Conducting Japanese Conversation Lessons in the International Context : HyperMirror-Based Japan-China Intercollegiate Practice

Autor: Li, Zhe, Sun, Zhi, Okumayashi, Taiichiro, Nakamura, Masako, Maesako, Takanori
Jazyk: japonština
Rok vydání: 2015
Zdroj: 大阪大学教育学年報. 20:63-76
ISSN: 1341-9595
Popis: 本研究では、中国で日本語を学ぶ中国人学習者を対象に、日本語母語話者の協力を得て「超鏡」システムを用いた国際遠隔交流学習の環境を構築し、日本語会話授業を支援する方法について実践授業を行い、その効果を検討した。まず、中国人学習者は学習支援システムで学習内容として扱う敬語とその関係図を作成させた。次に、「超鏡」を用いた国際遠隔交流環境において、日本語母語話者の協力を得て関係図の発表と会話文の作成を行った。その結果、日本語母語話者との会話授業は、同じ空間を共有しているように感じられるという特徴を持つ対面型の「超鏡」システムの使用を通して、中国人学習者の学習意欲を高めることが確かめられた。また、関係図と会話文の作成を通して日本語敬語に関する理解が進むことが示唆された一方、学習支援システムの操作の簡略化、会話授業の時間のとりかた、会話内容の難易度の設定などの問題点があげられた。
This paper reports on a study in which the HyperMirror-mediated learning environment was constructed. The tool was developed in collaboration with native Japanese speakers from a university in Japan, for non-native Japanese learners (in this case, native Chinese students in China) to support international distance communication in Japanese conversation lessons. The efficacy of the HyperMirror-mediated learning environment was tested by means of trial lessons. Prior to a trial lesson, the non-native Japanese learners were required to draw a relation diagram of Japanese honorific expressions with the aid of the Japanese language learning assisting system. In the HyperMirror-mediated learning environment, learners then presented their drawings and conducted a dialogue with the help of native Japanese speakers. The aim was to engage the learners in conscious use of Japanese honorific expressions in active communication with native Japanese speakers. The results of this study show that the HyperMirror-mediated learning environment, in which the common-virtual scene enables students situated in Japan and China to feel like they are in the same place, increased learning motivation among the learners of Japanese. It is suggested that the drawing of the relation diagram and the collaborative dialogue improved the non-native speakers’ understanding of Japanese honorific expressions. This research also sheds light on issues in simplifying system operation, timing conversation exercises, and setting dialogue difficulty.
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