提升表達能力的會話教育實踐－以 「高級日語會話」為例

Using TAE to Enhance Development of Linguistic Expression in Japanese Conversation Class A case study of Advance Japanese Conversation Class

以往的日語會話教育多以「模式」做為練習的參考。在語言奠基的階段，語彙和句型學習的重要性無須贅言。但是隨著進階到中段、高級，學習者也會想要能自由表達而不必借助特定的語言模式。會話教育有必要達到學習者本身可以好好掌握「想說」的內容，並傳達給參與會話的對象這個目標。本研究在日本語教育的立場依循上述觀點，立定研究目的在如何引導學習者說出想說的話，並報告運用了TAE（Thinking at the Edge）理論於會話教育的結果。TAE的中心概念始於獲得屬於自己的感覺，之後將感覺語言化。首先要練習體驗何謂感覺，確實掌握自身感覺後，應用到談論個人體驗的活動裡。結果顯示，可以觀察到學習者的會話量的增加和質的變化2點特色。關於質的變化，會話內容由原本教學中的固定「模式」跳脫成描寫學習者個人「感覺」，可看見內容本身的深度變化。

In Japanese conversation class, students are often required to practice conversation by means of a ”conversation model” which is typically provided by a textbook or a teacher. However, as learning progresses to an intermediate or advanced level, the ability to express oneself freely without reliance on a specific linguistic form is both desirable and essential to reaching higher levels of competence. In view of these basic premises of language learning, the goal of this study is to set up an educational target based on helping the learner to find what the learner wants to say through incorporating an application of TAE (Thinking at the Edge) theory into the conversation class.The core concept of TAE is based on obtaining first a personal ”felt sense”(a term defined by Eugene T. Gendlin as a special kind of internal bodily awareness), and then verbalizing it. As a result, (1) an increase in the amount of the conversation was observed and (2) an improvement in conversation quality was observed. Regarding this change in conversation quality, it was observed that learners's conversation deviated from the ”models” which primarily describe superficial facts toward expressing more personal ”feelings” and thus expressing content on a deeper level.