植民地期の国語教科書にみられる言語教育 ―『国定一』·『台湾一』·『朝一』の国語教科書の漢字教育を通して―

Abstract

This dissertation examines and compares the Chinese characters used in the Japanese-language (as the common national language) textbook series 'Gukjeongil (国定一; Japan)', 'Deamanil (台湾一: Taiwan)', and 'Joil (朝一; Korea)', which were used for public elementary school education in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea during the early era in Korea. In Gukjeongil, an analysis of the Chinese characters studied reveals that the actual number of characters amounted to 873, i.e. 373 more than the 500 designated characters. The total number of Chinese characters used in all levels of the textbook is 10,233, and the number of characters increases progressively as students advance. In Daemanil, new Chinese characters are not presented in books one through four; instead, 981 characters are studied in the books five through twelve. With regard to the total number of Chinese characters used in the fifth book (3,514 characters) uses the most characters of the entire series. It is noteworthy, however, that the number of characters in the twelfth book was 311, which was the fewest, and was reduced to 1/10 compared to the fifth book. The total number of characters in the entire series of twelve books is 11,899. Joil introduces 1,635 Chinese characters over the course of eight books. The total number of characters tends to increase gradually as students advance. The total number of characters used throughout the eight books is 30,267. The author’s analysis has revealed that there are noticeable differences between the Chinese characters learned in the elementary school Japanese-language textbook series Gukjeongil, Daemanil, and Joil, which were used in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea, respectively.