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Gakkula, Mahender K., Tengse, Ajay R. |
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Language in India; Aug2021, Vol. 21 Issue 8, p204-217, 14p |
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Recently, learning Japanese as a foreign language has been gaining high importance in countries like India. Until recently, the Japanese language education was offered at only few foreign language departments across India. However, learners of Japanese along with Japanese teachers have increased many folds and currently learning Japanese as a foreign language (JFL) and its culture is becoming a new trend in this country. Among the challenges posed by these learners in their foreign language learning journey, mastering the pronunciation is a primary and important goal. Familiarizing with the written system is also an important aspect to be able to reach higher fluency levels. This paper argues that L1 speakers of Telugu language have an advantage in rapidly gaining the pronunciation of Japanese language because of the linguistic similarities in syllabification of both these languages. This this paper took few English loanwords into account, in both the languages to compare the similarities in syllabification. The similarities are analyzed, and implications are discussed. L1 speakers of Telugu with exposure to English can strategically bridge their existing knowledge to quickly familiarize with Japanese vocabulary due to a large number of English loanwords used in Japanese. In this respect, English loanwords in Japanese serve as a bridge towards fostering JFL language proficiency for L1 speakers of Telugu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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