Kana no senshi (kana warrior): a new interface for learning Japanese characters

This paper presents the design and testing of Kana Warrior, a new interface for basic Japanese character recognition based on a game-style user interface. Kana Warrior is a game designed to help Japanese students learn to read characters quickly. A small pilot study has been conducted with very encouraging results. These results support the idea that game-style interfaces may be of benefit to users outside of the realm of entertainment programs. Keywords Game interface, language learning, Japanese

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Kristen Stubbs
• Keywords: CHI 2003, Human Computer Interaction, Japanese Character Recognition, Kana Warrior, Keywords Game Interface