1. Develop language and promote the improvement of comprehensive Chinese literacy.
Judging from the development of individual human speech, spoken language (listening and speaking) precedes written language (reading and writing). Psycholinguistic research shows that children have initially acquired the ability of oral expression before entering school, and their vocabulary has reached 4000-5000. This laid a certain foundation for children to change from oral learning to written learning, and also laid a foundation for the recorder of Chinese characters as a written language. After entering school, children begin to develop their written language ability through reading and writing, and promote and improve their oral communication ability through the improvement of written language ability, thus promoting the development of their overall language ability and the improvement of their comprehensive Chinese literacy. According to statistics, 1000 commonly used Chinese characters can cover 90% of the words used in general reading materials. 2400 can cover 99%. 3800 can cover 99.9%. For literates, if they can know about 3,500 commonly used Chinese characters, of which about 3,000 can write, they can read and write more fluently, not only can they continue to learn Chinese and improve their comprehensive quality, but also can meet the general needs of learning and mastering other subjects.
2. Develop intelligence and promote the improvement of cognitive ability.
Chinese characters are different from pinyin characters, which have the same sound and shape, and can be pronounced according to the shape. When reading, the main meaning code works in the left brain and belongs to single brain characters. Chinese characters are the unity of sound, form and meaning. When reading, they need phonetic codes and semantic codes to act on the left and right brains at the same time, which belongs to compound brain writing. Chinese characters are beneficial to the development of intelligence, because the perception of Chinese characters can develop visual perception, listening to Chinese characters can develop children's hearing, and memorizing Chinese characters can promote the development of attention and memory. Literacy needs to analyze, synthesize and compare the sounds, shapes and meanings of words, and needs thinking activities. Chinese characters not only have concrete characteristics, but also summarize the things that mark reality. Literacy can build a convenient bridge for children to transition from image thinking to abstract thinking.
3. Cultivate aesthetic taste and love for the language and writing of the motherland.
Literacy is not only a means of reading and writing, but also an important channel to cultivate cognitive ability and aesthetic education. Literacy teaching itself has an independent significance in Chinese education, and mastering Chinese characters itself has an independent aesthetic purpose. Wang Yun believes that the original intention of the ancients to create Chinese characters is to "rectify everything", so Chinese characters are definitely not a simple mechanical combination of strokes, but are based on righteousness, that is, the combination of strokes is rich in "things". Chinese characters are completely formed according to narrative requirements. It is more direct than any word in the world in expressing things. The ancients created Chinese characters in the process of "correcting everything". In the unique configuration of Chinese characters, there is no doubt that the ancients' unique understanding of the surrounding world is permeated. This is also the beauty of Chinese characters. Therefore, the birth of Chinese characters is a great event in the eyes of the ancients. Chinese characters have some advantages that western characters do not have, and have aesthetic value that simple pinyin characters do not have. Chinese characters are rich in China culture, behind which lies the beauty of human nature.
4. Inherit national traditional culture and safeguard national unity.
In addition to the above functions, literacy also has the function of inheriting national culture. In addition to helping people communicate, Chinese characters are also the carrier and important part of national culture. To some extent, a Chinese character is an elf, and a Chinese character is a cultural history. Especially in today's economic globalization, Chinese characters can be said to be a link to maintain historical development and a magnet to safeguard national unity. It is through Chinese characters that historical time and space are opened, so that people can still understand ancient times and even ancient books. It is also through Chinese characters that the Chinese nation with a vast territory and many dialects can communicate, thus effectively promoting national unity. Therefore, understanding Chinese characters can better inherit the national traditional culture and safeguard the unity of the Chinese nation.