English phoenetics For Japanese
A petition is before the Japanese Government which would eventually do away with all the complicated Chinese, and Japanese characters and substitute English phoenetics for them. As an initial step the petition proposed that the study of Romaji be made compulsory in all primai’y and secondary schools. Romaji is the use of the Roman alphabet to reproduce Japanese sounds.
The petition was presented by the “Japanese Romaji Teachers.” This group argued that Japanese school children spend far too much time learning difficult and complicated Chinese and Japanese chararacters, time which could be better spent in more practical education.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 44, 28 September 1949, Page 5
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102English phoenetics For Japanese Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 44, 28 September 1949, Page 5
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