Comparison of prototype and rote instruction of English names for Chinese visual characters.

Duan, D. W., & Cuvo, A. J. (1996). Comparison of prototype and rote instruction of English names for Chinese visual characters. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29, 125-127.

This study compared prototype and rote instruction of English names for Chinese visual characters. In the prototype condition, participants were taught the meaning of the prototype that served as the distinctive feature of multicomponent characters. In the rote condition, participants traced the character and wrote its translation. Participants learned more rapidly and maintained more words in the prototype condition.

DESCRIPTORS: Chinese, language training, adults, verbal behavior