Studies of Networks to Assist educaitonal Innovations and Teacher Development

1. 对广岛地区日语教学网络成员的需求和背景进行了调查分析。在不列颠哥伦比亚省进行了一项类似的调查，主要针对日语教师。这些调查表明，虽然有些需求是所有人共有的，但每个类别都有特定的需求，即加拿大的专业教师，广岛的专业教师和广岛的志愿教师。为了满足这些特殊需要，他们建立了以地方公共机构为服务站的地方人际网络和计算机网络。提出了利用计算机网络学习汉字的几种方法。为了帮助非汉字背景（母语不使用汉字）的学习者学习汉字，开发了一个名为“汉字学习信息库”（KID）的计算机程序。对汉字的各种信息进行分析并重新组织到这个数据库中。这个程序记录了用户（学习者）的学习过程，并将这些信息提供给其他用户。通过这种方式，它可以帮助用户找到有效的方法来查找目标汉字，记忆它们，将一个汉字与另一个汉字联系起来，等等。为国际计算机网络开发了一套能用日语顺利交流的软件。这个包旨在使日语电子邮件交流顺利，没有麻烦。通过这个包，东北大学的日语专业和墨尔本大学的日语学习者就墨尔本大学课程中指定的主题定期交换电子邮件。在这些交流中，墨尔本的学生提高了写作、阅读能力和沟通能力。

1. Needs and backgrounds of the members of the local networks of Japanese language teaching in Hirosima were surveyed and analyzed. A similar survey was done in British Columbia which focused on Japanese language teachers. These surveys suggest that, while some needs are shared by all, there are needs specific to each category, namely the professional teachers in Canada, the professional teachers in Hirosima, and the volunteer teachers in Hirosima. In order to meet these particular needs they have established local human networks and computer networks with local public institutions as their server stations.2. Some of the ways to utilize computer networks in learning Kanji were proposed. In order to assist the learners with non-Kanji background (whose native languages do not use Chinese characters) learn Kanji, a computer program called "Kanji-learning Information Database" (KID) was developed. Various informations about Kanji were analyzed and re-organized into this database. This program records the learning processes of the users (learners) and makes this information available to other users. In this way, it helps the users to find efficient ways to look for the target Kanji, to memorize them, to relate one Kanji to the other, and so forth.3. A package of software for international computer networks to communicate smoothly in Japanese was developed. This package intends to make exchanges of e-mails in Japanese language smooth and trouble free. Through this package the Japanese majors at Tohoku University and the learners of Japanese language at Melbourne University exchanged e-mails on a regular basis on the topics specified in the curriculum at Melbourne university. In these exchanges, the learners in Melbourne developed writing and reading skills and communication skills.