How Does a Child Living Overseas With Her Family Long-Term Make Sense of Her Learning Experience at a Supplementary School? : From an Interview With a University Student Who Graduated From a Supplementary School

カイガイ　チョウキ　タイザイ　カテイ　ノ　コドモ　ハ　ホシュウ　ジュギョウコウ　デノ　ガクシュウ　ケイケン　ヲ　ドノヨウニ　イミヅケテ　イルカ　ホシュウ　ジュギョウコウ　ヲ　ソツギョウ　シタ　ダイガクセイ　ヘノ　インタビュー　カラ　

ホンマ, ショウコ

Homma, Shoko

重松, 香奈

シゲマツ, カナ

Shigematsu, Kana

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

海外長期滞在家庭

ライフストーリー

年少者日本語教育

継承語教育

Research Note

This paper explores how a Japanese child in a long-term overseas household makes meaning of her learning experience at a supplementary school. Through the life story of a university student, we aim to shed light on the child’s feelings while attending a supplementary school and learning Japanese there. The analysis reveals that the education at the supplementary school was not always congruent with the needs of the participant of the study and that she was learning Japanese with mixed feelings between the two. The findings suggest supplementary schools acknowledge and support the way individual children interact with Japanese. Continued attendance at a supplementary school is not the only outcome of successful learning of Japanese, and it is important to create an environment where children can interact with Japanese in their own ways, and the child’s decision to distance oneself from learning Japanese should be positively regarded as the child’s own choice.

重松, 香奈