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Reading Teacher

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Preschool Reading in Japan

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Sakamoto, Takahiko – Reading Teacher, 1975

Concludes that the development of the reading abilities of preschool children in Japan is mainly a responsibility of the parents. (RB)

Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Parent Influence, Preschool Education, Reading Instruction

Early Reading in Japan.

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Sheridan, E. Marcia – 1981

There are several reasons why Japan has one of the world's highest literacy rates. One reason is the nature of the Japanese written language, which employs a dual code of ideographs representing specific objects and a syllabary, in which each symbol represents a separate syllable. The syllable symbols are read consistently the same way, and…

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Japanese