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Multimodal Vocabulary Learning Through Manga In Japanese As A World Language, Atsuko Suga Borgmann
Multimodal Vocabulary Learning Through Manga In Japanese As A World Language, Atsuko Suga Borgmann
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This study investigates the effect of manga, a form of Japanese comic strip, on vocabulary learning among college-level Japanese as a world language (JWL) learners. Vocabulary acquisition through reading in the context of world language education has been researched widely, but less attention has been devoted to multimodal literature with image and text such as manga. This research examines how manga’s multimodality affects learners’ context building, inference for unknown words and how manga affects retaining vocabulary. The study raises three research questions. First, to what extent does manga influence one’s ability to infer the meaning of unknown words compared to …
Peripheral Citizens: “Colonial Christians,” Caste, And The Politics Of Minoritization In Postcolonial Literature, Suchismita Banerjee
Peripheral Citizens: “Colonial Christians,” Caste, And The Politics Of Minoritization In Postcolonial Literature, Suchismita Banerjee
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My dissertation looks at the politics of minoritization of Christian communities in post-independent India. I use the term “colonial Christians” as a descriptive category to analyze the three Christian groups (Anglo-Indians or Eurasians, poor domiciled Europeans employed by the Raj, and lower-caste Christian converts) that were formed in the colonial period either by inter-racial mixing between the British and South-Asians or due to Christian missionary conversion. The communities are not united simply by the virtue of their faith. The internalized hierarchy based on class, gender, caste, skin color, European lineage, and access to the English language creates a crucial axis …