川柳を取り入れた日本語会話授業における協働学習の実践 -Active Learningを取り入れた中級日本語会話の授業を中心に-

Abstract

Today's education reform is oriented towards fostering talents that have better awareness and meet the needs of society, which in turn asks instructors and students more than ever. Among them are a better understanding and acceptance of different cultures as well as language skills for problem-solving, assertiveness, and independence based on self-evaluation. To this end, students should learn to "think before giving an answer," and to appreciate ideas different from their own in their relationship with others. Collaborative learning activities that incorporate Senryu are activities that learners have engaged in while using their four language skills. This is a class where you can feel that you can make an achievement and combine it with the relationship with others in the form of collaborative activities. Here, you present your idea, make an argument and then listen to what others think about it. You can identify how their ideas differ from your own. These activities lead to an "awareness" and has a hugely positive influence on learning. Also, students were able to gain a sense of accomplishment while creating a piece of work together. This Senryu class allows students to experience and better understand Japanese culture while achieving the original goal of improving the four skills. From the standpoint of Japanese language education, Senryu leads to more in-depth learning of Japanese language by incorporating it into a conversation classes rather than as a Japanese culture class.