Mother tongue and Bilingual education as language resource for international family, schools and NPO

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370596
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: University of Hyogo
• Principal Investigator: Matsuda Yoko 兵庫県立大学, 経済学部, 教授 (80239045)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): INUI Miki 兵庫県立大学, 環境人間学部, 准教授 (10379224) ; KUBOTA Mayumi 関西大学, 総合情報学部, 教授 (20268329) ; NOTSU Takashi 兵庫県立大学, 政策科学研究所, 教授 (40218334) ; OCHIAI Tomoko 神戸大学, 国際協力研究科, 研究員 (50624938)
• Research Collaborator: YOSHITOMI Shizuyo 大阪大学, グローバルコミュニケーションセンター, 特任准教授 ; KITAYAMA Natsuki 関東国際高校, 講師
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 母語 / 継承語 / バイリンガル教育 / 言語資源 / 教育支援 / 国際家族 / ビデオレター

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims at the language issues of the children of international family, focusing on the bilingual education to maintain their mother tongue/ heritage language and Japanese to nurture them as 'language resource'. We demonstrate how the bilingual competency contributes to their personal cognitive development, wider future possibilities for their careers, stronger family bond, and their capacity to become an active global person.

An innovative teaching method, utilizing Japanese and Vietnamese bilingual video letter created with iPad, was introduced and examined. This method was proved to be effective for enhancing motivation for learning their heritage language. Also we studied how to utilize the multilingual website we created to disseminate the importance of mother tongue/ heritage language education. The study contributes to connect those who are engaged in the support of multicultural children and to strengthen the practical research for the education.

Free Research Field

社会言語学、日本語教育