日本語教科書に見られる待遇表現についての考察-11種の教科書を資料として-

Abstract

Investigating and examining the honorific expression of Japanese used in beginner Japanese textbooks yielded the following findings for this study. (I) It was challenging to find an example to clarify personal pronouns because only the corresponding Japanese or only Japanese was written when presenting personal pronouns. Therefore, it is determined that without a teacher's additional explanation, it will be challenging for students to comprehend these uses. (II) It was unnatural for the characters to speak exclusively in "polite language" regardless of the scene because the setting of the scene where the characters were conversing with each other was not explicitly set. (III) Regardless of the relationship between the characters, various honorific expressions were used in dialogues where self-introduction was set as a conversation scene. It is believed that this will confuse students. (IV) There were a mix of words that could have a "o" prefix, like "omise" and "mise," and words that changed their meanings when the "o" was dropped, like "onigiri" and "odaijini." This is thought to cause a lot of confusion for learners, and it is anticipated that further research on this vocabulary guidance will be required. (V) Only 3 out of the 11 textbooks recommended "saseteitadaku" as a learning item, and even these 3 textbooks only provided a brief explanation of the term as a polite expression of the noun "suru." Additionally, there were cases where this expression was used in unnatural conversations and examples. Teachers are advised to take caution before introducing and explaining "saseteitadaku" in class by drawing upon these dialogues or examples.