役割語グループワークの授業実践 ― 韓日翻訳授業における試み ―

Abstract

Though activities aimed at understanding and properly using role language are important for learners, there are few previous studies that have reported activities on role language especially in translation classes. This paper reports on the practice of group activities on role language in Korean-Japanese translation classes, and discusses its possibilities and points to note. The results of the survey about role language revealed that there was a significant difference between Korean learners of Japanese and native Japanese speakers, and that role language was not easy to learn even for intermediate or advanced learners. In the first half of the class, students analyzed the role language assigned to each group. In addition to usage and vocabulary, there were points made regarding phonetic characteristics, so the characteristics were generally well analyzed. However, considering that this is a translation class, it is open to discussion as to how much time should be spent on analyzing role language. In the second half of the class, they attempted to translate Korean video　scripts into Japanese using role language. It would have been a more meaningful activity if there had been time for discussion to examine the translation results as a whole class. In this activity they freely chose the objects to be translated. In addition to this activity, some activities that translate what already had been translated by professionals, or activities that translate various types of role language would also have been effective. The post-class survey revealed that group activities in this report provided good opportunities not only to translate spoken words, but also to learn about the diversity of the Japanese language. Furthermore, it was revealed that fun activities helped improve Japanese language skills.