TY - BOOK AU - Rose,Heath TI - TheJapanese Writing System: Challenges, Strategies and Self-regulation for Learning Kanji T2 - Second Language Acquisition SN - 9781783098156 PY - 2017///] CY - Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit : PB - Multilingual Matters, KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching KW - bisacsh KW - Japanese as a foreign language KW - Japanese as a second language KW - Japanese language KW - Kanji KW - L2 reading and writing KW - SLA KW - Self-regulation KW - Writing systems KW - foreign language learning KW - kanji learning KW - language learning strategies KW - learning Japanese KW - second language learning KW - second language writing acquisition N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Tables --; Preface --; About the Author --; Part 1: Issues Surrounding Japanese Language Acquisition --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Japanese Writing System --; 3. Cognitive Challenges in Learning the Japanese Writing System --; Part 2: Cognitive Strategies --; 4. Cognitive Learning Strategies --; 5. Visual Association --; 6. Component Analysis --; 7. Mnemonics --; Part 3: Psychology and Self-regulation --; 8. Learner Psychology, Self-regulation and Language Learning --; 9. Metacognition and Language Learning --; 10. Goal Setting and Commitment Control Strategies --; 11. Affective Factors in Kanji Learning --; Part 4: Implications --; 12. Implications for Learners --; 13. Implications for Instructors --; 14. Implications for Researchers --; Glossary --; References --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - This is the first book devoted to exploring issues of learning written Japanese, focusing on the challenges the writing system poses for the second language learner. It weaves together previous research on Japanese second language acquisition and kanji learning with original studies on self-regulation and kanji learning strategies. It provides the most comprehensive overview of the Japanese writing system and kanji learning to date; helps further our understanding of second language writing acquisition and offers new directions for research in the wider fields of language learning strategies, motivation and self-regulation. Each chapter concludes with a brief discussion of the implications of the content of the chapter for the Japanese language learner, instructor and researcher. It will appeal to researchers of the teaching and learning of Japanese as a foreign/second language, the Japanese writing system and second language acquisition, as well as to instructors and learners of Japanese who are struggling with the teaching and learning of kanji UR - https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783098163 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781783098163 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781783098163/original ER -