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Levin, James A. Hatasa, Kazumi 2011-05-07T14:01:04Z 2011-05-07T14:01:04Z 10000-01-01 1989 Kanji (Chinese characters) present a serious obstacle of learners of Japanese as a foreign language. Finding an effective and efficient way of teaching them is essential. However, there has not been much research done to investigate how non-native learners of Japanese, in particular English speaking learners, learn these characters. Three studies were conducted. The first study was an experiment which addressed the question of whether pictographic characters are easier to learn than non-pictographic characters. The second study was a survey asking instructors of introductory Japanese language courses for various information about how existing Japanese programs teach Japanese orthography. The third study was a semester-long classroom experiment to investigate (a) effects of different orders of presenting Kanji, and (b) effects of pre-training which is designed to sensitize students to learning of Kanji. The first study showed that pictographic characters were in fact easier to learn and retain than non-pictographic characters, and that the use of mental imagery facilitated overall learning. The survey study provided various demographic information about existing programs and instructional methods being used. The third study failed to demonstrate the effects of alternative orders or pre-training. However, after the analysis of each Kanji introduced during the semester, the study showed (a) that Kanji which were more difficult in production were also more difficult in recognition, and (b) that the visual complexity (measured in stroke counts) was more closely associated with difficulty in production than recognition. Further, the study suggested that provided mnemonics could be an effective way to facilitate the learning of Kanji. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T14:01:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 8916259.pdf: 3072992 bytes, checksum: 497fb7a90c70d8a8842cc17eb2e9d602 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1989 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T15:01:58Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:29:26-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI8916259 (UMI)AAI8916259 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/23070 eng Copyright 1989 Hatasa, Kazumi Education, Language and Literature A study of learning and teaching of Kanji for nonnative learners of Japanese text Education Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.