Abstract:

Lao and Cambodian students of Grade 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 from Dali University were selected and divided into three groups that had learned Chinese for 0.5 year, 1 year and 1.5 years. And their final exam papers were collected. The errors of their Chinese character writing in the paper were surveyed and analysed. Then the paper investigated efficient modes and methods to teach Lao and Cambodian students to write Chinese characters.

Key words: Lao and Cambodian students, Chinese character writing, survey and analysis, teaching Chinese characters to foreigner, error analysis