Date of Original Version
4-30-2009
Type
Thesis
Abstract or Table of Contents
This research shows the effects of a 4-session literacy-acquisition program for non-native readers of Japanese through development of cognitive processes and morphological awareness. This includes an assessment of logographic vs. non-logographic morphemes, description of the training and testing processes, statistical results, and an overview of necessary metalinguistic skills to encourage a functional level of literacy for cognitively mature learners of Japanese.

Comments
Advisor: Keiko Koda
Degree: B.S. Information Systems