A Proposal for Teaching Reading Japanese to JSL Children Using "Exchanging Diary" as Teaching Materials

コウカン　ニッキ　ヲ　トオシテ　マナブ　ヨミ　ノ　チカラ　モジ　ヘノ　テイコウカン　ノ　ツヨイ　ジドウ　ヲ　タイショウ　ニ

ヒラタ, マサコ

Hirata, Masako

Mother Tongue, Heritage Language, and Bilingual Education Research Association

ボゴ　ケイショウゴ　バイリンガル　キョウイク　ケンキュウカイ　MHB　ケンキュウカイ

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Many children who are learning Japanese as a second language have struggled to acquire reading ability after basic guidance. Therefore as an entrance into the reading world, reading materials should be fascinating to children. Thus "exchanging diary with friends" was adopted as the teaching method. Exchange dairy has many benefits. Topics are closely related to their daily life, The language style is closed to daily conversation, and moreover this method makes it possible to use language in the content-based instruction. The data was divided into two stages. In the first stage diary entries written by a non-Japanese student were analyzed according to 3 categories such as "mentioning topics", "answering the questions from friends", "sending massages form her". In the second stage the data was judged to be either passive or productive. In addition, information about intervention timing by the language supporter and its effectiveness was analyzed. In conclusion, this research proposes effective means for children to take a step forward into the reading world.