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Class activities expressing life experiences : For the utilization of social context

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2018, (55), pp.39-54
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2018.55.39
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : December 31, 2017
  • Accepted : February 23, 2018
  • Published : March 20, 2018

KIM TAE HEE 1

1중앙대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The present study was designed for learners to bring and use their life experiences in class. The purpose was to determine whether the use of learners' own experience was helpful for active learning, learners felt it was practical, and if what learners felt increased learning motivation by their evaluation after the application to class. After the class activities were applied to some learning items in parallel with traditional lecture-style classes in a Japanese course for one semester, the achievement of the research goal was evaluated by collecting and classifying learners’ opinions at the end of the semester. The results of learners’ opinions and instructor’s evaluation showed that first, it helped active learning, but the number was small. Second, the most prevalent answer was ‘It was practical because sentences related to their own real life were used in practice’. In addition, similar number of answers stated ‘It helped to improve my skills’. Through the answers, improvement of learning motivation was confirmed. Third, the class activities served the role of improving learners’ motivation, but it was seen that more thoughtful considerations should be given to learners who have difficulty catching up with class activities. Fourth, the class activities are more effective for classes with small number of students, and for large number of students, assistive measures that can supplement interactions with the instructor were found to be necessary.

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