待遇コミュニケーションの観点を意識した ビジネス日本語科目に関する考察 － 場面認識と自己内省を中心に －

Abstract

Based on an overview of how ‘business Japanese’ education has developed in the past, this paper reports on a classroom practice that takes the Taigu communication viewpoint into consideration. Then this paper shows practical approaches to the goals and possibilities of future applications in business Japanese education. In recent years, the concept of ‘developing each human being holistically’ has been emphasized. There has also been a trend toward teaching actual business-related content in Japanese for classrooms designed for specific purposes. A key topic is Taigu expressions, including keigo. In order to establish ‘business Japanese’ as its own specific educational field, emphasis on unique focal points such as the ‘holistic development of the human being’ and ‘Taigu expressions’ is considered a way to show business Japanese in the most innovative light. To illustrate this point, this study reports on examples of two actual lessons. The first sample was aimed to ‘stimulate the awareness of the importance of situational recognition’ among students. At the beginning of this lesson, the author of this paper showed how five elements of Taigu communication theory interacted with one another demonstratively. During this lesson, the author repeated the idea of ‘grasping situations’ as a required element. The goal of the second sample was for students ‘to pay attention to their own Taigu communication values.’ The author tried to introduce activities related to this goal in various proactive ways. This study demonstrates the possibility of providing education that places value on each student’s identity. This means allowing each student to become a businessperson who communicates in a way that is true to himself/herself using Japanese.