Develoment of Instructional Materials in Filipino for the Japanese and Survey Analysis of Filipino Education in Japan

这项研究的主要目的是：1)批判性地回顾现有的菲律宾语教学材料和相应的教学方法，特别是针对日本大学生；2)开发合适和有效的教材，如教科书、语法指南、阅读材料、话语、练习本和视听教具，以供日本使用。通过大阪外国语大学和菲律宾大学之间的研究人员交流，对两国其他机构的访问和观察，对收集的材料的仔细检查，以及在实际课堂环境中使用/测试修订或新编辑/制作的材料，开发了各种教学材料。它们不仅包括语法解释，还包括练习、测验、发音/音乐磁带和不同主题的录像带。例如，在OUFS，从一年级到四年级集中教授菲律宾语作为一门主要课程，开发的材料涵盖了学习语法参考的不同阶段以及写作、阅读、口语和听力理解等各种课程描述。在质量和质量上都积累了或多或少足够的材料。然而，在接下来的几年里，预计会有一些进一步的改进。我们的对手，菲律宾联合党（UP）的Sentro ng Wikang Philippine，几乎完成了一本语法参考书的编写，这是自1987年菲律宾共和国宪法宣布菲律宾语为国语以来的第一本语法参考书。日本的对应机构将翻译并出版这本即将出版的书的日文版。

The main objective of this research was to 1) critically review the existing instructional materials and the corresponding teaching methods for Filipino as a foreign language, particularly for the Japanese university students, and 2) develop appropriate and effective such materials as textbooks, grammar guide, readings, discourses, drill books, and audio-visual aids to be used in Japan.Through the exchanges of researchers between Osaka University of Foreign Studies and the University of the Philippines, the visitations and observations of other institutions in two countries, the close examination of collected materials, and the use/testing of revised, or newly edited/produced materials in the actual class room settings, various instructional materials have been developed. They include not only grammar explanations, but also exercises, quiz, pronounciation/music tapes and video tapes on different topics.While, at OUFS for example, the Filipino language is taught intensively from the 1st to 4th years as a major course, the developed materials covered different stages in learning grammar references as well as various course descriptions such as composition, readings, speaking and listening comprehension. More or less sufficient materials both in quality and quality are accumulated. Yet, some further improvements are expected over the following years.Our counterpart, the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino of the UP, has almost completed to write a grammar reference book, the first of such since the 1987 Constitution of the Philippine Republic declared that the Filipino is the national language. And the Japanese counterpart is going to translate and publish the Japanese version of this forthcoming book.