2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake: the expected roles of local Japanese language classes for building inclusive and multicultural communities
Project/Area Number |
25516019
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
震災問題と人文学・社会科学
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Research Institution | Kinjo Gakuin University |
Principal Investigator |
SATO Kumi 金城学院大学, 国際情報学部, 教授 (00645632)
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Keywords | 日本語教室 / 国際交流協会 / 東日本大震災 / 防災教育 / コミュニティー |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We visited the international associations and Japanese language classes in the disaster areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake to research the lifestyles and situations of non-Japanese residents. We learnt in Germany that the government focuses on German-language education for immigrants to promote integration in the society. According to the results of the questionnaires we sent to Japanese language classes throughout Japan, 90% of the classes answered that disaster prevention education for non-Japanese residents should be necessary. We confirmed the Japanese classes run by either paid or volunteer teachers are places for non-Japanese people to learn not only languages but the intercultural understandings to survive in local communities.
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Free Research Field |
人文地理学、多文化共生、
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