Developing the Kanji Syllabus for Non-Kanji Background Learners of Science and Engineering

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370596
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: TAKEDA YUKO (笠原ゆう子) 電気通信大学, 国際交流センター, 教授 (40282925)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IKEDA YUTAKA 電気通信大学, 国際教育センター, 教授 (60184438) ; HAMANO TETSUKO 電気通信大学, 国際教育センター, 准教授 (70281657)
• Research Collaborator: NAKASHIMA MEGUMI ; MIYOSHI RIEKO
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 漢字 / 非漢字圏学習者 / 理工系 / シラバス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we have developed (l) a kanji syllabus and (2) a prototype of the kanji teaching materials for the Japanese learners majoring in science and engineering who have no kanji background. (l) This kanji syllabus graded of 700 characters kanji into 7 levels, covered approximately 83% of 480 high appearance frequency kanji in science and engineering fields, 99% of the kanji in the former "JLPT level 4" and 89% of the kanji in the former "JLPT level 3" syllabus. (2) The prototype of the kanji teaching materials comprised of the readings, meaning, vocabulary, and the example sentences of the kanji. In addition to (l) and (2), we also developed a database of the Joyo (common use) Kanji, which stores the information used for determining the difficulty level of the kanji.

Free Research Field

日本語教育