A Critical Assessment of the Marugoto: The Language and Culture of Japan Series of Course-books
This paper is an introduction to and a critical assessment of “Marugoto” course-books comprised of 9 volumes for elementary and intermediate education of Japanese language which is provided by “The Japan Foundation” based on the standards of this foundation, split into (Starter, Elementary, Pre-inte...
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| description | This paper is an introduction to and a critical assessment of “Marugoto” course-books comprised of 9 volumes for elementary and intermediate education of Japanese language which is provided by “The Japan Foundation” based on the standards of this foundation, split into (Starter, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, and Intermediate) levels. This study is an attempt to identify the strengths and weaknesses of this series. This critical assessment is carried out from visual and content-based aspects using Razi’s (2009) evaluation criteria. The results suggested that while having their strengths and advantages, the books suffer from a few shortcomings, which can be eliminated in future editions to achieve better results and to secure a spot as a relatively new textbook for teaching the Japanese language. However, the overall conclusion from the analysis is that despite a few problems, the strengths of the book exceed its weaknesses, and in conclusion, it can be used as a reliable source where the main aim of learning the Japanese language is acquiring speaking skills. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-473ddf6d76d54342af3f8a07f487123b2025-01-08T05:47:14ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی2383-16502020-10-0120835737810.30465/crtls.2020.28443.16605739A Critical Assessment of the Marugoto: The Language and Culture of Japan Series of Course-booksFarzaneh Moradi0Assistant Professor of Japanese Language and Literature, Faculty of Languages and Literature, University of TehranThis paper is an introduction to and a critical assessment of “Marugoto” course-books comprised of 9 volumes for elementary and intermediate education of Japanese language which is provided by “The Japan Foundation” based on the standards of this foundation, split into (Starter, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, and Intermediate) levels. This study is an attempt to identify the strengths and weaknesses of this series. This critical assessment is carried out from visual and content-based aspects using Razi’s (2009) evaluation criteria. The results suggested that while having their strengths and advantages, the books suffer from a few shortcomings, which can be eliminated in future editions to achieve better results and to secure a spot as a relatively new textbook for teaching the Japanese language. However, the overall conclusion from the analysis is that despite a few problems, the strengths of the book exceed its weaknesses, and in conclusion, it can be used as a reliable source where the main aim of learning the Japanese language is acquiring speaking skills.https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_5739_2d633bf854050f7f97cf99b7b129175c.pdfspeaking skillslanguage learnerjapaneseelementaryintermediate |
| spellingShingle | Farzaneh Moradi A Critical Assessment of the Marugoto: The Language and Culture of Japan Series of Course-books پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی speaking skills language learner japanese elementary intermediate |
| title | A Critical Assessment of the Marugoto: The Language and Culture of Japan Series of Course-books |
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