Teaching Japanese Pragmatic Competence Using Film Clips

Teaching Japanese Pragmatic Competence Using Film Clips

Taking three common pragmatic errors by intermediate students of Japanese as a starting point, namely, overuse of the 1st person pronoun watashi, and incorrect use of hearsay markers and sentence final particles, this paper develops a strategy for employing film clips in classroom and homework exerc...

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Main Author: Wakae Kambara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2011-01-01
Series:L2 Journal
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2wc6962j#main
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spelling doaj-1bab873437dd46278124120198f9bfd82020-11-24T22:08:17ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaL2 Journal1945-02221945-02222011-01-0132144157Teaching Japanese Pragmatic Competence Using Film ClipsWakae Kambara0University of California, BerkeleyTaking three common pragmatic errors by intermediate students of Japanese as a starting point, namely, overuse of the 1st person pronoun watashi, and incorrect use of hearsay markers and sentence final particles, this paper develops a strategy for employing film clips in classroom and homework exercises to model NS language use and to deepen student understanding of the meanings of these linguistic forms in Japanese, thereby improving their communicative competence. I also show how the verbal forms work in tandem with filmic devices to create meaning.https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2wc6962j#main
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description Taking three common pragmatic errors by intermediate students of Japanese as a starting point, namely, overuse of the 1st person pronoun watashi, and incorrect use of hearsay markers and sentence final particles, this paper develops a strategy for employing film clips in classroom and homework exercises to model NS language use and to deepen student understanding of the meanings of these linguistic forms in Japanese, thereby improving their communicative competence. I also show how the verbal forms work in tandem with filmic devices to create meaning.
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