| Summary: | 碩士 === 東吳大學 === 日本語文學系 === 96 === Standards for language learning/teaching are being developed worldwide in order to enhance the quality of language education. Such standards comprise an absolutely necessary basis for the elaboration of language syllabi, curriculum guidelines, examinations, etc. Nevertheless, to date, no explicit and comprehensive standards for the teaching of the Japanese language in Taiwan have been developed. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), a standard accepted worldwide, can be applied to the teaching of the Japanese language in Taiwan.
The study contains four parts: (1) A comparison among the CEFR and the standards for language learning/teaching developed in the United States, Australia, China, and Korea; (2) The use of the CEFR and its impact in Europe, the United States, Japan, and Taiwan; (3) The applicability of the CEFR Can-Do-Statements in discriminating levels of listening proficiency for Japanese learners in Taiwan; (4) The degree of correlation between the outcomes from the survey of DIALANG self-assessment statements for listening proficiency in Japanese and the results from the FLPT Japanese Listening Test.
The study used qualitative methods for parts (1) and (2) and quantitative methods for parts (3) and (4). The qualitative tools include a model of the language learning/ teaching process developed by Strevens. The quantitative tools include: (1) The questionnaire for listening proficiency derived from DIALANG, which is based on the CEFR; (2) The FLPT-Japanese Listening Test, developed by the Language Training and Testing Center.
The sample was composed of a total of 191 subjects, who attended the survey and the listening test. These subjects were Japanese majors from Soochow University, including first-year students, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students, or one class for each year.
According to the analyses, the findings are as follows: (1) The CEFR can be used as a reference if it is intended to establish a common standard for Japanese Language in east Asia, namely the kanji countries/regions, which include Taiwan, China, Korea, and Hong Kong, etc. (2) CEFR is applicable to the discrimination of levels of listening proficiency for Japanese learners in Taiwan. In general, the listening proficiency of the first-year students is equivalent to A1, those of the sophomores, juniors, and seniors, to B1, and that of the graduate students, to B2. (3) The FLPT-Japanese Listening Test results correlated well with the DIALANAG self-assessment outcomes. (4) With certain modifications, the CEFR Can-Do-Statements can be applied to the teaching of the Japanese language in Taiwan.
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