System development to improve Japanese language control skills in contact situations

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370570
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Miki Yokoyama Ito (伊藤横山美紀) 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (00325903)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Ito Kei 公立はこだて未来大学, システム情報科学部, 准教授 (30303324)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Otsuka Hiroko 公立はこだて未来大学, システム情報科学部, 特任准教授 (10419038)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: やさしい日本語 / 言い換え / 書き換え / 言語調整 / 支援システム / 日本語教師教育 / 日本語母語話者 / 外国人観光客

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research developed a web support system, koreyasashiika, which tells if the entered Japanese data in the computers are comprehensible enough for the intended learners of Japanese. In addition, this research observed the process on how native speakers of Japanese, who are university students in a Japanese Language Teachers Training Program, controlled their Japanese language using koreyasashiika. It was found that koreyasashiika not only promoted the efficiency of advising on mock teaching but also improved the quality of advising. Furthermore, in the final fiscal year, the follow-up research was conducted. The purpose of the the follow-up research was to observe how the students control their Japanese language for a display for foreign tourists.

Free Research Field

日本語教育学