Why Learning to Write Chinese Is a Waste of Time: A Modest Proposal

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-251

  Allen, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Chinese characters; Electronic writing; Hanzi kanji; Writing instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949096199     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2008.tb03291.x     Document Type: Article

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