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Reforming Chinese Characters in the PRC and Japan: New Directions in the Twenty-First Century
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Premaratne, Dilhara D. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
This article provides a comparative evaluation of Chinese character reform in the People's Republic of China and Japan, with a particular focus on the latest changes announced in 2009 to the existing script policies in the two countries. The first Chinese script reform took place in 1956 and the first Japanese script reform in 1946, both for the…
Descriptors: Romanization, Foreign Countries, Mass Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Nonroman Scripts in the Bibliographic Environment.
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Aliprand, Joan M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Discusses problems of information distortion resulting from romanization (i.e., representation of nonroman scripts in Latin characters) and modifications of USMARC format to support nonroman scripts in library catalogs. Efforts to develop a universal character set and its potential effects on USMARC are considered. (45 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Machine Readable Cataloging, Non Roman Scripts, Online Catalogs
The Need to Revise Handwriting Systematically.
Barnard, Roger – Forum, 1997
Provides suggestions for helping English-as-a-Foreign-Language teachers who work with students who write in a different alphabet or use a different form of script deal with the handwriting of their classes at the start of English learning. It is a way to systematically check, revise, and improve learners' handwriting through the use of dictations.…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Classroom Techniques, Dictation, English (Second Language)
Ambiguities in the Romanization of Yiddish.
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Weinberg, Bella Hass – Judaica Librarianship, 1995
The Romanization of Yiddish in Hebraica cataloging is problematic; inconsistencies are found in machine-readable catalog (MARC) records of various bibliographic utilities. The article describes insufficiencies in the Library of Congress's Romanization table and disparate systems used in transliterating Yiddish dictionaries. Solutions may include…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Dictionaries
Language Attitudes Toward Written Taiwanese.
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Chiung, Wi-vun Taiffalo – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
University students in Taiwan evaluated seven prepared Taibun reading samples on six characteristic scales. Results reveal that Han character-only orthography received the highest rating, Han-Roman mixed received the second highest, and Roman-only received the lowest.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Computer-Oriented Bibliographic Control for Cyrillic Documents with or without Script Conversion.
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Aissing, Alena L. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Discusses bibliographic access to documents in nonroman scripts and the need for standards for the way different scripts are encoded for data processing. A microcomputer-based system that transliterates Cyrillic text to a romanized version and back to Cyrillic is proposed. (10 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Computer Software, Cyrillic Alphabet
Automation of Bibliographic Control for Chinese Materials in the United States [and] Reforming Administration in Chinese Academic Libraries: A Key to Success.
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Zeng, Lei; Zhang, Wei-Ping – International Library Review, 1991
Two articles discuss Chinese libraries and materials: one reviews the role of bibliographic utilities in the bibliographic control of Chinese language materials in U.S. libraries, and one examines characteristics of administration in academic libraries in China from both historical perspective and current practice. (64 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Chinese
Why Put East Asian Materials in a Separate Collection? The Issue of Access.
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Dunkle, Clare B. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1993
Considers whether or not library materials in East Asian languages should be integrated into the general collection. Romanized access through a Latin-script library catalog and nonromanized access through a browsing collection are considered. After exploring the difficulties in romanizing Chinese and Japanese scripts, a separate collection is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Chinese, Comparative Analysis
Teaching and Learning with Different Scripts: Cross-Cultural Conflict in a Chinese Late Immersion Classroom.
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de Courcy, Michele – Language and Education, 1997
Reports results of a study conducted with learners of Chinese who were involved in a late immersion program in a graduate school of education in Australia. The aim of the project was to explore the depths of learners' experiences of learning Chinese in an immersion setting. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Educational Policy
Learner Use of Scripted and Unscripted Language in the Communicative Approach.
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Sakura, Peter T. – Doshisha Kori Education Research Journal, 2001
In the communicative approach, English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners use scripted and unscripted language. In practice, scripted language is typically over-utilized at the expense of unscripted language. This study explores the characteristics of scripted and unscripted language in 11 beginner-level EFL students in a Japanese junior high…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries