@article{oai:stars.repo.nii.ac.jp:00008811,
 author = {畷, 絵里 and NAWATE, Eri},
 issue = {6},
 journal = {人間文化研究, Journal of Humanities Research St. Andrew's University},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {SLA (Second Language Acquisition) is one of the most highly discussed
subjects, but in Japan the majority of research and reporting is concentrated in
English-language education, while research and reporting about other languages
such as Italian are lacking. Obviously, the teaching of other languages
has many common points with English-language education, and we can borrow
many useful methods from it. However, each language has its own peculiarities
which must be taken into consideration when teaching. In addition, the
‘distance’ between the students’ first language and their second languages
seriously affects their study of the latter.
In order to identify such peculiarities and the ‘distance’ between Italian and
Japanese, I carried out interviews with Italian-language teachers working for
language schools in Italy. All of them have experience with Japanese students
and are aware of the differences between them and other nationalities in the
class. Through these interviews, it became clear that, compared with both
Westerners and other Asians such as Chinese and Koreans, Japanese students
have much less difficulty with Italian pronunciation, and are more earnest in
studying Italian grammar. On the other hand, they are more likely than others
to make syntactic errors and to suffer from insufficient vocabulary, which often
hinders them both in comprehension and in expression. However, probably
the greatest obstacle for Japanese students is a lack of communicativeness, a
result of their cultural background and the linguistic peculiarities of their first
language.
It goes without saying that language teachers must be conscious of such advantages
and disadvantages on the part of the students. In Italian-language
education, there is a need for us to formulate more effective methods designed
specifically for Japanese students.},
 pages = {189--211},
 title = {イタリア語を学ぶ日本人学習者の利点と不利点 : イタリア語講師へのインタビューを通じて},
 year = {2017},
 yomi = {ナワテ, エリ}
}