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Teaching Japanese: Goal-Oriented Method Miyuki Sawada NKNU Email:msawada88@hotmail.com. Goal oriented, top-down Japanese teaching. Students should be aware of the goal. All situations have to be natural, in contact situation (between TW-JP). Emphases: Culture
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Teaching Japanese: Goal-Oriented MethodMiyuki SawadaNKNUEmail:msawada88@hotmail.com
Goal oriented, top-down Japanese teaching • Students should be aware of the goal. • All situations have to be natural, in contact situation (between TW-JP). • Emphases: Culture Communication skills for learners Learners’ strategies
Contact Situation Neustupný, Jiří (Monash University, AUS, 1990) AUS meet JAP in AUS: developing the friendship, showing Melbourne, doing activities (cf.宮崎里司, J. V. ネウストプニー 1999) Natural, learners’ strategies (cf. Oxford 1990), goal-oriented, top-down, minimum grammar
AUS vs. TW students AUSvs. TW Politeness vs. grammar No silence vs. silence English vs. Ch, Tw, Eng, etc.
Japanese as minor at English Dept. NKNU (100min/wk) 09Japanese I (45 students) 1st yr, goal-oriented Goals: talking to Jap, expressing themselves, shopping in Jap Goal-oriented method: Situation, function, culture, polite, QAQ, communication strategies, no silence, no Chinese.
Japanese I (100min/week from Sep 09) Week1-3 Japanese alphabet Week4-7U 1, U2 Week 9 revision Week 10 mid-term exam Week 12-13 Oral exam Week 14 U2 Week 15 U3
Monash UJapanese I (6hrs/week) Week1-3 U 1, U2, U 3 Week4Oral exam No Japanese alphabet in the textbook (from the 2nd year)
Japanese I (100min/week from Sep 09) Week1-3 Japanese alphabet Week4-7U 1, U2 Week 9 revision Week 10 mid-term exam Week 12-13 Oral exam Week 14 U2 Week 15 U3
Application XXは?(What is XX?) 電話番号は(Your phone number?) お名前は(Your name?) ---- メールアドレスは(youremail address?) 出身は(where are you from?) 趣味は(what is your hobby?) 鈴木さんは(What about you?)
Conversation strategies QAQpattern (conversation chain) J: Q T: A, XXさんは?(what about you?) J: A
Conversation strategies Good responses (to develop the relation) へー。そうですか。いいですね。 こんど いっしょ じゃあ、今度一緒に。 うん、うん。すごいですね。ほんとに。 Smile! No silence (over 15 sec) A good listener is attractive.
Dialogue J: はじめまして。鈴木です。NECの社員です。どうぞよろしくお願いします。 T: 陳です。こちらこそよろしくお願いします。高雄師範大学の学生です。 J:出身は?(hometown) T:高雄です。鈴木さんは?(asking back) J:東京です。陳さん、趣味は?(hobby) T:食べ歩きです。鈴木さんは?(Japanese favorite in TW) J:一緒です。じゃあ、今度一緒に。(agreement, invitation) T:いいですね。 (agreement) J:陳さん、メールアドレスは?(contact info, not phone) T:msawada88@hotmail.comです。 J: msawada88@hotmail.comですね。(confirmation)
Strategies in Japanese Hesitation: えー。Umm…(to avoid silence) Asking to repeat: すみません、もう一回。Please say it again. Asking translation: 日本語・英語で何ですか。What is xxx in Jap/in Eng? Asking to write it down. 書いてください。Could you write it down? 書いてもいいですか。Can I write it down?
Culture Issues > Grammar Bow In and Out うち、そと Numbers Be polite!
Bow おじぎ Don’t stick out your hips. Don’t shrug your shoulders.
In and Out うち、そと ✘はじめまして。陳さんです。 ✔はじめまして。陳です。 ✘私のお母さんは先生です。 ✔私の母は先生です。
Only One Q: A Japanese hair saloon ordered 1,000 brushes. A factory in Taiwan made 1,000 which were usable, but the saloon rejected 200. Why? A: One person needs one brush. Every one of them has to be perfect. QC is important.
Two to Four weeks in advance Q: if you want to invite me for a Christmas party, when do you have to tell me? A: 2-4 weeks in advance. Earlier is better.
Ten minutes earlier Q: Suppose we meet up at 池袋 Station at 7pm. What time do you have to turn up? A: 6:50pm.
Five Minutes late Q: I invite you to come to my house at 2pm. What time do you show up? A: 2:05pm. If you don’t turn up by 2:10pm, I think you get lost, I may phone you.
Around 3 Q: When Japanese want to buy 3 apples, what will they say? A: It is not always the case, but they may say: Ringo-wo 3tsu gurai kudasai. Apple-obje 3 around please ‘Please give me around 3 apples’ They don’t want to sound fussy.
Don’t ask! Q: If you want to know my salary, age, weight, etc. who do you ask? A: Don’t ask me about numbers. We want to keep secrets. If you want to know about those, ask someone who knows me.
おしまい 日本語学習を楽しんでください
Reference 宮崎里司, J. V. ネウストプニー 1999.日本語教育と日本語学習 : 学習ストラテジー論にむけて 東京 : くろしお出版 . Sawada, Miyuki.2003. “What can a linguist say about Japanese tense in a conversationclass? Foreign language teaching and the descriptive aspect of grammars”, in the proceedings of the 2003 International Conference & Workshop on TEFL & Applied Linguistics. Crane Publishing Co., Ltd. pp. 312-16. Oxford, Rebecca. 1990.Language Learning Strategies: What Every Teacher Should Know. Boston, Mass.: Heinle & Heinle