Volume 27 Number 1, 2023 Learning of L2 Japanese through video games

Learning of L2 Japanese through video games

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Volume 27 Number 1, 2023
contributor.author:
Shintaku, Kayo
date.accessioned:
2023-10-27T18:34:37Z
date.available:
2023-10-27T18:34:37Z
date.copyright:
2023
date.issued:
2023-10-30
description.abstract:
In Japanese-as-a-foreign language (JFL) education, the impacts of Japanese entertainment media such as digital games have been noted as a motivator for JFL learners. Although outside-of-class literacy exposure from these digital games has been recognized due to their popularity, the specifics of how digital games affect JFL digital literacies and how they interplay with JFL learners’ motivations have not yet been fully explored. Thus, this study investigated the literacies around game fandoms for JFL learners in a Japanese language program (n = 191) and the self-directed and group-based learning activities of a game focus group (n = 6) with two commercial games. The findings demonstrated JFL learners’ literacy exposure through Japanese games and revealed JFL learners’ unique issues with kanji, furigana, and honorifics. Additionally, digital games in Japanese have roles in supporting JFL learners’ motivations (a) visually as achievement milestones (i.e., progress markers) within game content and (b) as goals that JFL learners set for accessing and playing target game titles both as gamers and as JFL learners. Moreover, the study highlights the importance for higher education to connect in-class and non-formal learning and to support L2 learners with 21st century skills.
endingpage:
17
entity.type:
None
format.extent:
17
identifier.citation:
Shintaku, K. (2023). Learning of L2 Japanese through video games. Language Learning & Technology, 27(1), 1–17. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73540
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73540
language:
eng
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rights.license:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
rights.uri:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
site_url:
/item/10125-73540/
startingpage:
1
subject:
Multimodality, Digital Literacies, Gaming, Life-long Learning
title:
Learning of L2 Japanese through video games
type:
Article Text
volume:
27