Making of a Newspaper: Advancing German Language Expression Usage for CEFR A1 and A2 Level Students

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12927
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Kisarazu National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: SHIBATA Ikuko 木更津工業高等専門学校, 人文学系, 教授 (90300540)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ドイツ語新聞 / PASCH / ピア・ラーニング / 学習者ネットワーク / ドイツ語ワークショップ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has focused on Japanese students studying the German language who are at the A1/ A2 CEFR level of language acquisition. By utilizing the international PASCH-Global network, students have written articles for a newspaper.
This project has five important aspects. They are as follows: (1) Publication of a German language newspaper “Japan Heute” three times each year. (2) Placement of students’ articles on-line to establish a database. (3) Promotion of active learning through regularly scheduled workshops for the students. (4) Utilization of an international network of German newspapers and incorporation of an international project. (Countries involved include Serbia, Indonesia, Poland, China, and Korea.) (5) Establishment of a mutual network, “German Language Community”, for participants as well as program graduates who want to continue their German language acquisition.

Free Research Field

ドイツ語教育