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Direct linkMarcus, Ginger – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
Reading is defined as a socio-cultural act negotiated between text and reader, and the act of reading is considered to be a cognitive process that involves knowledge not only of symbols/letters, vocabulary and structure, but also of culture. In other words, in order to understand the intentions of the author and to formulate meaning, the second…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Familiarity, Japanese, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedNara, Hiroshi – CALICO Journal, 1994
Reports on a development in interactive Japanese at a new facility where lexicographical information can be viewed with full contextual information. This information is available for any word in the 65 texts incorporated in the course. This method of showing all the collocations of a word was implemented to help users monitor progress. (24…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Context Effect
Peer reviewedTzeng, Ovid J. L.; Singer, Harry – Reading Research Quarterly, 1978
Analyzes a report by D.D. Steinberg and J. Yamada that investigated which of the different types of scripts used in Japanese writing was the easiest to learn to read. (MKM)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Comparative Education, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSteinberg, Danny D.; Yamada, Jun – Reading Research Quarterly, 1978
Offers a rebuttal to Tzeng and Singer's criticism of the authors' study of the ease of learning to read the different Japanese scripts. States that the symbols and words were taught in the ordinary situation in which they are learned. (MKM)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Comparative Education, Elementary Education
Ervin, Gerard L., Ed. – 1981
Papers in this volume on individualized instruction in foreign languages include: (1) "Individualized Instruction and 'Back to Basics': Are They Compatible?" by Howard B. Altman; (2) "Individualized Instruction in French at Northwestern University" by Margaret Sinclair Breslin; (3) "An Individualized French Program for…
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conversational Language Courses
