2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of an assessment and education program for foreign children in Japan to promote language acquisition and smooth the transition from ECE to elementary school education

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	20H01660
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 09030:Childhood and nursery/pre-school education-related
Research Institution	Takasaki University of Health and Welfare
Principal Investigator	Okamoto Hiroko 高崎健康福祉大学, 人間発達学部, 教授 (80309442)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	吉永安里國學院大學, 人間開発学部, 准教授 (50714721) 佐々木由美子足利短期大学, その他部局等, 教授 (80742874)
Project Period (FY)	2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	外国人児童 / 幼小接続 / 日本語教育 / 言語習得 / 指導と評価の一体化
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study was to develop a practical language education program for non-native Japanese speaking children living in Japan to improve language skills as a foundation for learning and facilitate a smooth transition from early childhood education to elementary school education. First, the problems faced by non-native Japanese-speaking parents and children were revealed.　In addition, through observations of ECE and elementary school in multicultural settings in Europe and 　Japan, it was suggested that providing continuous instruction according to each child's second language skills, creating a comfortable environment for children to speak their native language, and providing support to parents in their native language were important. Finally, based on these findings, we developed a scale for ECE teachers to assess non-native Japanese children's language abilities so that ECE teachers would be able to share the children's development with elementary school teachers.
Free Research Field	子ども学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究では，外国人児童が直面する言語習得における課題に着目し，その不十分さがとくに小学校以降の学習に大きな影響を及ぼすことを明らかにし，その課題を克服するための方法として，幼児期において保育者が子どもの言語習得状況を把握し小学校以降の学習に繋げるための評価指標の試行版を作成した。また，多文化共生において先駆的な取り組みを行っている福井県越前市の多文化保育・教育の実践についてその意義を明らかにすることができた。これらの研究成果によって，今後益々増加する外国人児童に対する具体的な言語教育の方法や多文化共生保育・教育のあり方を示すことができた点に学術的意義・社会的意義があると考える。