A Study on Japanese Students (Intermediate Level) Reading Chinese Texts With or Without Marks for Word Boundaries

By comparing the Eye Movement on data of Japanese students reading Chinese texts with or without marks for word boundaries, the researcher has found that: (1) To Japanese students, the Chinese words represent more Psychological reality than Chinese characters. (2) The reading efficiency of Japanese students could be immensely improved by inserting word boundary marks. It is, therefore, suggested that when publishing Chinese textbooks intended for Japanese students, we adjust the way we do typesetting today and insert word boundary marks into the text.