TheJapanese Writing System : : Challenges, Strategies and Self-regulation for Learning Kanji / / Heath Rose.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Rose, Heath,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- About the Author -- Part 1: Issues Surrounding Japanese Language Acquisition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Japanese Writing System -- 3. Cognitive Challenges in Learning the Japanese Writing System -- Part 2: Cognitive Strategies -- 4. Cognitive Learning Strategies -- 5. Visual Association -- 6. Component Analysis -- 7. Mnemonics -- Part 3: Psychology and Self-regulation -- 8. Learner Psychology, Self-regulation and Language Learning -- 9. Metacognition and Language Learning -- 10. Goal Setting and Commitment Control Strategies -- 11. Affective Factors in Kanji Learning -- Part 4: Implications -- 12. Implications for Learners -- 13. Implications for Instructors -- 14. Implications for Researchers -- Glossary -- References -- Index