Japanese text comprehension by Chinese and non-Chinese background learners

System

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 103-118

  Machida, Sayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensation strategies; Japanese as a second foreign language; Kanji character; Reading comprehension; Schema

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035284987     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(00)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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