Study on Japanese Language Learning Support System for Japanese Language Learners Using WWW

Internet的WWW是当今信息化社会中最新的信息传递媒介之一。它的页面布局功能尤其具有很大的特点：可以指定字母的颜色，可以将表格、照片、侧面部分与字母、字符部分区分开来。虽然WWW也是日语学习者不可缺少的信息资源，但由于汉字和词汇的困难，它的使用并不好。本研究开发了尽可能支持汉字和词汇保持页面布局的系统。在汉字支持方面，我们开发了代理服务器，根据日语能力测试水平将汉字转换为平假名阅读。当学习者从1到4级中选择时，被分类到所选级别和较低级别的汉字不被转换，而被分类到较高级别的汉字被转换为平假名阅读。当鼠标移动到任何汉字时，会弹出平假名阅读窗口。在处理所谓的杂垣词方面做了特别的努力：即由汉字和平假名组成的混合词。词汇支持增强的在线日语-英语和英语-日语词典。当他或她将光标移动到单词上并右键单击以选择字典时，其含义和用法将显示在单独的窗口中。为了检查专有名词，引入了搜索引擎而不是字典。本研究还开发了利用日本井测井资料进行钻试自动处理的系统。

WWW of the Internet is one of the newest media to send information in this information-oriented society. Its page layout function especially is the great characteristics : you can specify the color of the letters, and distinguish the part of tables, photographs and profiles from the part of letters and characters. Though WWW is indispensable information resource for Japanese language learners too, it is not well used because of the difficulties in Chinese characters (i.e.kanji) and vocabulary. This study developed the system supporting kanji and vocabulary keeping page layout as much as possible.As for kanji support, we developed the proxy server which converts kanji to hiragana reading according to the level of Japanese Language Proficiency Test. When a learner chooses the level from one to four, the kanjis classified to the chosen level and the lower level(s) are not converted while the kanjis classified to the upper lever(s) are converted to hiragana reading. Hiragana reading pop ups when a cursor is moved to any kanji. Special effort was made on handling so called mazegaki words : i.e.hybrid words consisting of kanji and hiragana.Vocabulary support enhanced online Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionaries. When he or she moves a cursor to the word and do a right-click to choose the dictionary, its meanings and usages are shown in a separate window. Checking proper nouns, search engine was introduced instead of dictionaries.Our study also developed the system automatically processing drills and tests by using the log data of kanjis.