Japanese Language Education Booklet

Japanese Language Education Booklet 1: Evaluation of children’s linguistic ability under polyglot environment

  • Forward —Evaluation of children's linguistic ability under polyglot environment— / Eriko Ishii (The National Institute for Japanese Language)
  • How to deal with evaluation of children's linguistic ability / Gun'ei Satou (Tokyo Gakugei University)
  • Perspective on evaluation of bilingual children's linguistic ability —On the theme of development of OBC, a conversation ability test— / Kazuko Nakajima (University of Toronto)
  • How to evaluate abilities on language learning —Development of TOAM: From perspective of language acquisition and preservation— / Toshio Okazai (University of Tsukuba)

Japanese Language Education Booklet 2: Japanese Teaching Materials and Copyrights

Learn about copyright

  • Infringement of copyright? —Case studies
  • Copyright in the internet age / Kaoru Okamoto (Copyright Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs)

To manage the copyright

  • From the position of commercial texts makers / Hiromi Kakumoto, Manabu Nishimura (Bunka Institute of language)
  • From the position of independent texts makers —How to take advantage of realia in classes— / Ami Kurosaki (Labo Japanese Language Institute)
  • From the position of volunteers—Creation of ‘Daily use Chinese characters’ for the Hangul users / Kyoko Igarashi (International Volunteer center of Yamagata)
  • Queries on Copyright

Japanese Language Education Booklet 3: Introduction to Contrastive Studies for Japanese Language Teachers

Introduction: Does the contrastive studies work?

Chapter 1: What is a contrastive study?

  • To redefine the meaning of contrastive studies
  • The purpose of contrastive studies
  • Contrastive studies in linguistics

Chapter 2: Varieties of contrastive studies

  • Three types of contrastive studies
  • Contrastive studies with analytic description
  • Contrastive studies with typological description
  • Contrastive studies with correlation

Chapter 3: Roles and meanings of contrastive studies

Relevant literature

Japanese Language Education Booklet 4: Psychological research method for the second language acquisition

  • Forward / Akiko Sugimoto (The National Institute for Japanese Language)
  • Study methodology of language acquisition —Experimental method— / Nobuko Uchida (Ochanomizu University)
  • Study method for the second language acquisition and psychological factors—Questionnaire method / Akiko Sugimoto (The National Institute for Japanese Language)
  • A method of ethnography as a study technique of the second language acquisition—The possibility and limitation / Makoto Shibayama (Kamakura Women's University)
  • Queries
  • Glossary
  • Readingguide

Japanese Language Education Booklet 5: How to improve students' ability to write logically

  • What is “being logical”? / Yasushi Michita (Universityof Ryukyus)
  • Three reports on writing education
    • Report1: Toward foreign students / Mitsuko Kido (Universityof Tsukuba)
    • Report2: Toward Japanese University or college students / Chiharu Kogo (Waseda University)
    • Report3: Toward Japanese juveniles / Kaori Okuizumi (Sugino Fashion Collage)
  • Relevant literature & texts

Japanese Language Education Booklet 6: Local support for learning Japanese language

  • Japanese education responding to diversification —What you learn in Japanese study supports in local areas— / Tomoko Kaneda (The National Institute for Japanese Language)
  • Japanese education and Linguistic minority issues in local communities / Izumi Yamada (Hosei University)
  • Use of audio-visual aids in foreign language education—In consideration of the theory and experimental proof / Osamu Takeuchi (Kansai University)

Japanese Language Education Booklet 7: Learning in colloquialism education

  • Forward —The flow and challenge in preparing a syllabus of colloquialism— / Fusako Sugimoto (The National Institute for Japanese Language)
  • Learning for the teachers in colloquialism education / Yoko Nakai (Waseda University)
  • The construction and education of conversation / Sayo Tsutsui (Osaka Universityof foreign Studies)
  • Phonetic learning in colloquialism education / Hiroshi Matsuzaki (Hiroshima University)

Japanese Language Education Booklet 8: For the cooperation between ordinal Japanese teachers and university academic teachers in composition coaching

  • The view points of ordinal Japanese teachers and university academic teachers in composition coaching / Nozomi Fukasawa (Toyama University)
  • How to teach essay writing or preparation of presentation materials / Ryuji Takaki (Kobe Design University)
  • Trial of team teaching in composition writing by ordinal Japanese teachers and university academic teachers / Yayoi Oshima (Tokyo Universityof Marine Science and Technology)

Japanese Language Education Booklet 9: Collaborative Learning in the Classroom

  • Forward / Tomoko Kaneda (The National Institute for Japanese Language)
  • What the Learners Do in the Classroom / Mineko Bunno (University of Human Environments)
  • Peer Response as a Method of Collaborative Learning / Reiko Ikeda (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
  • Peer Reading as a Method of Collaborative Learning / Yoko Tateoka(Waseda University)