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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
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
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
Pinyin + Zhuyin: Introducing a More Effective Way of Teaching the Sound System of Chinese.
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Lam, Clara; Chow, Balance – 1995
American students are exposed to many different romanization systems when learning Chinese. The most important systems include Pinyin, Zhuyin fuhao, Wade-Giles, Gwoyeu Romatzhy, and the Yale system, to name just a few. The Pinyin system, which is built on the English alphabet, is the official transliteration system of mainland China. The Zhuyin…
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Maintenance, Foreign Countries
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