Research on the Effect of Overlearning Theory on Long-Term Memory of Chinese Notional Words among Thai University Students
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Overlearning Theory, Chinese Notional Words, Long-Term MemoryAbstract
For Thai university students who are learning Chinese, the effect of long-term vocabulary memory has a great impact on the overall effect of their Chinese learning. Especially for Thai college students who need to take the new HSK Test, vocabulary memory is undoubtedly a major obstacle in Chinese learning, and the retention of Chinese vocabulary has a direct impact on their test. Based on the ethical review of research ethics involving humans by the Kasetsart University Research Ethics Committee, this paper studied the effect of "overlearning theory" on the long-term memory of Thai university students' Chinese notional words by using literature, categorical statistics, questionnaires, and experimental methods in hopes of helping Thai university students improve the effectiveness of their long-term memory of Chinese vocabulary. The study found that the “overlearning theory” did have a positive effect on Thai university students' long-term memory of Chinese notional words within 3-9 weeks. In addition, the three main categories of Chinese notional words discussed in this paper are nouns, verbs, and adjectives. The “overlearning theory” has the highest effect on nouns, the second highest effect on verbs, and the lowest effect on adjectives in the long-term memory of Thai university students' Chinese vocabulary.
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