Teaching Sociolinguistic Knowledge in Japanese High Schools

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327
Writer(s): 
Kiwamu Izumi, Kiryu Girl's High School

This paper presents a preliminary report on teaching sociolinguistic knowledge
in an EFL class at a Japanese high school. The teaching approach is based on
Ellis' (1991) consideration that creating awareness of rules should be an important
goal in helping Japanese students acquire sociolinguistic competence. In teaching
sociolinguistic knowledge, many non-native speaker (NNS) high school teachers
face problems such as their own lack of knowledge, the existing curriculum
requirements, the various teaching goals, student motivation, and evaluation
procedures. However, this report suggests that such problems can be overcome
and that students strongly benefit from the active teaching of sociolinguistic
knowledge.

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