WND12150 Study of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language

Hiroshima University Syllabus

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 WND12150 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 日本語教育学演習

Subject Name
（Katakana）

Subject Name in
English Study of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language

Instructor DOHO MANA

Instructor
(Katakana) ドウホウ　マナ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year, Second Semester, 4Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Fri1-4：EDU L108

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)

Seminar, Group discussion, Presentation

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 07 : Education

Eligible Students

Keywords Japanese language education, Japanese language teaching grammar, Japanese language teaching practice research, Japanese language acquisition research using corpora, Japanese language acquisition research based on learners' errors, research on teaching materials

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 This course is a follow-up course for the introductory SLA course. It is designed to allow students to work on a research project and data analysis so as to help them develop a skills to use various research techniques in SLA.

Class Schedule lesson1 Orientation
lesson2 What is corpus research for Japanese language education?
lesson3 Corpus Exercise: What is “Chunagon”?
lesson4 Discussion: Japanese Grammar from a Learner's Perspective (1)
lesson5 Corpus Exercise: Basic Search
lesson6 Discussion: Japanese Grammar from a Learner's Perspective (2)
lesson7 Corpus Exercise: Applied Search
lesson8 Discussion: Grammar aiming for 100%, Grammar not aiming for 100%
lesson9 Presentation Assignment
lesson10 Presentation Assignment
lesson11 Setting the theme of the report
lesson12 Discussion
lesson13 Report Assignment
lesson14 Report Assignment
lesson15 Synthesis

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Textbook (to be purchased before then for use in the on-demand lecture):
Introduction to Corpus Japanese Language Research Using "Chunagon" (in Japanese), Hitsuji Shobo/ 『「中納言」を活用したコーパス日本語研究入門』ひつじ書房

Reference book:
A small Japanese language study starting from a single word" Hitsuji Shobo/『一語から始める小さな日本語学』ひつじ書房
Japanese Language Education and Nihongo Gaku by Topic-based Corpus" Hitsuji Shobo/『話題別コーパスが拓く日本語教育と日本語学』ひつじ書房

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Zoom, moodle

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Project Learning

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Address the prior tasks and attend the lesson. Group presentation and test development seminar will be conducted for the task.

Requirements This class is a more practical class based on the knowledge acquired in the "Special Course in Japanese Language Education. For this reason, students are required to take the "Special Course in Japanese Language Education" in 3T before enrolling in this course. (If you wish to start with the exercises under special circumstances, please contact the instructor in charge in advance.)

Grading Method Presentation (30%), report (40%) , class discussion (30%)

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message This course is a more practical course based on the knowledge acquired in the "Special Course in Japanese Language Education". For this reason, students are required to take the "Special Course in Japanese Language Education" offered in 3T before enrolling in this class. In this class, students will mainly become familiar with the use of corpus search tools, such as "Chunagon," BCCWJ, and I - JAS.
If you wish to take this class from 4T for special reasons (e.g., timing of entry into Japan), please contact the instructor by e-mail.

Other (Note) This class is not a "Japanese language" class for international students. This is a specialized course for training Japanese language teachers.

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	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	WND12150	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	日本語教育学演習
Subject Name （Katakana）
Subject Name in English	Study of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
Instructor	DOHO MANA
Instructor (Katakana)	ドウホウ　マナ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, Second Semester, 4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Fri1-4：EDU L108
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)
Seminar, Group discussion, Presentation
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	07 : Education
Eligible Students
Keywords	Japanese language education, Japanese language teaching grammar, Japanese language teaching practice research, Japanese language acquisition research using corpora, Japanese language acquisition research based on learners' errors, research on teaching materials
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	This course is a follow-up course for the introductory SLA course. It is designed to allow students to work on a research project and data analysis so as to help them develop a skills to use various research techniques in SLA.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Orientation lesson2 What is corpus research for Japanese language education? lesson3 Corpus Exercise: What is “Chunagon”? lesson4 Discussion: Japanese Grammar from a Learner's Perspective (1) lesson5 Corpus Exercise: Basic Search lesson6 Discussion: Japanese Grammar from a Learner's Perspective (2) lesson7 Corpus Exercise: Applied Search lesson8 Discussion: Grammar aiming for 100%, Grammar not aiming for 100% lesson9 Presentation Assignment lesson10 Presentation Assignment lesson11 Setting the theme of the report lesson12 Discussion lesson13 Report Assignment lesson14 Report Assignment lesson15 Synthesis
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Textbook (to be purchased before then for use in the on-demand lecture): Introduction to Corpus Japanese Language Research Using "Chunagon" (in Japanese), Hitsuji Shobo/ 『「中納言」を活用したコーパス日本語研究入門』ひつじ書房 Reference book: A small Japanese language study starting from a single word" Hitsuji Shobo/『一語から始める小さな日本語学』ひつじ書房 Japanese Language Education and Nihongo Gaku by Topic-based Corpus" Hitsuji Shobo/『話題別コーパスが拓く日本語教育と日本語学』ひつじ書房
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Zoom, moodle
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Project Learning
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Address the prior tasks and attend the lesson. Group presentation and test development seminar will be conducted for the task.
Requirements	This class is a more practical class based on the knowledge acquired in the "Special Course in Japanese Language Education. For this reason, students are required to take the "Special Course in Japanese Language Education" in 3T before enrolling in this course. (If you wish to start with the exercises under special circumstances, please contact the instructor in charge in advance.)
Grading Method	Presentation (30%), report (40%) , class discussion (30%)
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	This course is a more practical course based on the knowledge acquired in the "Special Course in Japanese Language Education". For this reason, students are required to take the "Special Course in Japanese Language Education" offered in 3T before enrolling in this class. In this class, students will mainly become familiar with the use of corpus search tools, such as "Chunagon," BCCWJ, and I - JAS. If you wish to take this class from 4T for special reasons (e.g., timing of entry into Japan), please contact the instructor by e-mail.
Other	(Note) This class is not a "Japanese language" class for international students. This is a specialized course for training Japanese language teachers.
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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