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1	Students' views on the learning of kanji : A study the views and experiences of students at the Swedish universities concerning the teaching and learning of Chinese characters as used in Japanese Jernqvist, Erik January 2016 (has links) Kanji, the Chinese characters adopted to write the Japanese language, is often mentioned as one of the most difficult aspects of mastering said language. This is especially said about people from outside the Sinosphere i.e. PRC, Taiwan, North and South Korea, Japan and Vietnam. In the following thesis 12 students studying the Japanese language at Swedish universities were interviewed about their experiences when it comes to learning and being taught about kanji. A chapter summarizing some of the research that is relevant to this thesis is also included. Topics touched upon in this and the result chapter include the desire for more structured approach to kanji learning based on breaking down the characters into elemental components, spaced repetition (SRS), mnemonics. Kanji hanzi learning spaced repetition SRS components radicals Specific Languages Studier av enskilda språk
2	Chinese Enough For Ya? Disrupting and Transforming Notions of Chineseness through Chinesenough Tattoos Chan, Karen Bic Kwun 31 August 2012 (has links) Using interpretive methods of social inquiry, this thesis explores the socio-political significance of body tattoos made of Chinese-like text, which have recently become popular Western phenomena. It theorizes how contemporary Western tattooing complicates bodily and social boundaries, providing context to interrogate ideas of authenticity. Coining the term "Chinesenough" (from “Chinese” and “enough”), I describe how many such tattoos do not reflect in Chinese what many wearers and viewers assume they do. I contrast how Chinesenough tattoos (re)produce whiteness to the multiple and contradictory Chinesenesses that are also (re)produced. Reading Chinesenough flash art on tattoo studio walls as objects constituting social space, I consider the social meaning of their English subtitles and manner of organization. I theorize the body’s absence from Chinesenough flash art while articulating my body’s sense experience of encountering the same. Finally, I produce and theorize five illustrations that carnivalize Chinesenough iconography to disrupt and transform the phenomenon. Authenticity Hybridity Chineseness Chinese Chinese Tattoos Tattooing Body Modification Flash Art Arts Informed Inquiry Arts Informed Research Whiteness Hanzi Kanji Diasporic Studies Interpretive Social Inquiry Carnivlesque Cultural Appropriation Chinese Canadian Social space Subtitling Sense Experience Absent Body Third Space Anti-fashion Asian Studies Asian American Studies Asian Canadian Studies Cultural Studies Visual Culture Phenomenology 0631 0626 0344 0515 0534 0326 0304 0305 0332
3	Chinese Enough For Ya? Disrupting and Transforming Notions of Chineseness through Chinesenough Tattoos Chan, Karen Bic Kwun 31 August 2012 (has links) Using interpretive methods of social inquiry, this thesis explores the socio-political significance of body tattoos made of Chinese-like text, which have recently become popular Western phenomena. It theorizes how contemporary Western tattooing complicates bodily and social boundaries, providing context to interrogate ideas of authenticity. Coining the term "Chinesenough" (from “Chinese” and “enough”), I describe how many such tattoos do not reflect in Chinese what many wearers and viewers assume they do. I contrast how Chinesenough tattoos (re)produce whiteness to the multiple and contradictory Chinesenesses that are also (re)produced. Reading Chinesenough flash art on tattoo studio walls as objects constituting social space, I consider the social meaning of their English subtitles and manner of organization. I theorize the body’s absence from Chinesenough flash art while articulating my body’s sense experience of encountering the same. Finally, I produce and theorize five illustrations that carnivalize Chinesenough iconography to disrupt and transform the phenomenon. Authenticity Hybridity Chineseness Chinese Chinese Tattoos Tattooing Body Modification Flash Art Arts Informed Inquiry Arts Informed Research Whiteness Hanzi Kanji Diasporic Studies Interpretive Social Inquiry Carnivlesque Cultural Appropriation Chinese Canadian Social space Subtitling Sense Experience Absent Body Third Space Anti-fashion Asian Studies Asian American Studies Asian Canadian Studies Cultural Studies Visual Culture Phenomenology 0631 0626 0344 0515 0534 0326 0304 0305 0332

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