A study on acquisition and instruction of Japanese reading comprehension among L2 students

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520571
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: GOMI Masanobu 一橋大学, 国際教育センター, 教授 (00225674)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IORI Isao 一橋大学, 国際教育センター, 教授 (70283702) ; ISHIGURO Kei 一橋大学, 国際教育センター, 教授 (40313449) ; TANAKA Makiro 明治大学, 国際日本学部, 専任教授 (90217076) ; TSUTSUI Chie フェリス女学院大学, 留学生センター, 講師 (60594083)
• Research Collaborator: ABO Kimie 一橋大学, 大学院言語社会研究科 ; NISHIYAMA Hisako 横浜市教育委員会 ; SHIMURA Yukari 東京経済大学, 経営学部, 特任講師
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 日本語教育 / 外国につながる生徒 / 教科学習 / 国語教育 / 読解教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to find out what reading skills are necessary for L2 students attending junior high schools in Japan to understand Japanese textbooks written for L1 students and to create effective educational material to acquire these skills. The result of our research shows that L2 students need to acquire learning methods different from L1 students from the point of view of grammar, vocabulary, Kanji characters and background knowledge. We applied this result to Japanese material development and have published supportive material for L2 students who learn reading comprehension in the classroom with L1 student.

Free Research Field

日本語教育