scholarly journals BAJU BATIK SEBAGAI OMIYAGE : STUDI KASUS PADA MAHASISWA JEPANG YANG PERNAH BELAJAR DI UGM TAHUN 2009-2017

IZUMI ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Mery Kharismawati ◽  
Wahyu Handayani ◽  
Devi Wardhani ◽  
Febri Sahrullah
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Ancient Times

(Title: Batik Clothes As Omiyage: Case Study On Japanese University Students Who Had Studied At UGM In 2009-2017) Batik has long been known as a typical culture of Yogyakarta, and therefore it is most likely chosen by the tourists to take home as souvenir. Until 2017 UGM which is located in Yogyakarta is often visited by students from Japan. As well as studying, they also become tourists who will buy omiyage before returning to Japan. The culture of giving omiyage has existed in Japan since ancient times and until now the term omiyage is still being used for something given to others after traveling. This study aims to determine the relevance of batik clothing as omiyage according to the view of Japanese students who have studied at UGM from 2009-2017. Data were obtained through questionnaire distributed during July 2017 to 60 Japanese students who had studied at UGM. The results of this study indicate that food is still preferred to be omiyage, and batik clothes is not a suitable item to be brought home as omiyage, because of some perceptions about batik clothes as somehing not quite universal to wear in Japan.

Influence of Interpersonal Relationships on Helping Norms among Japanese University Students

1991 ◽  
Vol 68 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1119-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ibusuki ◽  
T. Naito
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Moral Orientation ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Strong Relation

The present research assessed the effect of interpersonal relationships on two aspects of Japanese university students' moral judgment, manner of application and contents of helping norms. In Study 1, 68 university students (34 men, 34 women) answered questionnaires which requested evaluation of behaviors in helping situations with variable behaviors by agents and different interpersonal relations between agent and victim and between subject and agent. Subjects were asked to evaluate each case on two scales, moral evaluation and expectation. Female Japanese students showed strong relation-based morality on these two dimensions. In Study 2, 30 female students were interviewed using questions from the questionnaire given in Study 1 and others about the moral reasoning behind their relation-based judgments. Their answers showed that the female Japanese university students tended to make judgments without reference to the principle of universality or justice even when they knew the principle. The result suggests a relation-based moral orientation rather than a justice orientation.

scholarly journals Effects of Pre-Reading Strategies on EFL/ESL Reading Comprehension

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kei Mihara
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
University Students ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Comprehension Question ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Esl Reading

This study focuses on two pre-reading strategies: vocabulary pre-teaching and comprehension question presentation. Researchers have claimed that a vocabulary strategy is less effective than any other pre-reading strategy. This study investigates whether their claim is true of Japanese university students. The purpose of the study is twofold. The first goal is to examine the effects of the two pre-reading strategies; the second is to discuss the relationships between students’ English proficiency and their reading comprehension. The participants in the present study were asked to perform a pre-reading strategy, read a passage, and then answer comprehension questions. They read four passages altogether. Three weeks after they read the fourth passage, they were asked to answer a questionnaire. This study indicates that vocabulary pre-teaching is less effective for Japanese students, although students with higher English proficiency outperformed lowerlevel students regardless of which pre-reading strategy they used.

Job Hunting Experiences of Bicultural Students in Japan

2014 ◽  
pp. 122-146
Author(s):  
Brigitte Pickl-Kolaczia
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
University Students ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Job Application ◽  
The Subject

The subject of this chapter is the Japanese job application process from the perspective of half-Japanese university students. The chapter first introduces the reader to the Japanese labor market and the topic of biculturals in general and hafu (half-Japanese) in Japan in particular. The main part of the chapter is an empiric study consisting of interviews with five half-Japanese students in various stages of the process of finding a job after graduation. In addition to possessing multiple language skills, biculturals benefit from a broader cultural perspective, which might be assumed to be an advantage when seeking a job. However, hafu are often viewed as outsiders wherever they go due to their being different. This chapter aims to show the difficulties hafu encounter as well as the benefits from which they profit.

scholarly journals Group Dynamics and Resilience in the Process of L2 Socialization: A Longitudinal Case Study of Japanese University Students Visiting an English Lounge

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-39
Author(s):  
Akiko Kiyota
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Center Staff ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Socialization Processes ◽  
Academic Year

This paper documents the socialization process of beginner-level Japanese university students into an on-campus English lounge over a year. Although initially feeling highly stressed, ten out of 37 students successfully continued their bi-weekly visits to the English lounge over a full academic year by going there as a small group of three to four students. Although the visits were originally encouraged as part of their elective homework, two of them made frequent visits to the lounge beyond the homework requirement. The reflective journals which these ten students wrote after each visit provided an emic view of their socialization processes into the English lounge. The author conducted an inductive thematic analysis of these data. Among multiple findings, the most salient was that aspects of group dynamics served to increase their resilience, or their capacity to adapt under adversity, during their socialization processes. These findings may provide insights for those language instructors and self-access language learning center staff who are in the position to facilitate students to learn in such a second language (L2) use environment, as well as learners themselves who are struggling in such a learning environment.

