1733-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IALP.2011.35
Filename
6121523
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