Survey regarding Chinese lessons.
dyslexia
Distribution of perceived difficulties while learning Chinese for the children of groups C and DD. Two questions: a) Was it difficult to recall the meaning of the Chinese character (if it was to be named in German)? b) Was it difficult to find the Chinese word for the character? The answers could be: “yes” (white), “sometimes” light grey, and “no” (dark grey). The subjective reports were in agreement with the objective data: The children with dyslexia reported more difficulties, but only for naming in Chinese.All children of both groups reported that they had fun learning Chinese. When they were asked whether it was difficult to recall the meaning of the Chinese characters (to be named in German, In summary, the perceived difficulties are partly in agreement with our objective findings. Looking at Chinese characters that were to be named in German, there was no significant difference between the two groups. Regarding the task of naming Chinese characters, the analysis showed similar results with no statistically significant difference between the groups. However, combining the answers “yes” and “sometimes” indicates that more children with dyslexia had to struggle while naming characters in Chinese (Fisher’s exact test: p = .092).