韓日国際結婚家庭の日本語継承を支えるもの －母と娘の語りから見る継承日本語教育－

Abstract

With the rise in international marriages, several studies have examined the families of Korean-Japanese cross-border marriages residing in South Korea. However, so far, no long term studies have focused on language acquisition or learning by the children of these marriages, from the perspective of both parent and child. Thus, in this study, mother and daughter in families of Korean-Japanese cross-border marriages residing in South Korea was interviewed. The aim of the study was to explore Japanese language succession within this family from the perspectives of both parent and child. We targeted not only parents but also children who were actively learning Japanese and had already achieved a high level of Japanese. We explored aspects of Japanese language education as a heritage language over a longer timespan from childhood to adulthood. The results of these interviews show that both mothers and daughters used Japanese as a communication tool and consciously used it in their daily lives. Furthermore, it was found that various environments were created that were conducive to Japanese language learning when relocating from Japan to South Korea. Thereby, a solid foundation for Japanese learning was created. Further, it became evident that in such environments, each individual had their own sense of Japanese language succession. Thus, Japanese language acquisition and learning has promoted Japanese language succession, leading to proactive succession of the language.