Japanese

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Educational Sciences Teaching Japanese as a Second Language Program
Lecture Code	WND01050	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	日本語教育学研究プロジェクト
Subject Name （Katakana）
Subject Name in English	Research Project on Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
Instructor	DOHO MANA,OKUMURA YASUKO,YANAGISAWA HIROYA,NISHIMURA HIROSHI,NISHINA YOKO,KOGUCHI YUKIKO,NAGATA RYOTA,WATANABE TOMOKO,NAKAYAMA AKIKO,To be announced.
Instructor (Katakana)	ドウホウ　マナ,オクムラ　ヤスコ,ヤナギサワ　ヒロヤ,ニシムラ　ヒロシ,ニシナ　ヨウコ,コグチ　ユキコ,ナガタ　リョウタ,ワタナベ　トモコ,ナカヤマ　アキコ,タントウキョウインミテイ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year,  Second Semester,  Second Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2nd) Thur1-2：EDU A103
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
			Classes will basically be held in face-to-face, but some could be held via online when necessary.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	2	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	07 : Education
Eligible Students	Student in Japanese as a second language program (elective)
Keywords	Japanese Language Studies for Japanese Language Education (Doho), Experimental methods and data analysis in language processing/acquisition research (Okumura)
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)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The aim of this course is to acquire basic knowledge and techniques of research in Japanese language and culture. The first half of this class will be taught by Doho, and will consist of lectures and exercises on Japanese language research for Japanese language education. Second half of the course will focus on experimental methods and data analysis in language processing/acquisition research.
Class Schedule	lesson1: Japanese language research for Japanese language education (Set a theme) lesson2: Japanese language research for Japanese language education (Collect previous research) lesson3: Japanese language research for Japanese language education (Set up research questions) lesson4: Japanese language research for Japanese language education（Data collection） lesson5: Japanese language research for Japanese language education (Data analysis 1) lesson6: Japanese language research for Japanese language education (Data analysis 2) lesson7: Japanese language research for Japanese language education (Presentation and feedback) lesson8: Experimental study (Proposal) lesson9: Experimental study (Design) lesson10: Experimental study (Stimulus and tasks) lesson11: Experimental study (Data collection) lesson12: Experimental study (Data analysis 1) lesson13: Experimental study (Data analysis 2) lesson14: Experimental study (Interpretation and discussion) lesson15: Summary
Text/Reference Books,etc.	At the beginning of the class the necessary literature and references will be provided, during the class additional texts will be included.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Microsoft Teams, moodle
	(More Details)	computer, projector
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Students should read the assigned texts and articles in advance. Further work outside of class may include following activities: language documentation, annotating, summarizing, brainstorming, systematic questioning, outlining own thoughts, drafting, revising.
Requirements
Grading Method	Class participation  (50%), Presentation (50%)
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
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