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Kanji Learning Today
Kanji Learning System
Kanji Learning Today
Kanji Learning Today is a system that helps a learner remember many kanji within a relatively short period of time.
The system includes 3 Online volumes and 3 corresponding Workbooks.
Kanji Learning Today — Online
Study kanji on a phone, tablet, or computer.
Each page is interactive — tap to study.
Kanji Learning Today: Online 1 is offered free of charge to registered users and will appear on the Member page.
Online 2 and Online 3 are available in the Shopping Cart.
Kanji Learning Today — Workbook
The Kanji Learning Today system includes three workbooks.
Writing the kanji boosts recognition.
Each Workbook presents the kanji with the same sequence as the corresponding Online volume. The reinforcing effect helps the user learn faster.
Coverage of the Kanji Learning Today Volumes
Online/Workbook 1 covers the 1026 “Education Kanji” (教育漢字). The Ministry of Education specifies that these characters be taught at the Japanese elementary school level. Kanji Learning Today presents the kanji at the same grade levels as the schools, thereby helping the second language learner develop reading ability.
Online/Workbook 2 presents the 1110 “Graduation Kanji”, a term selected by the editor. The Ministry of Education says these characters will be taught in middle school and high school but does not mandate which characters be taught at a particular grade. The volume, along with the Education Kanji, completes the Joyo Kanji List, which forms a baseline for literacy and circumscribes the characters allowed in official government documents.
Online/Workbook 3 offers the 863 “Name Kanji” (人名用漢字). These are characters not on the Joyo Kanji List but were deemed important to be allowed to be used in the official registration of people’s names, and are for that reason approved for name use by the Ministry of Justice. For clarity’s sake, it should also be noted that the Joyo Kanji can also be used in people’s names.
Features of the Workbook
The workbook pages are printed on thicker-than-standard paper for easy writing.
A feature of the system is that it presents 20 kanji on each page. The user can complete several pages in a single study session. After a few sessions, the user remembers the kanji and builds a reading level.
In the workbook, each Practice page on the right is accompanied by a Stroke Order page on the left so that the user can quickly glance at a diagram to note the correct stroke order for writing a particular kanji.
One helpful feature of the workbooks is the appearance of “kanji-in-kanji” entries for many kanji. When the kanji being studied includes another kanji within its structure, the entry shows the other kanji and gives its location within the Kanji Learning Today system. This helps alleviate the “Where did I see that before?” feeling.
Availability of the Workbooks
Each Kanji Learning Today workbook is available as a print-on-demand version at Amazon.com. See details below.
Kanji Learning Today: Workbook 1
Kanji Learning Today: Workbook 2
Kanji Learning Today: Workbook 3
Product Access
Access to an online product is provided by a link on the Member page.
Acknowledgements
Kanji Learning Today was developed by Todd Adkisson. Thanks to Marty Crouch for developing code used in the online volumes.
Other Information
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