How the Japanese culture could be taught?
| Autor: | Mori, Hazuki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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ComputerApplications_MISCELLANEOUS
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Japanese studies education Japanese culture Japanese history culture history area studies Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) stereotype Interculturalism universality and particularity ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS |
| Popis: | It is almost too obvious to be mentioned that the minimum aim of education in Japanese studies programmes in higher educational institutions is to introduce learners to the fundamental knowledge and essential theories of Japanese language and Japanese culture so that they thereby become able to examine Japanese language and/or culture by themselves. Regarding the teaching methods of the Japanese language, thanks to the devotion of professionals and researchers, more effective teaching/learning methods have been developed. However, as for the means of 'teaching' on culture, it is questionable whether this issue has been sufficiently debated. In the first place, what may we call 'Japanese culture '? Some discourses claim that 'Japanese original culture is superior to others', or assert the existence of 'Japan’s unique culture' or that it exists as an entity, overlooking continuity/discontinuity in history, the region’s diversity, differences between the social classes and so forth. When asked if there are archetypes or patterns which we may notice more often in Japanese ways of thinking and expressing and behavioural characteristics, admittedly, there can be common uniting aspects with which we may describe such characteristics. However, still, it must be noted that there are possibilities of finding the same things in varying degrees in people of other cultural backgrounds. When culture is thought about and explored, particularity tends to attract one’s attention more than universality. Yet, the things which can be called qualities universal to humankind should not be neglected. It may be safe to say that this is a crucial perspective especially in this era when conflicts and terrorist attacks are occurring frequently in the world as a result of the emphasis on particularities of some cultures. In this presentation, based on awareness of these issues, I would like to discuss how ‘Japanese culture’ can be examined and thought of in Japanese studies courses. |
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