Teaching the Tacit Nuances of Japanese Onomatopoeia through an E-Learning System

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16782
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: LI XIAOYAN 九州大学, 共創学部, 准教授 (70726322)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: オノマトペ / 暗黙的ニュアンス / 学習システム / 感性記述 / データベース / フィードバック / ニュアンスの内面化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Onomatopoeia plays an integral part in Japanese language. It is an important element in　the lively expression of feelings and experiences. we proposed “an evaluation approach utilizing narrative interpretation” to improve the efficiency of teaching the nuances of Japanese onomatopoeia, and structured an E-learning system. The results of verification experiments indicated the effectiveness of the E-learning system. Based on the verification experiments, we also discussed the mechanism of learning tacit nuance of onomatopoeia. Students learned about explicit nuance by learning word-formation rules and learned the tacit nuances through creating onomatopoeia, getting narrative feedback to modify their linguistic hypotheses, and constructing their own tacit nuance. In the process of repetitive learning, learners gain an awareness of tacit nuances which cannot be changed to language, as they internalize the new awareness and output again to practice through their learning experience.

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