Japanese language students' attitudes toward kanji and their perceptions on kanji learning strategies

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 472-490

  Mori, Yoshiko ^a   Shimizu, Hideko ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Belief multidimensional; Kanji; Learner perceptions; Self reported learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348960070     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2007.tb02871.x     Document Type: Article

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