著者

加藤 美紀 Miki Kato

雑誌

共立国際研究 : 共立女子大学国際学部紀要 = The Kyoritsu journal of international studies

巻号頁・発行日

vol.32, pp.153-167, 2015-03

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This paper discusses how to create effective Kambun education in the Japanese elementary school. The school course guidelines which are drawn up by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology were revised in 2008. One of the remarkable changes in the revision is that classical literature education is stressed. In 2011, elementary schools introduced new content, that is Kobun(classical Japanese literature)and Kambun(classical Chinese literature which is read by a particular translation method called Kundoku). The revision says that the main focus of the classical literature education is reading aloud and feeling the rhythm of the classical sentences. However, it is not clear that what the rhythm is and what students can learn. This paper examines the guidelines and suggests that effective Kambun learning should take a new approach to language education, instead of simply reading aloud.