1st Edition

Social Networking Approach to Japanese Language Teaching The Intersection of Language and Culture in the Digital Age

Edited By Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, Fumiko Nazikian, Jisuk Park Copyright 2021
220 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Social Networking Approach to Japanese Language Teaching is a timely guide for Japanese language teachers and anyone interested in language pedagogy. The book outlines an innovative approach to language instruction which goes beyond the communicative approach and encourages a global view of language education and curriculum development through the use of social networking. It showcases... Read more

1 Social Networking Approach: Language Education for Global Citizenship

Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku

2 Widening a Global View Through Connecting With Multicultural Speakers

Fumiko Nazikian

3 Imagining an Alternative: "What if?" Project – Novice to Intermediate level

Jisuk Park

4 Who Are We? Rediscovering and Reconstructing Our Identities Through Personal Storytelling, Using the SNA Approach

Asami Tsuda

5 Developing JFL Learners’ Reading and Writing Skills with the SNA

Yuki Matsuda

6 "Ikumen" Project in the San Diego Japanese Community

Izumi Takeda

7 Learning Japanese Through Connection

Cao Le Dung Chi

8 Building Learning Communities Through a Character Bento Project

Junko Tokuda Simpson

9 Connecting With Local Japanese Communities: Community Involvement Projects and the SNA

Tomoko Shibata and Yoko Katagiri

Biography

Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku is Professor in the School of Global Policy & Strategy at University of California San Diego, USA.

Fumiko Nazikian is Senior Lecturer in Japanese at Columbia University, USA.

Jisuk Park is Assistant Professor of Japanese language at University of Toronto, Canada.