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Position

Professor at Institute of Japan Studies

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Field

Japanese Language Education / Applied Linguistics��Second Language Acquisition)

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Developing teaching methods and materials to suit the growing diversity among international students

I have been teaching Japanese to non-Japanese students for over 30 years. It used to be the case that most international students were aiming to find work with Japanese companies or Japanese affiliates or to become researchers. Today, students' goals are becoming ever more diverse, as there are more and more people who are inspired to learn Japanese after coming into contact with Japan through popular culture such as manga and anime or other interests. We take into account the fact that such students are motivated by interests in Japan and Japanese culture and bring this out in our teaching methods and materials as far as possible.

International students want to learn about Japan and make Japanese friends. Our teaching methods therefore place emphasis on the interaction that occurs when international students introduce their own country's cultur