Mutual Influence among the Living Environment, Japanese Language Acquisition, and Maintenance/Loss of the First Language for the School Children from Oveiseas

2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 12480060
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Tokyo Woman' s Christian Univeisity Grent-in-Aid for Scientific Reserch
• Principal Investigator: NISHIHSRA Suzuko Tokyo Woman' s Christian University, Department of Cultuie and Communication, Professor, 現代文化学部, 教授 (60189298)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ISHII Eriko Tsukuba University Department of Literature and Languages, Department of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Division Head, 日本語教育部門・第一領域, 領域長 (90212810) ; OKAZAKI Toshio Tokyo Woman' s Christian University, Department of Cultuie and Communication, Professor, 文芸言語学系, 教授 (00194340) ; UYENO Tazuko Tokyo Woman' s Christian University, Department of Cultuie and Communication, Professor, 現代文化学部, 教授 (70223485)
• Project Period (FY): 2000 – 2002
• Keywords: Japanese Language Teaching to School Children / Japanese Language Acquisition / First Language Maintenance / First Language Loss / Living Environment

Research Abstract

The main objective of his research project was to find out the mutual influence of vanous factors affecting the Japanese language acquisition, maintenance/loss of the first language for those school childien in the Japanese school system. In older to investigate such factois in the children's school envirorment, the data collection thiough video-taping and tape-recording were conducted in two middle schools and three elementary schools. The interviews and questionnaires were conducted among the teachers in older to supplement the lecoided data.
The data and the result of the analysis were finalized in the foim of a booklet.