• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

An elementary Japanese textbook for the purpose of teaching authentic Japaneses

Research Project

Project/Area Number 04808050
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Education on school subjects and activities
Research InstitutionToyo Eiwa Women's University

Principal Investigator

TSURUTA Yoko  Toyo Eiwa Women's University, Faculty of Humanities, Assistant Professor, 人文学部, 講師 (00227480)

Project Period (FY) 1992 – 1993
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000)
KeywordsJapanese Teaching / Spoken Japanese / Textbooks For Beginners / Pragmatics / Authentic Japanese / Communicative Competence / Politeness / Function / コミュニケーション能力養成 / 社会言語学 / 異文化間理解
Research Abstract

Textbooks in Japanese as a foreign/second language persist in introducing learners to Micky Mouse Japanese, funny Japanese which may be grammatically "correct" but is not sociolinguistically and pragmatically real. We claim that the most fundamental cause of this problem is in the teachers' prescriptive attitude towards the language and language teaching ; the prevailing idea that spoken Japanese is inferior to written Japanese and should not be taught to foreign learners.
We argue that foreign/second language teaching should be based on a descriptive, and not prescriptive, vies of the language if the aim is to help learners acquire communicative competence in the language. The elementary Japanese textbook which we propose is designed to :
1. introduce authentic but limited register of Japanese ; the JApanese (Tokyo dialect) that is actually used in everyday conversation among educated adults, and
2. provide information not only about the grammatical properties of the linguistic forms but also the sociolinguistic and pragmatic principles that govern their use.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1993 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1992 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All Other

All Publications (9 results)

  • [Publications] 鶴田庸子: "日本語教育のためのカラとノデ:相手支持か自分支持か" The Language Teachcr. 16-4. 23-35 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 鶴田庸子: "人を動かすことばが不快になるとき:日本語の行為指示型発話におけるpoliteness" International Journal of Pragmatics. 3. 62-71 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 鶴田庸子: "「正しい日本語」とは何か:日本語教育と母語話者の意識" SFC Journal of Language and Communication. 3(印刷中). (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] TSURUTA, Yoko.: "The thorny expressions kara and node." The Language Teacher. vol.16-4. 23-35 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] TSURUTA, Yoko.: "Pragmatic politeness in Japanese directive illocutions." International Journal of Pragmatics. vol.3. 62-71 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] TSURUTA, Yoko.: "Why do Japanese textbooks keep teaching "funny" Japanese?" SFC Journal of Language and Communication. vol.3(in print). (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 鶴田 庸子: "日本語教室のためのカラとノデ:相手支持か自分支持か" The Language Teacher. 16-4. 23-35 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 鶴田 庸子: "人を動かすことばが不快になるとき:日本語の行為指示型発話におけるDollteness" International Journal of Pragmatics. 3. 62-71 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 鶴田 庸子: "「正しい日本語」とは何か:日本語教育と母語話者の意識" SFC Jaurnal of Language and Communication. 3(印刷中). (1994)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report

URL: 

Published: 1992-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi