Course 课程

Understanding and Supporting Chinese Literacy Difficulties 

Duration 时长

15 hours

Audience 授课对象

Educators, teaching assistants, and programme staff working in charities, NGOs, and community-based learning settings supporting learners who find learning of Chinese literacy challenging.

在慈善机构、非政府组织及社区学习环境中工作、支持华文读写学习有困难的学习者的教育工作者、教学助理及课程项目人员。

Purpose 课程目的

This programme aims to equip participants with both theoretical understanding and practical skills to effectively support learners with Chinese literacy difficulties, including those with dyslexia. Through a flipped classroom model, participants will engage with core concepts and foundational knowledge independently, and apply their learning through guided practice, discussion, and problem-solving during live tutorials.

本课程旨在帮助学员掌握相关理论知识与实用技能，以更有效地支持在华文读写方面有困难的学习者，包括有读写障碍的学习者。课程采用翻转课堂模式，学员将先通过自主学习掌握核心概念和基础知识，再在实时课中通过指导练习、讨论和解决具体问题的方式来应用所学内容。

Format 形式 

This course is delivered on-site.
本课程以线下方式进行。

Course Description 课程简介

This 15-hour course provides an in-depth exploration of dyslexia and Chinese literacy learning difficulties, grounded in current research and evidence-based educational practice. Participants will examine the linguistic characteristics of the Chinese language, including its morphosyllabic writing system and the cognitive-linguistic skills required for successful literacy acquisition.

The course introduces key concepts and foundational knowledge, including the nature and manifestations of dyslexia in Chinese, common co-occurring learning difficulties, underlying cognitive-linguistic processes, principles of assessment and learner profiling, key teaching principles such as those derived from the Orton-Gillingham approaches, semantic radical knowledge, and essential instructional procedures. This theoretical grounding prepares participants for deeper application during synchronous sessions.

Participants will learn and practise strategies to support foundational literacy skills such as oracy, vocabulary development, sentence structure, and character recognition, as well as advanced literacy skills including reading comprehension and writing. The programme also guides participants in assessment and profiling, lesson planning and resource development, enabling them to design diagnostic, structured, multisensory, and responsive instruction tailored to diverse learner profiles.

By integrating theory and practice, the course supports participants in developing confidence and competence in delivering effective Chinese literacy instruction for learners with a wide range of needs.

本15小时课程结合当前研究成果和循证教学实践，深入探讨读写障碍及华文读写学习困难。学员将了解华文的语言特点，包括其形音义结合的文字系统，以及成功习得华文读写能力所需的认知与语言技能。

本课程将介绍关键概念和基础知识，包括华文读写障碍的本质与表现、常见的伴随性学习困难、相关的认知与语言处理过程、评估与学习者特征分析的基本原则、重要教学原则（如源自奥顿—吉林汉姆方法的原则）。还包括偏旁知识和基本教学程序。这些基础将帮助学员更好地参与后续同步课程中的深入实践。

学员将学习并练习多种教学策略，以支持基础读写能力的发展，例如口语能力、词汇发展、句子结构和识字，也包括较高阶的读写能力，如阅读理解和写作。课程还将指导学员如何评估和分析学习者的特征，并在此基础上进行课程设计与教学资源开发。使学员能够根据不同学习者的特点，设计具有诊断性、结构性、多感官和灵活回应的教学。

通过结合理论与实践，本课程将帮助学员提升信心与能力，更有效地为不同需要的学习者提供华文读写教学支持。

Learning Outcomes 学习成果

By the end of this programme, participants will be able to:
完成本课程后，学员将能够：

1. Define dyslexia and identify the types of difficulties dyslexic learners may experience when learning Chinese
   说明什么是读写障碍，并识别有读写障碍的学习者在学习华文时可能遇到的困难
2. Explain the morphosyllabic nature of the Chinese language and the key literacy skills required for Chinese literacy acquisition
   解释华文作为形音义结合文字系统的特点，以及华文读写习得所需的关键能力
3. Demonstrate understanding of evidence-based teaching principles effective in supporting learners with dyslexia, and apply these principles to lesson planning and instructional design
   展现对循证教学原则的理解，这些原则有助于支持有读写障碍的学习者，并能将这些原则运用于课程设计和教学规划中
4. Use appropriate strategies to support the development of orthographic and morphological awareness, character recognition, oracy skills, reading comprehension, and writing
   运用合适的教学策略，支持学习者发展正字意识、语素意识、字词识读能力、口语能力、阅读理解和写作能力
5. Apply theoretical knowledge and teaching principles to learner profiles by designing a structured lesson and developing appropriate teaching and learning resources
   根据学习者特征，将理论知识和教学原则应用到教学实践中，设计结构化课程并开发合适的教学资源。

Assessment 评估方式

The assessment consists of a 60-minute online quiz featuring scenario-based multiple-choice questions covering the topics from this course. Participants are required to complete the quiz to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding.

评估包括一项60分钟的线上测验，题型为基于情境的选择题，内容涵盖本课程的相关主题。学员须完成该测验，以展示其对课程内容的知识与理解。

Certificate 证书

A Course Completion Certificate will be awarded to participants upon successful completion of the training, subject to a minimum of 70% attendance and a passing grade in the course assessments.

学员在完成培训后，如达到至少70%的出勤率并在课程评估中取得合格成绩，将获颁课程结业证书。