Analysis of New Directions of Japanese Language Pedagogy

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  • 「日本語教育」の研究の動向と展望
  • ニホンゴ キョウイク ノ ケンキュウ ノ ドウコウ ト テンボウ

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The present article aims to find out the new directions of the study of Japanese language pedagogy and oral presentation at the academic society of Japanese language education through analysis of the articles and abstracts on oral presentation in the academic journal titled Nihongo Kyoiku published during the period of 2002 (vol. 112) to 2006 (vol. 131). The content of articles is characterized by the overemphasis on the theoretical study of Japanese linguistics, and the underemphasis on Japanese language education. As for the categories of both practical study and empirical research, the articles on Japanese language education are the greatest in number, in addition to oral presentation. Overall, the following areas of study have been most focused on: teaching Japanese to young children, Japanese for academic purposes, teacher training, teaching methods, second language acquisition, pedagogical grammar, and sociolinguistic research. Henceforth, the areas of psychology and multicultural education will be more emphasized in the study of Japanese language pedagogy in the future. Interestingly, Japanese language teaching/learning has been strongly supported by Japanese volunteers who have helped Asian refugees, Japanese returnees from China and nikkeijins from South America (mainly, Peru and Brazil) settle down in Japanese society. The Japanese Government (Bunkacho) has also helped them learn survival Japanese and Japanese culture in many districts in Japan. The Ministry of Education had to help their children learn Japanese for academic purposes in schools. This led to the development of Japanese language textbooks and the curriculum of content-based instruction. Moreover, the Bunkacho published the guidelines for Japanese language teacher training and tried to reform it radically in 2000 in accordance with school education. This led to the heated discussion that Japanese language pedagogy should be established instead of applied Japanese linguistics.

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