Comaprative Study of Japanese Language Propagation Movement in Taiwan and Korea under Japanese Rule

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370618
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Den-en Chofu University
• Principal Investigator: Fujimori Tomoko 田園調布学園大学, 人間福祉学部, 教授 (20341951)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 日本語教育史 / 植民地教育 / 日本統治 / 台湾 / 朝鮮 / 日本語普及 / 国語普及

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Taiwan was under Japanese rule for 50 years from 1895 and Korea for 35 years from 1910. Propagation of the Japanese language remained stagnant due to the low school attendance rate. In order to put an end to this, social education was promoted. The National Language Training School was opened in Taiwan in 1930 and in 1934, the Simplified School was opened in Korea. These two institutions are not similar, but share a common characteristic in that they both supplement school education. Beginning with the regulations pertaining to education after the 1910s, these two colonies share common traits in their policies, but regarding social education, they possess individual characteristics. The difference in the Japanese language propagation rate in the final years of Japanese rule was great, and the causes can be pointed to not only the policy differences, but to the written language and whether or not a common language existed in each society before Japanese rule.

Free Research Field

日本語教育史