Recommendations on Multicultural policies and Japanese Language Teaching program in mid-sized municipalities in Japan,

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370602
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Tomonori 信州大学, 学術研究院総合人間科学系, 教授 (10313868)
• Research Collaborator: Park Sontae 長安大学, 准教授 ; ABE Ichiro 自治体国際化協会, 地域国際化推進アドバイザー ; OHSAWA Shinako , 飯田市・文化庁受託「生活者としての外国人」のための日本語教育事業コーディネーター
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: キーパーソン / 行政の多文化共生担当者 / 読み書きの困難 / ゆるやかな交流 / 教室の変化 / 専門担当者の養成 / 意識変化 / 多文化共生基本法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The research was conducted in mid-sized municipalities in Japan and Korea. The author interviewed forty-two individuals who were either foreign nationals living in the area or Japanese nationals working to promote the Multiculturalism in the area. The findings include, difficulties in learning reading and writing Japanese, learners’ opinions on volunteer Japanese classes, Korean workers’ interpretation of multiculturalism, and the importance of partnerships between “key-persons” and city officials.
Based on the findings, the author proposed the following. 1.. Create opportunities for interactions in relaxed settings. 2. Cooperate with “key persons” and create their networks. 3. Respond to the changes in the environment surrounding Japanese classes. 4. Train the specialists in Multicultural affairs among　the city officials. 5. Establish basic multicultural policy.”

Free Research Field

多文化共生論