| The Japanese Writing System: Challenges, Strategies and Self-Regulation for Learning Kanji Contributor(s): Rose, Heath (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783098147 ISBN-13: 9781783098149 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Japanese - Language Arts & Disciplines | Alphabets & Writing Systems - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 495.682 |
| LCCN: 2017000272 |
| Series: Second Language Acquisition |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.75 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first book devoted to exploring issues of learning written Japanese, focusing on the challenges the writing system poses for the second language learner. It weaves together previous research on Japanese second language acquisition and kanji learning with original studies on self-regulation and kanji learning strategies. It provides the most comprehensive overview of the Japanese writing system and kanji learning to date; helps further our understanding of second language writing acquisition and offers new directions for research in the wider fields of language learning strategies, motivation and self-regulation. Each chapter concludes with a brief discussion of the implications of the content of the chapter for the Japanese language learner, instructor and researcher. It will appeal to researchers of the teaching and learning of Japanese as a foreign/second language, the Japanese writing system and second language acquisition, as well as to instructors and learners of Japanese who are struggling with the teaching and learning of kanji. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rose, Heath: - Heath Rose is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, UK. His research interests include Global Englishes, second language pedagogy, language learner strategies and the teaching and learning of Japanese as a foreign language. He has published extensively in applied linguistics journals, is the co-author of a number of books on Global Englishes and the co-editor of Doing Research in Applied Linguistics (Routledge, 2017). |