Development of Computer-Assisted Teaching Materials for Advanced Learners of Japanese

日本大学的许多国际学生在理解大学讲座方面有困难，不仅因为他们对所学领域的专业术语知识有限，而且他们没有足够的语言技能来捕捉自然话语和理解日语母语人士的正式演讲。针对高级日语学习者的计算机辅助学习材料很少出现，而且大多侧重于阅读，很少有戏剧，而且没有一种材料足够适合学生获得语言能力以理解大学讲座的需要。本文概述了作者开发的基于网络的培训网站“国际学生学术日语：通过互联网的大学讲座”，并说明了其方法和结构。这个网站为日语学习者提供高级水平的真实大学讲座视频片段，以及必要的学习工具，如词汇表、脚本、理解提示和语言练习。

Many of the international students at Japanese universities have difficulties in understanding university lectures, not only because they have limited knowledge of technical terms in their fields of study but also they do not have sufficient linguistic skills to capture natural utterances and understand discourse in the formal speach of native Japanese speakers. Few computer-assisted learning materials for advanced learners of Japanese have appeared, and most of them focus on reading, few on drama, and none of them fits students' needs enough to gain linguistic abilities to understand university lectures.This paper overviews the web-based training site the author has developed named "Academic Japanese for International Students : University Lectures through the Internet" and explains the methodology and structure. This web site offers Japanese learners at the advanced level real university lectures broken into video clips together with necessary learning tools such as vocabulary lists, scripts, comprehension hints, and linguistic exercises.