The application and teaching evaluation of Japanese films and TV series corpus in JFL classroom
| Pages | 721-732 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-09-2017-0193 |
| Published date | 06 August 2018 |
| Date | 06 August 2018 |
| Author | Yuqin Liu,Lanling Han,Bo Jiang,Xiaoyan Su |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Information & communications technology,Internet |
The application and teaching
evaluation of Japanese films and
TV series corpus in JFL classroom
Yuqin Liu,Lanling Han and Bo Jiang
School of Software Technology, Dalian University of Technology,
Dalian, China, and
Xiaoyan Su
Faculty of Management and Economics, Dalian University of Technology,
Dalian, China
Abstract
Purpose –The aim of this paper is to solve the problem of lack of real contextin JFL (Japanese as Foreign
Language) classroom withvideo corpus-based teaching. It also offers reference for the developmentof video
corpus.
Design/methodology/approach –The authors designed an intelligent Japanese online video corpus,
namely the JV Finder,which is a corpus of Japanese films and TV series. The authors applied the JV Finder to
JFL teaching to solve the problem of lack of real context and designed several teaching experiments to
validateits benefits.
Findings –The results of teaching experiments show that the video corpus-based teaching significantly
improves the learning effect. The JV Finder can help students memorize vocabularies and understand the
meaning of new vocabulariesin a better way.
Research limitations/implications –There are still some differencesin language context between real
life and films, which cannot fully reflect the state of native speaker in real life. Meanwhile, the number of
students participating in this experiment is relatively small, so the universality of the result need further
study.
Practical implications –This study combinedlinguistics with software engineering to solve the problem
of lack of real context. Video corpus-basedteaching not only can be used in Japanese teaching field but also
provide valuefor other foreign language teaching.
Social implications –The JV Finder has obtained Chinese nationalpatent license (patent no. 20131118).
The video corpus(the JV Finder) has a far-reaching impacton JFL teaching.
Originality/value –This paper provides an intelligentJapanese online video corpus. It is applied to JFL
teachingto solve the problem of lack of real context. The findings showthat the video corpus can significantly
improve theeffectiveness of Japanese learning.
Keywords Context, Films, Corpus, JFL teaching, TV series
Paper type Technical paper
1. Introduction
One of the main objective factors influencing the quality of JFL (Japanese as Foreign
Language) teaching is the lackof real contexts, which can lead to low efficiency in teaching
and the high cost of learning. Context includes “language”context, “concomitant”context,
This work is supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China under Grant
No. 17BYY192.
Teaching
Japanese films
and TV series
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Received20 September 2017
Revised7 November 2017
Accepted22 November 2017
TheElectronic Library
Vol.36 No. 4, 2018
pp. 721-732
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