2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Designing participatory language class on ethnography of linguistic hetrogeneity.
| Project/Area Number |
15530419
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
MORO Yuji University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 助教授 (50157939)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HATTORI Tamaki University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 助教授 (70198761)
SINOZAKI Koichi Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Literature, Associate Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (00206103)
TOMA Chikako National Language Research Institute, Research Fellow, 研究員 (60311148)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Keywords | vernacular Japanese / standard Japanese / linguistic heterogeneity / ethnography / participation / designing language class / experimental classroom activity |
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| Research Abstract |
This research aims at developing and designing a language class in which students participate into an ethnographic work on the linguistic heterogeneity constructed by vernacular Japanese and standard Japanese.
Linguistic heterogeneity, is surrounding the students, and is directly linking to students' life worlds. The heterogeneity serves as interesting row materials for students studying and understanding their community and environments. In addition to that, the heterogeneity serves as mediation between students' expression and appreciation of their selves, which provides important themes on their self-understanding and sympathizing their community members. The linguistic heterogeneity, which has reality of life-world and expansibility for various learning domains, seems one of the most appropriate learning topics for Comprehensive learning (SOGO GAKUSYUU).
However, in current curricula, language classes are restricted into narrower and elementary subjects, such as letters and character, word meaning, and grammar, and they do not deal with socio-linguistic study on language use. Linguistic heterogeneity is not found in such elementary aspects, but in conversation or discourse which is real mediating process of community life. It is needed that academic contents stemming from socio-linguislics or discursive studies are to be introduced into the current curricula.
This research proposed a design of a language class in which students participate into an ethnographic work on the linguistic heterogeneity constructed by vernacular Japanese and standard Japanese. The following are concrete works we have done ;
1)research on current curricula,
2)constructing small group learning session on linguistic heterogeneity,
3)designing experimental class room activity focusing on the heterogeneity.
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