Foundational studies for teachers' training on "the Japanese language for living in Japan"

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520573
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: ADACHI YUKO 新潟大学, 企画戦略本部, 准教授 (00313552)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSUOKA Yoko 岩手大学, 国際交流センター, 准教授 (60344628) ; IMAMURA Kazuhiro 一橋大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (80242361)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 教師のふるまい / ＡＲＣＳモデル / 入門期のクラス / 学習意欲

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates and analyzes the teacher's behavior in the classroom of the beginner's course level. From the teachers’ interview analysis come the following points : Firstly, Japanese teachers frequently use non-language behavior, and they think that's helpful to learners’ understanding. Secondly, Japanese teachers make the learners’ relation important. Thirdly, they always monitoring his behavior in their class.
An analysis in the German classroom was the same result as the interview. Applying these results to Keller's model , “Motivational Design for Lerning and Performance ; The ARCS Model Approach“ , there are most items of ‘ Attention’, but it became clear that items of ‘Relevance’ and ‘Confidence’ raised and maintained the will of learners.

Free Research Field

日本語教育学