動画作成ソフトを使った 2か国語プレゼンテーション授業の試み

Abstract

This paper reports on how L2 learners used the multimedia content generating software to prepare and deliver a presentation during a 4-day autonomous learning Japanese language course. The course aimed to provide learners with the opportunity to use the software to compare their presentation in Japanese and that in their first language, by viewing the video recording repeatedly and monitoring their own performance, in order to develop their presentational skills on their own. On the first day of the course, a sample video of a presentation was presented to the learners. Through a discussion, the idea was shared that it is important to be mindful of the audience to make a presentation more understandable. In the training session using an auto-reader function in the software, it was observed that one learner improved the quality of his presentation by monitoring his linguistic and non-linguistic performance and correcting it without guidance from the teacher. During the classroom presentation held on the final day, the difference between a presentation delivered in Japanese that in learners’ first language, and also between the practice presentation using the software and the actual presentation in class became evident, with some individual variability. The results suggest that the learners who successfully monitored their own performance tend to recognize pros and cons of their presentation objectively.