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Puxi Grade 2: Looking Up Hanzi in Dictionary Contest

January 9, 2017

Puxi Grade 2: Looking Up Hanzi in Dictionary Contest

Grade 2 native Chinese students did a dictionary competition in Chinese class on November 14th.

They have already learned three ways to use a dictionary since grade 1. They can refer to a dictionary by sounds, radicals, and strokes. Teachers guided students to review these 3 methods before beginning the competition.

At the beginning of the competition, students looked up words in the dictionary using different methods in a specific order, and they were required to find and record the correct page number within a limited amount of time. The Chinese characters were displayed on the screen, and there were about 10 characters for each method. There are 6 classes in grade 2. After checking their answers, the outcome was that there were 10 students who completely the task correctly from each class. Generally, most of the students preferred to look up characters by sounds because they believe it to be the easiest. Teachers hope students try to get to know the meanings of Chinese characters, and to use these characters both wisely and correctly when doing homework and communicating with others.

In Chinese class, teachers also took some time for students to refer to a dictionary. They do this specifically when teaching new characters. Students are encouraged to leave their dictionaries in the classroom so that they can use it anytime they need to. A dictionary is a very important tool in Chinese study. Referring to a dictionary helps students enhance their ability of being independent. For example, when they have questions about Chinese characters and teachers or parents are not available, consulting a dictionary is a great choice. A dictionary contains lots of useful information about characters such as pronunciation, radicals, meanings, and words. Students can learn a lot day by day. Compared to others telling students answers directly, consulting a dictionary by themselves is much more beneficial.

(Written by Wang Tingqi Picture by Wang Tingqi)