교양 초급 일본어 지도에 관한 일 제언 ―레벨 차 극복을 위한 수업 실천을 중심으로―

Abstract

This study is about a novel approach to instruct students with various levels in beginner Japanese class. This approach is designed to prevent loss of motivation due to a lack of previous knowledge and enhance students’ motivation in class. This new approach starts with a pretest at the beginning of lecture. The pretest consists of several questions which are related to the lecture objective of each class. The pretest provides an opportunity for the students to evaluate their knowledge. After a lecture, the students have another chance to correct their own pretest. Thus, the students would realize how much they have been improved through the lecture. This pretest-correction process helps the students realize that they can reach their goals through lecture regardless their previous knowledge levels. Simultaneously, this process potentiated students’ motivation. To further test students’ perception on this new approach, surveys were given to the students at the end of the semester. I confirmed that this new ‘pretest-correction’ approach enhanced motivation of the students and thereby potentiating students’ interests and confidence levels. Further, this approach was tested by two different instructors who taught two different sections of the same class. Both classes showed the similar results suggesting that this novel approach is effective and practical regardless of instructors.