2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research on Developing a Database of Teaching Materials for Kanji Vocabulary in Specific Academic Fiel
| Project/Area Number |
09558023
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese language education
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| Research Institution | UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA |
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Principal Investigator |
KANO Chieko University of Tsukuba, Institute of Linguistics and Literatures Associate Professor, 文芸・言語学系, 助教授 (90204594)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
AKUTSU Satoru Takushoku University, Department of Foreign Languages Associate Professor, 外国語学部, 助教授 (50255981)
TAKENAKA Hiroko Tokyo Gakugei University, International Student Center Associate Professor, 留学生センター, 助教授 (30227045)
SHIMIZU Yuri Kyushu University, International Student Center Associate Professor, 留学生センター, 助教授 (90274539)
ISHII Eriko Research Institute of National Language, Japanese Language Education Center Head Researcher, 日本語教育センター, 研修室長 (90212810)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 2000
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| Keywords | foreign learners / Kanji vocabulary / specific academic fields / education and psychology / science and technology / economics and management / biology and medical science / politics and international relations |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to make foreign learners possible to master kanji and kanji vocabulary in Japanese language learning, we developed teaching materials of Kanji usages in specific academic fields for intermediate levels.
The acquisition of kanji vocabulary can be likened to the growth of a tree. The basic knowledges about kanji ; shapes, sounds, meanings and usages, form the base root of the tree, the more solid the base root the greater the potential height of the tree. As the learners progress, they will branch off into their specific subject area with their own specialist kanji vacabulary but before that they must pass through the upper trunk where what we call "common kanji in academic fields" - those kanji and their combinations which appear frequently in newspaper and magazine articles of various academic fields - are to be found.
At the beginning of this project, we set up five major fields ; field of education and psychology, field of science and technology, field of economics and management, field of biology and medical science, field of politics and international relations. Then, we made an investigation on kanji vocabulary which are frequently appear in each field to develop the effective teaching material.
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