Japanese Language Teaching: A Communicative Approach

by Alessandro G. Benati

Japanese Language Teaching examines the practical aspects of the acquisition of Japanese as a second language, underpinned by current theory and research. Each chapter examines the theory and practice of language teaching, and progresses to a consideration of the practical design of tasks for teaching. The final section applies theory and practice to an empirical case study, drawn from a classroom with Japanese as a second language. With its emphasis on practice underpinned by contemporary theory, this book will be of interest to postgraduates studying second language acquisition and applied linguistics.

226 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2009

About the author

Alessandro Benati is the Head of the English Department at the American University of Sharjah. He has previously worked in the United Kingdom at the University of Greenwich, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Middlesex University, and the University of Portsmouth. He is honorary visiting professor at the University of York St john, UK. Alessandro is internationally known for his research in second language acquisition and second language teaching. He has published ground-breaking research with James Lee on the pedagogical framework called processing instruction. He is co-Editor of the journal ISLA (Equinox Publishing), and Editor of the Advanced ISLA Research Book Series for Bloomsbury Publishing. He is a member of the editorial board for the journal Language Teaching Research and Co-Editor of the Grammar World Japanese online platform. He has recently launched with John Schwieter a new series for Cambridge University Press called Elements in Second Language Acquisition. Alessandro has co-ordinated national and international high-impact research projects funded by the European Union, Leverhulme Trust, British Academy, Sassakawa Foundation, Japanese MEXT, and the School Challenge. He is a member of the AHRC Peer Review College and the REF Panel 2021.He is currently working on two monographs (Key Questions in Second Language Acquisition: An Introduction and Key Issues in Second Language Teaching) for Cambridge University Press

Reviews

[Shang]

《日语教学：交际法》 本教科书为读者提供了以下方面的基础知识：
分析围绕语法教学的作用和并将这些问题与自己的经验联系起来，以便能够将其应用于自己作为教师、研究人员的实践中或教材开发。本书的目的如下：
（1） 回顾第二语言习得的研究和相关理论，证明一个理论�日语交际法的理论和实证基础语言教学；
（2）提供研究概述，重点关注形式成分在语言习得中的作用，以反思教学干预的作用在日语教学中；
（3） 理解输入在第二语言习得中的重要作用并就如何为第二语言提供更好的输入得出一些结论
（4） 概述衡量不同语法教学方法效果的研究，为语言教师设计日语语法任务；
（5） 为日语教师提供一个如何进行理论学习的概述原则可用于设计和准备日语教学；
（6） 激励读者合成材料，以便他们自己进行设计一系列日语活动，可在即将到来的课堂上使用作为语言教学讨论
的跳板方法论
（7） 提供第二语言研究方法的基础知识特别是实验方法，使读者能够进行实验这一领域的研究。