Indigenous Language Restoration and Maintenance Education in Australia - A guide to promote an intercultural society in Japan

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00903
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Hamashima Satoshi 名古屋外国語大学, 世界共生学部, 教授 (80238063)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: オーストラリア先住民 / 種数言語復活・維持教育 / アイヌ民族 / アボリジニ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This time I could collect much more data, through indirect methods such as on line as well as face to face, which includes the most recent IT educational materials regarding languages of communities in the northern most tip of the York peninsula from educators and researchers of Pama Languages Cetre in Cairns.
Indigenous Restoration and Maintenance Education in Australia is one step ahead of Japan and provides many practical ideas. Specifically, how IT educational materials can promote a multicultural society in Japan.

Free Research Field

言語政策、英語教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

アボリジニ社会が多文化・多言語の世界であることはあまり知られていない。各コミュニティ内教授言語を決める場合、"Which Language?"といった問題が必ず発生する。学術的のみならず、言語復興・維持が経済的にも先住民にとって有利になる必要性がある。さらに種々のプログラムを実践してきたオーストラリアの取り組みは日本におけるアイヌ民族、日本人との共生社会実現にとって多くの寄与をもたらすものでもある。