Sustanaible Methods of Improving Kanji Learning Skills for Japanese Language Learners at Basic Level at FPT University

Nguyen Tan Danh

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202129505031

Abstract

When learning Japanese, it can be said that the biggest barrier for new learners is learning Kanji. Different from Hiragana and Katakana, the number of Kanji characters is large. In writing, a lot of Kanji words have more than 20 strokes and even one Kanji has different ways of readings and meanings. When learning Kanji, learners must remember the typeface of the word, its pronunciation and its meaning. In order to be able to read and understand documents such as letters or newspapers and to communicate in Japanese in daily activities, the number of Kanji needed to learn can be up to 1000 words. This article is based on a variety of references on how to learn Kanji of foreign students, survey done by Japanese language students of different levels of current Kanji learning methods, thereby comparing, analyze current learning methods and propose methods to improve Kanji learning skills for Japanese learners at elementary level.

Highlights

In the current Covid-19 pandemic situation, the unemployment has become more and more complicated around the globe
Vietnam is one of the first successful diseasefree countries that many Japanese enterprises plan to choose as the country to shift production from China to Vietnam [1]
In order to find out the most suitable methods to learn Kanji for Vietnamese people at the elementary level, the article has analyzed and compared many current methods used by Japanese learners

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Introduction

In the current Covid-19 pandemic situation, the unemployment has become more and more complicated around the globe. Vietnam is one of the first successful diseasefree countries that many Japanese enterprises plan to choose as the country to shift production from China to Vietnam [1] With this above context, studying Japanese is an opportunity to learn and exposure to a new culture, and a chance to get a job with a stable salary. The research results show that Japanese language learners with the first language alphabetic use a different reading comprehension method than the learners with their first language of the logographic system. This happens between learners of basic level and higher levels depending on their exposure to Japanese [2]

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