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Effects of out-of-class activities on the acquisition of Japanese vocabulary and expressions

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2021, (68), pp.91-105
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2021.68.91
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : March 30, 2021
  • Accepted : May 25, 2021
  • Published : June 20, 2021

渋谷雅円 1

1立命館アジア太平洋大学

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the vocabulary and expressions that Korean international students learn in out-of-class activities, and to examine how to teach them in class. Out-of-class activities for learning new vocabulary and expressions were mainly "dormitory life," "part-time job," and "friendship with Japanese friends", and a large portion of the vocabulary and expressions acquired were related to real life. In particular, it was found that there were many vocabulary and expressions used for questions and answers to communicate with other people, and also for expressing the state of people and objects. In addition, when unfamiliar vocabulary or expressions appeared, as a countermeasure, each student tried to understand them using various strategies such as confirming the meaning with the other speaker or guessing it from the situation. Out-of-class activities provide the students with an opportunity to learn vocabulary and expressions such as dialects or colloquial languages that are not learned in class, as well as an opportunity to try what students learn in class and correct errors by observing utterances of Japanese native speakers. These results proved the usefulness of learning bridging. Further, in order to connect the contents learned in the out-of-class activities to the class, it is necessary to (1)introduce in class the representative dialect of the area where students are living, (2)introduce usage rules rather than imply memorizing nominalized vocabulary, (3)introduce the colloquial form as well if it is available when introducing new grammar, and (4)introduce different meanings with priority given to basic meanings if there is time for this in the case of vocabulary or expressions that are used differently from what was learned in class. This is a summary of an effective teaching method that enhances students’ understanding of vocabulary and expressions by linking out-of-class activities and class in school.

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