DSpace Collection: 第01号

A Content-Based Approach to the Learning of Vocabulary Through Composition and Schematic Mapping

Title: A Content-Based Approach to the Learning of Vocabulary Through Composition and Schematic Mapping

Authors: SUENAGA, Eiji Leland

Abstract: This paper is a preliminary study of the teaching of vocabulary to 1st year Japanese Studies majors in the newly created Faculty of Humanities of Hokkai Gakuen University. The teaching was centered around a theme-based student centered approach incorporating schematic mapping. The purpose behind this approach is an attempt to demonstrate to the students that they, not the teacher, are their own best resource when learning a new language, or anything else for that matter. The affective and cognitive components of this teaching approach are given a theoretical basis and presented as factors influencing student achievement in the classroom. It is hoped that exposing students to this approach will enable them to become aware of a learning strategy with which to continue their education beyond the classroom, that is, throughout their lives.

A Study of Communication Strategies : Comprehensibility of Japanese English

Title: A Study of Communication Strategies : Comprehensibility of Japanese English

Authors: KOBAYASHI, Toshihiko

Abstract: This study investigates the possible differences in the use of Communication Strategies (CSs) by English speakers of three different proficiency levels-intermediate, advanced, and native-in terms of the types and the frequency and their comprehensibility. The speakers narrated twenty sets of pictures, and their recorded narrations were listened to by thirty Japanese and thirty English native speakers to measure their comprehensibility. One-way chi-square was utilized to see the significant differences among the frequency of CSs used by the three speakers. A Two-Way ANOVA was used to see the significant differences among the means of comprehension tests by six equal groups. The results show that the intermediate speaker used far more CSs than the advanced speaker. No use of CSs was observed in the native speaker's data. As for comprehensibility, the higher the speaker's proficiency level was, the better his narrations were comprehended. In this paper, some pedagogical implications for the teach-ability of CSs are also discussed.

北駕文庫蔵『鴨長明方丈記異本』

Title: 北駕文庫蔵『鴨長明方丈記異本』

Authors: 徳永, 良次

Abstract: This paper is a reprint of the "Hojoki" written by Kamonochomei, which is garnered in the "Hokuga Collection" of the Hokkai Gakuen University Library, with a bibliographic explanation. It is clear, among the "hojoki-Ryakuhon" group, "Hojoki" in "Hokuga Collection" has the closest relationship with "Chokyo-bon" group, especially the "Shokokan-bon", through examination of its postscript and text. However, verifying wards and the form of description adopted in the "Hojoki" in "Hokuga Collection", it is inferred that it might also relate to the "Saikanryaku-bon", which belongs to another group. Therefore, the "Hojoki" garnered in "Hokuga Collection" might be intermediate between the "Cyokyo-bon" group and the "Saikanryaku-bon" one. The "Hojoki" garnered in the "Hokuga Collection" is regarded as an important material to elucidate the genealogy of "Hojoki-ryaku-hon".

北海道の外国人私費留学生はいま : 国の留学生政策と道内の留学生

Title: 北海道の外国人私費留学生はいま : 国の留学生政策と道内の留学生

Authors: 中川, かず子; 二通, 信子

Abstract: This report is written for the purpose of discussing some proposals on up-to-date foreign-student issues prior to the grant-in-aid research for Hokkaido titled "Foreign students studying at their own expense in universities and colleges in Hokkaido (北海道における外国人私費留学生)". The first half of this paper will give an overview of "Gaikokujin shihi-ryugakusei" in Japan in relation to the goverment program "Ryugakusei 10 man-nin keikaku (a plan for increasing the number of foreign students to 100,000 by the 21st century)". It will give the reader some ideas of who the "foreign students" are, how they are studying at universities and colleges and what problems are involved. When we compare foreign students living in Hokkaido with those in Tokyo and western parts of Japan, we find some distinctive features in Hokkaido: the ratio of the goverment-sponsored students (Kokuhi-ryugakusei) is nearly the same as those paying their own expenses (Shihi-ryugakusei). In areas such as Tokyo and Osaka, most foreign students are "Shihi-ryugakusei". There are only 725 students in total in Hokkaido and that is only one-seventh (1/7) of those in the Tokyo area. Why arethere fewer foreign students in Hokkaido? The authors discuss the reasons for this. In short, a discussion among members of the university community to find better solutions to attract foreign students to Hokkaido will be needed. The life of the foreign students studying at universities inHokkaido will be introdeced in the next chapter: how they live in a different society, what problems they have and what support they can get will be described. In fact, some support projects are organized by local public organizations. At the same time, tuition-fee reduction and scholarships are provided by the Association of International Education. These support projects help Shihi-ryugakusei to a great extent; however, the funding does not seem sufficient for the increasing number of students. Recently, thoughout Japan, more institutions have their own scholarships and support projects for assisting Shihi-ryugakusei and in Hokkaido, too, some have various support projects. Hokkaido University, Muroran Institute of Technology and Sapporo Universityare examples of such institutions. Lastly what foreign students actually tell their teachers will be briefly reported.