Sayonara Kanjitalk
An Introduction To Worldscript and The Japanese Language Kit
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v11i4.67-86Keywords:
WorldScript, KanjiTalk, Japanese Language Kit, MacintoshAbstract
With Apple's WorldScript technology the door is now open for Japanese language teachers to develop the wonderful learning materials that, up until now, have only been wishful thinking. Previously technical obstacles and the expense of producing high quality Japanese text were prohibitive. This article focuses on the developmental stages involved in arriving at reliable Japanese language capability for Macintosh and the potential benefits offered by WorldScript. Formidable obstacles had to be overcome, but now that Apple has introduced WorldScript technology, many of those difficulties have been resolved for Macintosh users.
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Maciejewski, A., and N. Leung (1992). “The Nihongo Tutorial System: An Intelligent Tutoring System f or Technical Japanese Language Instruction." CALICO Journal 9, 3, 5-25.
MacWorld (1984, November). "Macware News, Linguist's Software, MacKana/Basic Kanji." 90-91.
Modern Language Association (1991). Fall 1990 Survey of Foreign Language Enrollments in U.S. Colleges and Universities. New York.
Nara, H. (1992). “Visual Salience as a Search Category in a Kanji Dictionary in Interactive Japanese: Understanding Writing Japanese." System 20, 1, 75-91.
Payne, P. B. (1989). MacKANA and Basic Japanese Kanji, Users Manual. Edmonds, WA: Linguist's Software.
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Saito, Y. and T. Abbott (1994). "Computer Assisted Learning in Business Japanese Classes." The Journal of Language for International Business 5, 2,1-8.
Wired Electronic Magazine 2.0.2 (1994, March 2). 'Wiring Japan." Uploaded to America On-line.
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2013-01-14
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Saito, Y., & Abbott, T. F. (2013). Sayonara Kanjitalk: An Introduction To Worldscript and The Japanese Language Kit. CALICO Journal, 11(4), 67-86. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v11i4.67-86
