ニュージーランドのハイスクールで日本語を指導する日本人教師をとりまく現状について

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• This paper presents the current situation of native Japanese speakers teaching Japanese in New Zealand high schools through my own teaching experience, and from data of the chronological changes in the number of students who are learning Japanese and other languages at New Zealand high schools. According to the organization Education Counts, the number of students who are learning Japanese has declined almost every year between 2004 and 2009. The total number of those learning Japanese in 2009 was almost 80% of those in 2004 although the 2009 figure shows that Japanese is still the second most popular foreign language among high school students in New Zealand. On the contrary, the number studying Spanish and Chinese has increased dramatically, and doubled in the same period. That for Chinese is still very small, but that for Spanish could become larger than for Japanese in the near future if Spanish grows at a constant rate. These facts seem to reflect the Japanese economic recession and the strengthening of the economic relationship between New Zealand and China, and between New Zealand and South American countries. But we need to research this issue more deeply to verify the data. Due to the above situation, the number of schools offering Japanese courses has been declining and at the same time the positions for teaching Japanese have also been decreasing gradually. Many full time positions have become part time ones, and the latter are disappearing. Therefore, teachers of Japanese are now facing difficulties in obtaining positions in New Zealand. Despite the above situation, there are still some Japanese language teachers who can maintain their students' numbers, and even some who have been able to increase the number. My observation is that they are utilizing very innovative and inspiring teaching methods in their classes such as computer assisted learning programmes, stimulating group work and so on. It should be very valuable to research those teachers' teaching methods to clarify how they have been motivating their students. As a result of the current situation, many Japanese language teachers need to teach not only Japanese language, but also other subjects. To teach subjects other than Japanese in English can be very challenging for Japanese trained native speakers, especially because of the difficulties of classroom management in those other subjects. At tertiary institutions for teacher training in New Zealand, students receive very thorough training in classroom management techniques, as well as about how to teach more than two subjects. Therefore, I believe that native Japanese speakers who are willing to teach Japanese at any high school in New Zealand need to have teacher training at a tertiary institution in New Zealand before they actually undertake work at schools.

• 2010-06-19

著者

• 松本 晃徳

  元オタゴ大学

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