A Causal Model of the Symbiotic Learning of Communication Rules

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  • 意識的配慮の共生的学習に関する因果モデルの検討
  • 意識的配慮の共生的学習に関する因果モデルの検討--ボランティア日本語教室アジア系学習者の場合
  • イシキテキ ハイリョ ノ キョウセイテキ ガクシュウ ニ カンスル インガ モデル ノ ケントウ ボランティア ニホンゴ キョウシツ アジアケイ ガクシュウシャ ノ バアイ
  • Asians in Voluntary Japanese Language Classes
  • ボランティア日本語教室アジア系学習者の場合

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The purposes of the present study were (1) to investigate non-Japanese Asians' accommodation of conversation rules in situations in which they were talking with Japanese native speakers,(2) to use path analysis to examine factors influencing the symbiotic learning of Japanese as a foreign language by non-Japanese Asians in a voluntary class, and (3) to compare these results with those from persons from other Asian countries studying in Japan, and from that comparison, derive suggestions for educational practice. Factor analysis of responses on a questionnaire completed by 104 non-Japanese Asians (50 men, 52 women, 2 unknown sex average age 32.4 years) from 11 voluntary Japanese language classes revealed 4 conversation rules, which were correlated with Japanese language proficiency. Path analysis indicated that beliefs about nonverbal learning and motivation for the future facilitated the symbiotic learning of 3 of the conversation rules. Beliefs about nonverbal learning and motivation for the future were found to be affected by friendships and positive ethnic experiences. By comparison with students from other Asian countries, Asians in the voluntary classes were less proficient in Japanese and less sensitive to non-native speaker-native speaker situations.

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