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42 n e t w o r k & p e o p l e japan It is quite different in Japan. As is typical for this country, complexity is met with purism. A single line pattern is sufficient for Japanese children to master the great challenge of their written language. This is basically made up of four different systems: the two syllabic scripts of Hiragana and Katakana, with 46 characters each, the Chinese characters, Kanji, and from the Latin letters, Romaji. Kanji mostly express whole words and are correspondingly complex. They have their origin in Chinese characters, of which there are between 50,000 and 80,000. The Japanese adopted around 15,000 of them. To read a simple newspaper article in Japan requires knowing over 2,000 kanji. In daily life, the characters of these four systems are all mixed in together, so that Japanese texts make particularly high demands of the pupils Such a large number of characters can only be mastered with constant practice and repetition. Japanese line layout is a simple but clever tool for this. Squares with sides of two centimetres are divided into four equal squares by two lines that cross at the centre. This cross gives those who are learning an orientation for the correct proportion of the character and for the positioning of the individual elements. This can be repeated column by column. At the next exercise level, the characters can each be written, substantially smaller, four times in the box. With pen and paper for more expression and self-confidence The skill of handwriting is, meanwhile, regarded almost as a traditional cultural technology and teaching how to write is regularly questioned: the digital being swipes, clicks and types. However, it seems that not only personality can be inferred from handwriting: studies have shown that people who have developed a handwriting style, also possess many abilities and potential; they have better powers of concentration, can remember and understand texts better, achieve better academic results and experience an increase in their self-confidence as well as in their ability to express themselves creatively. It only remains to hope that many generations of pupils still learn to write with classical school exercise books – on whatever manner of lined page. Few guide lines – great effect: all the strokes have their exact position and proportion.
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