MOTIVATION MAKING IN MINOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION: A CASE OF HUNGARIAN IN JAPAN Mari OKAMOTO Osaka University, Japan
FOUR TYPES OF HUNGARIAN EDUCATION IN THE WORLD 1 Hungarian within Hungary -- Foreigners need for job, family etc. 2 Hungarian in neighboring countries -- Hungarian origins -- maintenance of mother tongue 3 Hungarian in Europe and USA -- immigrants and descendants -- Finno-Ugric language family 4 Hungarian faraway -- ex. China, South Korea, Japan
THE POSITION OF HUNGARIAN IN JAPAN No strong relation with Hungary -- no immigrants/ descendants not genetically related to Hungarians -- no historical/ economic/ cultural relation Small number of learners
CHINESE AND DUTCH AS MAIN TOOLS FOR ACCESS TO HIGHER CULTURE The first medical text translated from Dutch (1774)
MODERNIZATION OF JAPAN SINCE THE SECOND HALF OF 19 TH CENTURY Iwakura mission members of the diplomatic journey to the West in 1870s The first women studying abroad
ENGLIGH IS IN THE ABSOLUTE POSITION IN JAPANESE EDUCATION EXAMINEES OF EACH LANGUAGE AT UNIVERSITY CENTER ADMISSION 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 English 512,451 519,538 519,867 535,835 525,217 German 124 132 125 123 147 French 165 151 142 151 134 Chinese 364 392 389 445 449 Korean 167 163 151 180 161
AT HOW MANY UNIVERSITIES IS EACH LANGUAGE TAUGHT? (2003) 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 English Chinese German French Korean Spanish Russian Italian Latin Arabic others Datenreihe1
Foreign language = English Language education = English education Extremely homogenious situation of langage education -- getting stronger in globalisation Idea of multiligual/multicultural education -- focused on Chinese and Korean Finno-Ugric languages are Ultra minor languages in Japan!
SETTING A DIFFERENT GOAL OF LANGUAGE LEARNING The idea of 3C Communicative Creative Contributive
CREATIVE AND CONTRIBUTIVE GOAL OF LANGUAGE LEARNING Target language & culture (teacher) Language learner People of the target language (teacher) Language learner
JAPANESE-HUNGARIAN BILINGUAL PROJECTS SINCE 2003 (1) Selecting the subject (2) Writing contents & Transtation into Hungarian (3) Make into a booklet & Dedicate to the Hungarians
LIST OF BILINGUAL PROJECT 2003 年 日 本 語 ハンガリー 語 生 活 文 化 事 典 Japán-magyar kulturális kislexikon (A small encyclopedia of Japanese culture) 2004 年 日 本 人 の 名 前 事 典 A japán utónevek szótára (Encyclopedia of Japanese names) 2005 年 ハンガリー 民 話 集 Magyar népmesék (Hungarian folktales) 2006 年 日 本 語 擬 音 語 擬 態 語 辞 典 A japán hangulatfestő szavak szótára (Dictionary of Japanese onomatopeia) 2007 年 ハンガリー 語 身 体 表 現 ミニ 辞 典 A magyar testrésznevek-kifejezés szótára (Dictionary of body part expressions of Hungarian) 2008 年 ハンガリー 人 のための 日 本 の 歩 き 方 ガイド Járunk-kelünk Japánban! (Japan guide book for Hungarians) 2009 年 日 本 語 ことわざ 辞 典 A japán szólások és közmondások kislexikona (Dictionary of Japanese proverbs) 2010 年 ハンガリー 人 のための 日 本 の 生 活 お 役 立 ち 事 典 Mit kell tudni a japán életről? (What should you know about Japanese life?) 2011 年 もしあなたが 日 本 に 生 まれていたなら Ha Japánban születtél volna... (If you were born in Japan...) 2012 年 ごはんですよ! Jó étvágyat! (Enjoy your meal! A guide for Japanese food) 2013 年 色 のいろイロ Színekrők színesen (Encyclopedia of color expressions) 2014 年 いまひとたびの 百 人 一 首 Százszorszép japán versek (Hyakunin-issu: A hundred Japanese poems by a hundred poets) 2015 年 なにわともあれ 好 きやねん 大 阪 Édes Oszakám! (Osaka guide book for Hungarians)
HYAKUNIN-ISSU PROJECT IN 2014 (SZÁZSZORSZÉP JAPÁN VERSEK) 100 poems by 100 persons Emperors, nobles, officials, priests, soldiers etc. Subjects: love, nature, life Medieval Japanese 5-7-5-7-7 31 syllables
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! MEMBERS OF 2015 PROJECT OSAKA GUIDE BOOK FOR HUNGARIANS (ÉDES OSZAKÁM!)
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