CC331204 Psychology of second language learning

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Education

Lecture Code CC331204 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 第二言語学習の心理

Subject Name
（Katakana）ダイニゲンゴガクシュウノシンリ

Subject Name in
English Psychology of second language learning

Instructor MATSUMI NORIO

Instructor
(Katakana) マツミ　ノリオ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  Intensive

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

[In principle, face-to-face lessons] Lecture-centered, Q & A session setting

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction B : Japanese／English

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 06 : Psychology

Eligible Students Students in Program in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Compulsory elective subject

Keywords Recognition and emotion, Study of bilingual, Vocabulary representation, Image and concept of representation, Mechanism of memory and management.

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
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・To acquire basic knowledge about theories and methods of Japanese language education.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline The purpose of this course is to learn the basic knowledge relevant to learning the second language, to give important inspiration concerning the second language education, and to understand psychological mechanisms of students through learning research achievements by means of cognitive and language psychology (including hypothesis and theories).

Class Schedule Lesson 1　Basic knowledge about learning, the acquisition of the second language (Mother tongue and second language，etc.)
Lesson 2　Memory representation of a second languages(1)(eparation theory,  joint ownership theory,  association experiment, etc.)
Lesson 3　Memory representation of a second language (2)( vocabulary, Hierarchy model of the concept, Development hypothesis，etc.)
Lesson 4　Memory representation of a second language (3)(Bilingual double encoding model)
Lesson 5　Interference between two languages (Code-switching，Stroop problem，etc.)
Lesson 6　Education and psychology of the second language(1)(The acquisition and maintenance of the vocabulary information，etc.)
Lesson 7　Education and psychology of the second language(2)(Saint-Lambert experiment，etc.)
Lesson 8　【Midterm exam】　Education and psychology of the second language (3)(English education of the elementary school，etc.)
Lesson 9　Learning and the recognition of the second language (1)(Memory of a sentence, the sentence of the second language，etc.)
Lesson 10　Learning and the recognition of the second language (2)(Declarative knowledge,  procedural knowledge，etc.)
Lesson 11　Psychology organon of the second language(Two major firelds of the language science，etc.)
Lesson 12　Psychology study of the Japanese learner(1)(Mental lexicon, Kanji learning，etc.)
Lesson 13　Psychology study of the Japanese learner(2)(Listening span test，etc.)
Lesson 14　Psychology study of the Japanese learner (3)(Shadowing training，etc.)
Lesson 15  Summary, Questions & Answers, Group learning

Midterm examination Lesson 8 will be the examination to confirm the basic knowledge of content from Lesson1 to Lesson7. Term-end examination required to explain the matters, introduce the experimental study, or explain the thesis and model from all lessons. Also to measure the skills of guessing psychological process of the second language learning.

At all examinations you write answers by looking at notebook materials provided in class. At term-end examination, the question about a sign-language as a second language is included. Text/Reference Books, etc.  No specific textbooks.　

Text/Reference
Books,etc. 森敏昭（編著）『おもしろ言語のラボラトリー　認知心理学を語る②』北大路書房，海保博之・柏崎秀子（編著）『日本語教育のための心理学』新曜社

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Both Power Point and whiteboard are used in class. Sheets of materials are provided as teaching materials each lesson. The relevant literature is introduced in class when needed.

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Lesson 1 - Lesson 13 every time key words are provided for the next lesson, it is desirable to finde and look for important psychological and linguistic phenomena,  theories and models, etc.individually.

Requirements Listen to the teacher firmly. Do not only write down the linguistic or non-linguistic information on the screen or whiteboard. Students will experience learning progress of basic words taking sign language as a second language to explore deep understandings of linguistic second language.Students with more than five absence of fourteen lessons cannot take the final exam.

Grading Method Results of class are evaluated on midterm examination 30%, Term-end examination 70%.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message I hope that not only students who have interests and concerns in education and learning of a second language, who want to improve your own language ability, but also even who feel difficulty in learning a second language will take this course. And through the lessons, I hope you will enhance your own perspective of education and learning of a second language.

