Librenjak, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1696-6777 (2021) Considering the Learning Order of Kanji: the Role of Frequency and Learning Cost, and Analysis of Beginner Textbooks. Silva Iaponicarum, 66. pp. 7-31.

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Abstract

For many learners, Japanese kanji characters are one of the most difficult areas in learning Japanese as a foreign language. Even though there is numerous research in kanji teaching methodology, very few researchers tackle the topic of kanji learning order (Paxton 2015; Shpika 2016b; Kandrač 2020, 2021). This paper explores the issue of choosing which kanji to learn and in which order. I discuss the kanji frequency data and its influence on kanji choice, the
linguistic and computational approach to kanji ordering, and the concept of kanji learning cost introduced by Yan et al. (2013). Lastly, I analyze the kanji lists and kanji order in the beginner issues of two popular Japanese language textbooks, Minna-no Nihongo and Genki.
This research aims to provide the groundwork for future research in kanji learning order optimization and for empirical research in the effects of learning kanji in a different order.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Subjects:	L Education > LT Textbooks P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania > PL501-699 Japanese language
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/9742

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