The Japanese Writing System: Challenges, Strategies and Self-regulation for Lear

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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.

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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.

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

About The Author Preface SECTION ONE: ISSUES SURROUNDING JAPANESE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Japanese Writing System Chapter 3: Cognitive Challenges in Learning the Japanese Writing System SECTION TWO: COGNITIVE STRATEGIES Chapter 4: Cognitive Learning Strategies Chapter 5: Visual Association Chapter 6: Component Analysis Chapter 7: Mnemonics SECTION 3: PSYCHOLOGY AND SELF-REGULATION Chapter 8: Learner Psychology, Self-Regulation and Language Learning Chapter 9: Metacognition and Language Learning Chapter 10: Goal Setting and Commitment Control Strategies Chapter 11: Affective Factors in Kanji Learning SECTION 4: IMPLICATIONS Chapter 12: Implications for Learners Chapter 13: Implications for Instructors Chapter 14: Implications for the Researchers Glossary Bibliography

Review

For Japanese language learners, studying kanji requires laborious and often tedious efforts, but it can also build their self-confidence and creativity for devising learning strategies. This groundbreaking book draws on Rose's own experience as a learner, fills a research gap, and offers evidence-based insights to Japanese language learners, teachers, and researchers. -- Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia, Canada A timely and important contribution to the study of the acquisition of the Japanese writing system, focussing on self-regulation and motivation. This compelling volume relates key research findings on kanji acquisition in a way that will be very useful to Japanese language learners, teachers and researchers alike. -- Lorna Carson, Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Long 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.

Review Quote

For Japanese language learners, studying kanji requires laborious and often tedious efforts, but it can also build their self-confidence and creativity for devising learning strategies. This groundbreaking book draws on Rose's own experience as a learner, fills a research gap, and offers evidence-based insights to Japanese language learners, teachers, and researchers.

Details ISBN1783098147 Author Heath Rose Pages 208 Publisher Channel View Publications Ltd Series Second Language Acquisition Year 2017 ISBN-10 1783098147 ISBN-13 9781783098149 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Multilingual Matters DOI 10.21832/ROSE8156 Place of Publication Bristol Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 495.611 Publication Date 2017-06-05 Subtitle Challenges, Strategies and Self-regulation for Learning Kanji Language English Series Number 116 UK Release Date 2017-06-05 AU Release Date 2017-06-05 NZ Release Date 2017-06-05 Alternative 9781783098156 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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