고등학교 일본어교과서의 ‘れるㆍられる’의 취급 현황

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the usage of the auxiliary verbs reru and rareru in high school Japanese textbooks. Base on the analysis of six kinds of textbooks, the following results were discovered. First, the frequency of reru and rareru usage varied significantly between the textbooks. Second, in terms of verb types, 53.60% of examples were related to “Godan verbs,” whereas 38.40% were related to “Ichidan verbs.” Third, when examples were categorized according to the meaning of reru and rareru into “passive,” “potential,” “respect,” and “voluntary,” distinctive differences between the textbooks were observed. The above findings show that the teaching of reru and rareru differ greatly depending on the textbook that is chosen by the high school. Therefore, frequently used phrases like reru and rareru require particular attention when writing and developing Japanese textbooks.