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.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Education
Lecture Code	CC331204	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	第二言語学習の心理
Subject Name （Katakana）	ダイニゲンゴガクシュウノシンリ
Subject Name in English	Psychology of second language learning
Instructor	MATSUMI NORIO
Instructor (Katakana)	マツミ　ノリオ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(Int) Inte
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
[In principle, face-to-face lessons] Lecture-centered, Q & A session setting
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	06 : Psychology
Eligible Students	Students in Program in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Compulsory elective subject
Keywords	Recognition and emotion, Study of bilingual, Vocabulary representation, Image and concept of representation, Mechanism of memory and management.
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 （Knowledge and Understanding）・To acquire basic knowledge about theories and methods of Japanese language education.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The purpose of this course is to learn the basic knowledge relevant to learning the second language, to give important inspiration concerning the second language education, and to understand psychological mechanisms of students through learning research achievements by means of cognitive and language psychology (including hypothesis and theories).
Class Schedule	Lesson 1　Basic knowledge about learning, the acquisition of the second language (Mother tongue and second language，etc.) Lesson 2　Memory representation of a second languages(1)(eparation theory, joint ownership theory, association experiment, etc.) Lesson 3　Memory representation of a second language (2)( vocabulary, Hierarchy model of the concept, Development hypothesis，etc.) Lesson 4　Memory representation of a second language (3)(Bilingual double encoding model) Lesson 5　Interference between two languages (Code-switching，Stroop problem，etc.) Lesson 6　Education and psychology of the second language(1)(The acquisition and maintenance of the vocabulary information，etc.) Lesson 7　Education and psychology of the second language(2)(Saint-Lambert experiment，etc.) Lesson 8　【Midterm exam】　Education and psychology of the second language (3)(English education of the elementary school，etc.) Lesson 9　Learning and the recognition of the second language (1)(Memory of a sentence, the sentence of the second language，etc.) Lesson 10　Learning and the recognition of the second language (2)(Declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge，etc.) Lesson 11　Psychology organon of the second language(Two major firelds of the language science，etc.) Lesson 12　Psychology study of the Japanese learner(1)(Mental lexicon, Kanji learning，etc.) Lesson 13　Psychology study of the Japanese learner(2)(Listening span test，etc.) Lesson 14　Psychology study of the Japanese learner (3)(Shadowing training，etc.) Lesson 15 Summary, Questions & Answers, Group learning Midterm examination Lesson 8 will be the examination to confirm the basic knowledge of content from Lesson1 to Lesson7. Term-end examination required to explain the matters, introduce the experimental study, or explain the thesis and model from all lessons. Also to measure the skills of guessing psychological process of the second language learning. At all examinations you write answers by looking at notebook materials provided in class. At term-end examination, the question about a sign-language as a second language is included. Text/Reference Books, etc. No specific textbooks.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	森敏昭（編著）『おもしろ言語のラボラトリー　認知心理学を語る②』北大路書房，海保博之・柏崎秀子（編著）『日本語教育のための心理学』新曜社
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Both Power Point and whiteboard are used in class. Sheets of materials are provided as teaching materials each lesson. The relevant literature is introduced in class when needed.
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Lesson 1 - Lesson 13 every time key words are provided for the next lesson, it is desirable to finde and look for important psychological and linguistic phenomena, theories and models, etc.individually.
Requirements	Listen to the teacher firmly. Do not only write down the linguistic or non-linguistic information on the screen or whiteboard. Students will experience learning progress of basic words taking sign language as a second language to explore deep understandings of linguistic second language.Students with more than five absence of fourteen lessons cannot take the final exam.
Grading Method	Results of class are evaluated on midterm examination 30%, Term-end examination 70%.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	I hope that not only students who have interests and concerns in education and learning of a second language, who want to improve your own language ability, but also even who feel difficulty in learning a second language will take this course. And through the lessons, I hope you will enhance your own perspective of education and learning of a second language.
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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