Establishing a Support Structure for "Community Native Tongue Assistants" Responsible for Assisting with Learning Subjects

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02665
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: KIYOTA JUNKO 立命館大学, 文学部, 教授 (30401582)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 宇津木 奈美子 帝京大学, 帝京大学スタディアブロードセンター日本語予備教育課程, 講師 (90625287) ; 高梨 宏子 東海大学, 課程資格教育センター, 助教 (90748542)
• Research Collaborator: OH SYOKU ; TSHCHIYA TAKAHUMI ; ATSUMI MAKIKO
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 言語少数派生徒 / 地域の母語支援者 / 教科学習支援 / 母語の活用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, focus is placed on “bilingual assistants that have settled in a community with the same native language as their children”, that is to say, “community native language assistants”, and the possibility that they will be responsible for assisting with learning subjects utilizing their native tongue is considered. As a result of analysis, it turned out that the following are considered to be important, how to participate taking small steps, collaborative support with Japanese assistants, preparing of native tongue materials and implementation of a theoretical study session. Community native tongue assistants enhanced children’s understanding of the contents while delivering high-level primary questions and auxiliary questions. It was also confirmed that they provided support with a “caretaker perspective like a parent”.

Free Research Field

年少者日本語教育