Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Education
Lecture Code CC331004 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 日本語の音声と発音
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ニホンゴノオンセイトハツオン
Subject Name in
English
Japanese Phonetics and Pronunciation
Instructor TAKAHASHI ERIKO,NAGATA RYOTA
Instructor
(Katakana)
タカハシ エリコ,ナガタ リョウタ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte:EDU K102
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture-oriented, Use of blackboard / whiteboard, Hands-on work, Pair work 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 06 : Linguistics
Eligible Students Students in Program in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Compulsory elective subject
Keywords Voice, Consonant and vowel, Change of voice, Accent and Intonation, Design of voice education 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
(Practical Skills)
・Aiming at practicing Japanese language education, to analyze and develop educational contents. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
The purpose of this course is to obtain observation skills and analysis skills about pronunciation features of non-Japanese-speaking students and to cultivate a perspective regarding design of speech education, through studying phonetics fundamentally, which is the foundation of speech education, and through understanding the features of vowel sound, consonant, accent and others in modern Japanese. 
Class Schedule Lesson 1 Orientation, Sound and Speech education
Lesson 2 Sound and Phonetics
Lesson 3 Articulatory phonetics
Lesson 4 Consonant 1
Lesson 5 Consonant 2
Lesson 6 Vowel sound
Lesson 7 Phonetic change 1
Lesson 8 Phonetic change 2
Lesson 9 Sound and Phoneme
Lesson 10 Accent 1
Lesson 11 Accent 2
Lesson 12 Intonation
Lesson 13 Speech education design (Objective, Syllabus, Course design)
Lesson 14 Past and current speech education
Lesson 15 Future speech education and society

At every first period,  the quiz(writing test) is conducted.  On the last day, Term-end examination is conducted.  Through writing examination, phonetics and knowledge of phonetic sound are evaluated.  Through listening comprehension test,  the skills of listening comprehension is evaluated. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
"小河原義朗・河野俊之(2009)『日本語教師のための音声教育を考える本』アルク
松崎寛・河野俊之(2010)『日本語教育能力試験に合格するための音声23』アルク" 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Textbook, Materials provided in class, Audio teaching materials, Screen image (Video/PC) 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
All exam questions are from the exercises covered in class. Use the textbook as a reference for review and in thinking about questions raised in the lessons 
Requirements Specialized subject Japanese language(Japanese Linguistics) 
Grading Method Participation (Contents of Qs & As, participation degree in discussion, etc.)(20%), Results of examination (80%)are evaluated comprehensively 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message Do not just study phonetics or increase knowledge about phonetic sound. Please attend the class always thinking about why you study phonetics, what teaching phonetics means and how the speech education and society are related with each other. 
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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