Abstract

In the previous class practice reports, subjects such as introductory Japanese, listening and comprehension, writing, and cultural understanding were considered, but it is difficult to find subjects that require concepts and theoretical learning, such as “Introduction to Japanese Language”. This paper proposes two classdesigns that were conducted according to the contents of the Introduction to Japanese Language, and report on them based on the learner's perception. First, in order to understand the basic concepts, collaborative learning of jigsaw puzzles was conducted. This is intended to induce autonomous learning. In general, students thought that this method was helpful, and they recognized that they were able to understand and explain well, especially due to talking together and feeling the responsibility to explain. Next, in the case of instructorcentered lectures, the contents were reviewed in advance in the form of problems in the introduction stage and checked again in the wrap-up stage. This was intended to stimulate the metacognition of students' learning, which also produced generally positive results. Students were able to grasp important parts in advance and focus on them through the quiz in the introduction stage. In the wrap-up stage, the students were able to review and confirm the learned contents several times through another quiz. As a result, the students got to find out what they missed.

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