Enhancing Mobile Learning by Linking Japanese Dictionary Apps by Jack Halpern CEO, The CJK Dictionary Institute, Inc. ELEX 2019: SMART LEXICOGRAP&Y October 1-3, 2019 * Sintra, %ortuga, Overview ● The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary ● The Kodansha Kanji 0sa+e $ui-e ● The Kodansha Kanji ynony1s $ui-e ● Libera: %ara,,e, Text Rea-er The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary for iOS and Android ● 3ase- on The Ko-ansha Kan.i Learner's Dictionary 4ub,ished by Ko-ansha in 1999 and 201) 5#e6ise-7 ● ),002 1ain entry characters ● )1,300 8or-s an- 8ord elements ● 1u,ti4le search 1odes such as kana an- En+lish 1eanin+ ● intuiti6e interface :or ;uic9,y loo9in+ up by KI% or radica,s ● to++le bet8een kana<ro1a.i ● ani1ated stro9e-order dia+ra1s The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary The SKI Indexing Scheme SKI atterns # to $ 汉 1 ‒ 3 ‒ 2 Subsection number Stroke-count of blank part Stroke-count of shaded part Pattern number (1 = ) Pattern symbol (left-right) The Kodansha Kanji Usage Guide ● O6er =>? usa+e articles brin+ to+ether ety1olo+ica,ly 9un ho1o4hones ● Thousan-s o: co14ound 8or-s an- exa14,es ● "bility to .u1p :ro1 entry to corres4ondin+ entry in The Ko-ansha Kan.i Learner's Dictionary and ynony1s a44 ● Co6ers the Jōy@ Kan.i, Jin1ei Kan.i an- co11on non(Jōy@ Kan.i character sets The Kodansha Kanji Usage &uide The Kodansha Kanji Synonyms Guide ● 1,2A? synony1 +roups, arran+ed a,4habetica,,y by shared concept ● Co6ers ?,=)0 synony1 1embers :ro1 the J@y@, Jin1ei, and non( Jōy@ Kan.i characters sets ● Bear,y 21,000 co14oun-s i,,ustrate the :unction of kan.i as 8ord elements ● "bility to search usin+ on(9un readin+s of characters an-<or co14oun-s, and core 1eanin+s The Kodansha Kanji Synonyms Guide Learner’s Interactive *itext Electronic +eading Application ,oluntary Reading and -o"prehensible Input "ccording to reno8ned lin+uist te4hen Krashen: ● Cree 6o,untary reading is Dthe 1ost 4o8erful too,E ● Learners ra4idly absorb +ra11ar and 6ocabu,ary ● #eadin+ shou,- be interesting an- en.oyable The Benefits of Parallel Texts Frees learners from tedious dictionary loo9ups Facilitates rapid 6ocabulary acquisition Presents new 6ocabulary in authentic contexts Ex4oses learners repeatedly to frequently used words Enables ,earning through the 4leasure readin+ Interactive Parallel Text (I T0 ● "llows learners to effortlessly read vast a1ounts of L2 texts ● New 1edium for accessin+ co14rehensible L2 texts ● Cutting edge 4latfor1 for reading enjoyably ● Texts precisely ,inked on segment (word or 4hrase) ,evel ● Interactive ,inks highlight L2 seg1ent and activates glosses, gra11ar notes, audio, and transcriptions ● Context-sensitive dictionary intelligently displays word 1eanings relevant to the s4ecific context Main 1eatures of Libera ● Context-sensitive dictionaries ● eg1ent bar ● For- Info screen ● Cavorite word list ● Cull-for1 search ● $ram1ar Notes ● Cull audio recor-ings ● !ulti-panel inter:ace 1our2Panel Sentence Mode ● Texts are 4recise,y lin9ed at seg1ent 58ord or 4hrase) le6e,. ● Ta44in+ a seg1ent in any one te2t si1u,taneous,y hi+hli+hts the lin9ed seg1ent in a,l other texts. Japanese Idiomatic English +o"ani3ed -'sto"i3ed Japanese Dictionary Segment *ar -ustomizable Multi- anel Inter.ace ● entence(,e6e, ana,ysis with u4 to four versions o: text ● 0ser free to choose contents for each 4ane, ● Cour(4ane, mo-e idea, for in(-e4th stu-y 1'll Audio 1unctionality ● Clear nati6e recor-in+s 8ith mu,ti4le voice o4tions ● #ecor-in+s of both sentences an- in-i6idual se+1ents ● "-.ustable audio s4ee- Word In.o Screen Cor in(-e4th vocabu,ary study, a se4arate screen -is4,ays each dictionary with e2a14le sentences for each 8or-. Thank you ありがとうございます Muito obrigado Jack Ha,pern The CJK Dictionary Instit'te 888.cjk.or+ 888.kanji.or+ .ac9Gc.9i.or+ .