Acquiring Interactional Competence in a Study Abroad Context: Japanese Language Learners’ Use of the Interactional Particle ne

2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
KYOKO MASUDA
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
Fumie Kato

A language assistant (LA) program was introduced into a university-level Japanese program. The LAs in this program consisted of Japanese study abroad students, that is English as a second language students, coming to study from Japanese universities for either one semester or one academic year, as well as American learners returning from a one-year academic study abroad program in Japan. In the southeastern region of the United States, the Japanese language is not yet considered a major foreign language, thus few opportunities exist for American learners to connect with native speakers of Japanese. The LA program endeavors to ease this limitation. It has been extremely beneficial for our American learners to have opportunities to communicate regularly with Japanese study abroad students in the classrooms. Furthermore, it was found tremendously valuable for Japanese study abroad students and greatly helpful for the instructors as well. This paper describes the procedures and examines the effectiveness of introducing an LA program into Japanese language classes. To analyze the program, questionnaires were distributed to LAs (N=20); five department instructors wrote comments concerning the program; and five Japanese language learners submitted reflection papers. Analyses of the qualitative data indicate that the LA program has many advantages for everyone participating.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Fumie Kato

A language assistant (LA) program was introduced into a university-level Japanese program. The LAs in this program consisted of Japanese study abroad students, that is English as a second language students, coming to study from Japanese universities for either one semester or one academic year, as well as American learners returning from a one-year academic study abroad program in Japan. In the southeastern region of the United States, the Japanese language is not yet considered a major foreign language, thus few opportunities exist for American learners to connect with native speakers of Japanese. The LA program endeavors to ease this limitation. It has been extremely beneficial for our American learners to have opportunities to communicate regularly with Japanese study abroad students in the classrooms. Furthermore, it was found tremendously valuable for Japanese study abroad students and greatly helpful for the instructors as well. This paper describes the procedures and examines the effectiveness of introducing an LA program into Japanese language classes. To analyze the program, questionnaires were distributed to LAs (N=20); five department instructors wrote comments concerning the program; and five Japanese language learners submitted reflection papers. Analyses of the qualitative data indicate that the LA program has many advantages for everyone participating.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-133
Author(s):  
Lisda Nurjaleka

(Developing Interactional competence in A Japanese Study Abroad Context) is a book focusing on second language learning acquisition by Naoko Taguchi. It is a study describing the process of second language acquisition which focuses on the development of interactional competence in a Japanese ゛study abroad゛ context. The book contains nine chapters, which explain the introduction of the study, the method, speech style and style shift in language learning; how incomplete sentences in the Japanese language are produced; and the case histories in the study abroad experience. This book is a qualitative study of learners studying abroad in Japan and explains changes in their interactional competence, such as change in the use of speech styles, style shifting between the polite and plain forms, and the function of incomplete sentences. This function is one of the main characteristics of the Japanese language. The main goal of this book is to enable researchers such as postgraduate students to learn more about second language acquisition and to assist learners in becoming competent L2 speakers in the target community   Book review kali ini membahas buku yang berkaitan dengan Akuisisi pembelajar bahasa Kedua denga judul `Developing Interactional Competence in a Japanese Study Abroad Context` oleh Naoko taguchi. Di dalam buku ini membahas tentang proses akuisis bahasa kedua yang memfokuskan pada pembelajaran studi di luar negeri untuk membangun kompetensi interaksional bahasa Jepang. Buku ini terdiri dari Sembilan bab yang menjelaskan tentang pengantar mengenai penelitian kali ini, metode penelitian, speech style dan style shif dalam pembelajaran bahasa, bagaimana kalimat tidak lengkap terbentuk dalam bahasa Jepang dan deksriptif kualitatif mengenai studi kasus pengalaman studi di luar negeri. Buku ini termasuk kedalam penelitian kualitatif pembelajar bahasa Jepang di Jepang yang melakukan studi lanjut dan menjelaskan bagaimana perubahan dalam kompetensi interaksional mereka, seperti perubahan penggunaan dalam speech style dan style shifting antara bentuk polite dan bentuk normal. Dan bagaiman fungsi-fungsi dari kalimat-kalimat tidak utuh. Tujuan utama dari buku ini adalah memungkinkan bagi para peneliti seperti mahasiswa pasca sarjana dan peneliti pemula untuk belajar mengenai akuisisi bahasa kedua dan membantu para pembelajar menjadi kompeten sebagai Penutur bahasa kedua di komunitas target dalam hal ini di Jepang.


Author(s):  
Choong Pow Yean ◽  
Sarinah Bt Sharif ◽  
Normah Bt Ahmad

The Nihongo Partner Program or “Japanese Language Partner” is a program that sends native speakers to support the teaching and learning of Japanese overseas. The program is fully sponsored by The Japan Foundation. The aim of this program is to create an environment that motivates the students to learn Japanese. This study is based on a survey of the Nihongo Partner Program conducted on students and language lecturers at UiTM, Shah Alam. This study aims to investigate if there is a necessity for native speakers to be involved in the teaching and learning of Japanese among foreign language learners. Analysis of the results showed that both students and lecturers are in dire need of the Nihongo Partner Program to navigate the learning of the Japanese language through a variety of language learning activities. The involvement of native speaker increases students’ confidence and motivation to converse in Japanese. The program also provides opportunities for students to increase their Japanese language proficiency and lexical density. In addition, with the opportunity to interact with the native speakers, students and lecturers will have a better understanding of Japanese culture as they are able to observe and ask the native speakers. Involvement of native speakers is essential in teaching and learning of Japanese in UiTM.


Humaniora ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 573
Author(s):  
Dhaniar Asmarani

Research discusses the different use of Japanese verbs benkyousuru, manabu, renshuusuru, and narau associated with the use of nouns attaching to the verbs. Data corpus was taken from magazine Jakarta Communication Club: Apa Kabar, Vol 50, 2010. The research applied qualitative study using descriptive analysis method. Research aims to give better understanding for Japanese language learners in using the Japanese verbs benkyousuru, manabu, renshuusuru, narau. Besides, the learners can use these verbs properly as well. Result of the research shows that the verbs have different use and also different use of nouns attaching on the verbs. 


Nihon Gakkan ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 182-192
Author(s):  
Naoko YAMASHITA ◽  
Maggie On Yuk LEUNG ◽  
Lai Chi LAU ◽  
Chak Sum LEE ◽  
Candy LEE

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