The Action Research On The Chinese Character Micro-lecture Teaching Method For Children Based On Multiple Intelligences

With the advent of the information era,micro-lecture was introduced and widely applied in classes by educators due to its “short and precise”,“specified topic”,and “space-time unlimited sharing” characteristics.Micro-lecture has been a hot topic among researchers in the past ten years,and then gradually turned out to be a systematic teaching method.In the field of Mandarin language teaching,teaching Chinese characters is always one of the greatest challenges for Mandarin teachers as Chinese characters are hard to teach and learn due to their complicated strokes and structures.As a Malaysian,the researcher found that the challenge seems to be greater when it comes to teaching Chinese characters in Malaysia,a multi-racial country,as the students are all having different racial and language backgrounds.Therefore,the research aimed to carry out action research on the Chinese character micro-lecture for children based on multiple intelligences,in which the researcher applied the micro-lectures that were designed based on eight basic intelligences in teaching Chinese characters,to investigate the effectiveness of the students learning Chinese characters.The research was carried out for 2 rounds,whereby 5 weeks per round,in a Malaysia international school,among 7 to 9 years old third-grade students.The research shows that:1.The design of the Chinese character micro-lecture teaching method based on multiple intelligences was proved to have more coincided with the needs of the students in learning Chinese characters.It raises the effectiveness of teaching and learning Chinese characters.2.The interest of students in learning Chinese characters was raised and the result of the students’ Chinese Character Assessment was improved after the Chinese character microlecture teaching method based on multiple intelligences applied in the Mandarin class.The research shows that the more the design of the micro-lectures is related to students’ stronger intelligences,the higher the interest of the student in learning Chinese characters,which then leads to better results in the Chinese Character Assessment and better effectiveness in teaching Chinese characters.3.There are five factors affecting the application of the Chinese character micro-lecture teaching method based on multiple intelligences in class: the coincidence of the student’s learning situation and the design of the micro-lectures,the student’s proclivity in the multiple intelligences,the combination of micro-lecture videos and physical in-class teaching,the cooperation of the student’s parents,and the amount of revision time.From the above observations,it was proved that the Chinese character micro-lecture teaching method for children based on multiple intelligences brought us a new and systematic teaching method that can be customized according to the student’s proclivity of specific intelligences,to raise the effectiveness of teaching Chinese characters.The research hopes to contribute to the field of international Chinese language education by providing the conclusion of this teaching action research as a future reference.