著者

福岡 昌子

出版者

三重大学国際交流センター

雑誌

三重大学国際交流センター紀要

巻号頁・発行日

vol.6, pp.11-29, 2011-03-25

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It is frequently difficult for Chinese and Korean learners of Japanese to acquireperception and pronunciation of Japanese voiced/unvoiced plosives. This studyinvestigated perception and plosive acquisition by Beijing, / Shanghai and Seouldialect speakers utilizing VOT analysis.All three subjects found it difficult to produce vocal cord vibration while attempting to pronounce Japanese voiced plosives because their L I doesn't havevoiced plosives. This was observed even though they can perceive the Japanese voicedplosives as "a new sound".Further, in perception, the Beijing / Shanghai dialect speakers experiencedsimilar-sound confusion between their L 1 voiceless unaspirated plosives and Japanesevoiceless plosives. In the case of Seoul dialect speakers they confused the voicelessJapanese plosives with the L I lax plosives as a similar sound in L 2.In production however, the Beijing/Shanghai dialect speakers experienced similar sound confusion between their L 1 voiceless unaspirated plosives andJapanese voicedplosives. In the case of Seoul dialect speaker's production, they confused the voiced Japanese plosives with the L 1 lax plosives as a similar sound in L 2.Finally, the Beijing / Shanghai dialect speakers were confused by word-middle andword-final positions. On the other hand, the Seoul dialect learners were confused at the word initial position, and experienced confusion of pitch pattern caused by L 1interference. The study revealed the resemblances and differences in the acquisition and the teaching of Japanese plosives and the mechanism of the confusion experienced in the Japanese plosive acquisition.

著者

福岡 昌子 Fukuoka Masako

出版者

三重大学国際交流センター

雑誌

三重大学国際交流センター紀要

巻号頁・発行日

vol.4, pp.49-65, 2009

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Practical Japanese Language Teaching Sessions I & II were delivered by the Center for International Education and Research (CIER) in 2007. This Report focuses on the "Practical Japanese Language Teaching Session II"on August 22/23, 2007. "Practical Japanese Language Teaching II" subtitled "Summer Homework Helpers : Leaning Support Using the First Language of Foreign Learners". This project was delivered under the auspices of Suzuka and Matsuzaka City Board of Education. The project aimed to provide children of foreign origin with an opportunity to consider the life of foreign students who visited Japan from distant places to study Japanese, the importance of learning, and their own future in Japan. We were accompanied by 10 foreign students from our university, and visited Sakurajima Elementary School in Suzuka City on August 22nd, 2007 and the Rinpokan building in Matsuzaka City on August 23rd, 2007. The foreign students taught mathematics and gave summer homework help as well as played games originating in their home countries with the children. The foreign students used their first languages; Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog and Chinese so that the children could understand easily. The two days were meaningful learning experience for both the children and the university students. The project also enjoyed popularity among the elementary school teachers who participated.