Examining relations between shame and personality among university students in the United States and Japan: A developmental perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Crystal ◽  
W. Gerrod Parrott ◽  
Yukiko Okazaki ◽  
Hirozumi Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
The Public ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Personality Differences ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Individual Personality ◽  
American Students

American and Japanese university students’ shame (haji)-related reactions across a number of diverse situations, and the personality correlates of these reactions, were studied. With age, shame ratings decreased significantly in situations describing defects in the “private selffiamong American students, and haji ratings decreased significantly in situations in which the “public selffiwas ridiculed or discomforted among Japanese students. Also with age, individual differences in personality, particularly internal self-introspection, played an increasingly important role in predicting shame reactions among American students, whereas among Japanese students, individual personality differences became increasingly unimportant in determining haji-related phenomena. Finally, American students showed an increasing, and Japanese students a decreasing, integration of internal- and external-oriented elements of personality with development. Results are discussed in terms of theories of emotional development and cultural differences in self-concept.

scholarly journals Investigating the roles of first language (L1) speakers in lingua franca communication in multicultural classrooms: a case study of Japanese as a Lingua Franca (JLF)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-311
Author(s):  
Etsuko Yamada
Keyword(s):  
First Language ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Expanding Circle ◽  
Rapport Building ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
Multicultural Classrooms ◽  
Students Attitudes

Abstract In the Expanding Circle (i.e. countries where English is traditionally learned as a “foreign language”), the concept lingua franca cannot be limited to English. Conducted in a Japanese university, this study reports on the perceptions of verbal behaviours by students in multicultural courses where international and Japanese students studied together. These behaviours were analysed and the findings from English medium instruction courses and those of Japanese-medium instruction (JMI) courses were compared. Then, further analysis centred on JMI courses to explore the roles of Japanese L1 speakers in the co-construction of Japanese as a lingua franca with a focus on cognitive and psychological, rather than linguistic, perspectives. Rapport building, accommodation strategies, often initiated by L1 Japanese speakers, and the spontaneous interactions of second language (L2) speakers in discussions, are assumed to have been the keys to more inclusive interactions in JMI courses. The findings emphasize the importance of students’ attitudes and imply that intercultural education in the context, including both L1 speakers and L2 speakers, will have potential to foster effective lingua franca users.

scholarly journals The Usage of 'Otsukare' among Japanese Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-134
Author(s):  
Lea Santiar ◽  
Jascha Dewangga
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Native Japanese Speakers ◽  
Teaching Abroad ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Japanese Speakers ◽  
The Relationship

Greetings are one of the keys to strike a conversation. The relationship between the speakers could be measured through the greetings used. Therefore understanding greeting usage is necessary for maintaining an interpersonal relationship. Nevertheless, there seems to be a difference between greetings thought within Japanese textbooks and greetings in daily usage. Thus, this study will discuss the usage of ‘otsukare’ in Japan, especially amongst Japanese university students. The textbook "Minna no Nihongo" will be used to comprehend how aisatsu is taught to Japanese language learners. In this research, Japanese university students will answer a questioner regarding the usage of ‘otsukare’.  A questionnaire was designed based on sociolinguistics concepts to discover how Japanese university students use ‘otsukare’, such as when to whom, and in what manner. 40 university students of native Japanese participated and as the result, four points were discovered regarding the usage of ‘otsukare’ First, ‘otsukare’ is used to greet seniors, juniors, and friends. Second, native Japanese speakers prefer to use ‘otsukare’ on departing. Third, nevertheless, some people also use ‘otsukare’ to greet people as an opening greeting. Native Japanese speakers consider the usage of ‘otsukare’ in the morning as opening greetings is not against the rule of greetings. Finally, the gap between Japanese teaching abroad is that ‘otsukare’ is not proper to be used as an opening greeting.

Pragmatic functions of I think in computer-mediated, cross-cultural communication between Taiwanese and Japanese undergraduate students

Pragmatics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-531
Author(s):  
Maria Angela Diaz ◽  
Ken Lau ◽  
Chia-Yen Lin
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Frequency Of Use

Abstract This study explores the functions of I think in synchronous, computer-mediated cross-cultural communication of Japanese and Taiwanese university students. The data used in this study were collected from the Cross-Cultural Distance Learning corpus, which contains transcriptions of recorded synchronous spoken and written interactions between Taiwanese and Japanese university students. To examine the functions of I think, occurrences of the phrase were screened, analyzed, and categorized based on collocation pattern, discourse context, and sequentiality. The Taiwanese students showed a greater tendency to use the various functions of I think in discourse than the Japanese students, who rarely used its functions in their online cross-cultural communication. The results suggest that their respective perceived conversation strategies may be a significant cause of variation in the frequency of use of I think functions.

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