Japanese language students' perceptions on Kanji learning and their relationship to novel kanji word learning ability

Language Learning

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-85

  Mori, Yoshiko ^a   Sato, Kumi ^a   Shimizu, Hideko ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Kanji; Kanji learning strategies; Learner perceptions; Metacognitive awareness; Morphological ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846592345     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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