日語教科書之日本文化理解──以「日本語を学ぼう＠Taiwan」為例

Japanese Culture Understanding in Japanese Textbook: A Case Study of ''Nihongo Wo Manabo at Taiwan''

2011年在台灣從幼稚園到大學博士班有著各式各樣的日語課程。其中，在41所大學有42個日語相關系所。其所用的教材有在日本編輯的教科書，也有在台灣本土所編撰的教科書。本文乃是希望探討透過日語教科書來理解日本文化之可能性。一般認為文化是指某個社會的歷史、民話、年節慶典、衣食住行、生活、宗教、運動、娛樂、文學、藝術活動動等。台灣有些大學設有和式日本文化教室。在這些文化教室所舉辦的活動也多為茶道、插花、和服穿著方式等由肉眼可以觀察得到的日本文化。但是，眾所皆知，日本文化不只這些。本文之重點在於考察東吳大學台籍教師所編輯的初級閱讀教材『日本語を學ぼう@Taiwan』內容之日本文化理解的可能性。

Various Japanese educations are done from the kindergarten to the doctor's course of the university in Taiwan as of August, 2011. There are 42 departments of Japanese Language at 41 universities. And, there are a lot of textbooks used in those educational institutions. Some of the textbooks are made in Japan, and some of the textbooks are made in Taiwan. The purpose of this paper is to consider the possibility of Japanese culture understanding in the textbook. What is the culture? It seems that the culture are a certain history, folk tale of the society, the annual event, and food, clothing, and housing, life, the religion, the sports, the amusement, literature, and art activities. The Japanese culture classroom in the Japanese-style room ware set up by some universities in Taiwan. Many of activities done in the Japanese-style room are the visible cultural forms. For example sado, kado, kimono. However, the Japanese cultures are not only these. This paper is a case study to consider the possibility of Japanese culture understanding in textbook ''Nihongo wo manabo at Taiwan'' compiled by the Taiwanese teacher of Soochow University.