英文摘要 |
This study, based on actual teaching of Business Japanese, takes up attitudinal expressions used by students in their business mails, and, focusing on their use of honorific expressions, puts those examples in order as classified items. Theories employed in the classification are primarily based on the “Theory of Politeness'' proposed b y Kabaya Hiroshi, Kawaguchi Yoshikazu, and Sakamoto Megumi , with also the theories expressed in Utsunomiya Yoko's “-sasete itadaku'' and Kim Dongkyu's “Onegaishimasu'' being considered as useful for our discussion. To decide and propose the exact learning items to be taught to students by probing into the causes of errors made by them is the object of this paper as indeed it is the role of us teachers as well. As a result, after studying and examining the errors as seen in those samples with their causes identified, we have been able to come up with and propose some exact teaching items classified into the following six areas: 1) Wording of the subjects of mails, 2) Wording of addressees' proper names, positions, and company names , 3) Proper distinguishing between out -group members as against in-group members, 4) Adequacy of honorifics in form and usage, 5) Wording of closing remarks, and 6) Incorrect use of introductory remarks. |