Strategies for Teaching Japanese Kanji from an Intercultural Perspective
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https://doi.org/10.61360/BoniGHSS242017311103Keywords:
intercultural perspective, Japanese language, Chinese characters, teaching strategies, valueAbstract
Teaching Japanese kanji from a cross-cultural perspective has become particularly important in the context of globalisation. Kanji is not only an important writing system of Japanese language, but also carries rich cultural connotations. Teaching Japanese kanji from a cross-cultural perspective is not only conducive to promoting students’ understanding and cognition of different cultures, but also able to enhance students’ interest in learning through a wide variety of teaching methods, thus achieving an improvement in the effectiveness of teaching. Therefore, this paper explores how to teach kanji effectively in order to improve students' language proficiency and cultural understanding from four strategies: contextual teaching, comparative analysis, multimedia resources and cross-cultural discussion. Through these teaching strategies, students will be able to gain a deeper understanding of the application of Chinese characters in Japanese and the cultural significance behind them, which will in turn promote the exchange and understanding of Chinese and Japanese cultures.
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