Establishment of JSL/JFL research: the discipline and methodology

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370589
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHINAGA Mioko 大阪大学, 国際教育交流センター, 准教授 (80324838)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): WATANABE Tomoko 広島大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (30379870) ; HONDA Hiroyuki 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, 先端領域基礎教育院, 教授 (70286433) ; IWATA Kazunari 聖心女子大学, 文学部, 准教授 (70509067)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 日本語教育学 / 体系化 / 研究テーマ / 研究の方法論 / 日本語 / 学習者 / 社会 / 教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research considers Japanese as a Second or Foreign Language (JSL/JFL) as a new academic discipline, and aims to systemize it as well as to realize research methodologies in this particular field. For this purpose, we rearranged and analyzed themes and research methods from previous studies related to Japanese language education. We found that the major themes discussed by previous studies were “Japanese language,” “learners,” and “education/society,” and that specific data and methodologies were utilized for each theme. In order for Japanese language education to establish itself as a discipline with its own independent system, research pertaining to the three above-mentioned themes must be organically tied together. Moreover, there is a need for cooperation and coordination among various specialists.

Free Research Field

日本語教育学