Ebook: Improving Orthographical Errors in Kanji: Integrating Calligraphy Methods

Издательство: University of Toledo
Дата публикации: 2011
Количество страниц: 62
Язык: Английский

This thesis investigates issues in the orthographical errors Japanese as a Foreign Language (JFL) learners face when learning to write kanji. In particular, the study analyzes the learners’ kanji error production in terms of proportion and spacing, examining to see whether these errors would be improved after receiving special calligraphic instruction. Fourteen advanced-level JFL learners participated in two sessions: traditional and kōhitsu instruction (pen/pencil calligraphy), and were then assigned to practice kanji for a week with a separate specialized kanji sheet