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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48674" lang="en">welcomes submissions to a special collection on </span>
<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48675" lang="en-GB">‘</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48676" lang="en">Chinese Character Acquisition and Instruction’.</span></div>
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This special issue includes studies which address the learning and teaching of Chinese characters.</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48680" lang="en">
</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48681" lang="en">Learners of Chinese language have identified many challenges when learning Chinese characters. Hence, the special issue aims to:</span></div>
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48689" lang="en">identify the challenges of learning Chinese characters by learners of different backgrounds</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48690">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48696" lang="en">identify factors which influence character learning
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48703" lang="en">investigate current teaching and/or learning strategies of Chinese characters</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48704">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48710" lang="en">conducting experiments which will improve Chinese character learning and teaching</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48711">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48722" lang="en">Chinese character learning/teaching strategies</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48723">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48729" lang="en">Factors in the learning of Chinese characters</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48730">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48736" lang="en">Radical awareness and word acquisition in Chinese character learning</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48737">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48743" lang="en">Chinese vocabulary acquisition</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48744">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48750" lang="en">Chinese character learning by alphabetic learners</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48751">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48757" lang="en">Chinese character learning by heritage learners</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48758">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48771" lang="en">Challenges of learning Chinese characters</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48772">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48778" lang="en">Anxiety of learning to read and write Chinese characters</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48779">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48785" lang="en">Effective ways of teaching Chinese characters</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48786">
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</span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48792" lang="en">Computer-assisted Chinese character learning</span>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48795" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48796" lang="en">To submit your work, please visit the journal’s dedicated online submission system: www.editorialmanager.com/cogentedu</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48799" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48800" lang="en">The deadline for submissions for this special collection is July 31, 2016.</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48807" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48808" lang="en">We look forward to working with you to bring exciting new scholarship to the widest possible audience.</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48815" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48816" lang="en">Koyin Sung, Utah State University</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48817" lang="en"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48818">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48819">Xiaoshi</span> Li, Michigan State University</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48820" lang="en"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463025890107_48821">
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