Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language: Challenges of Thai Teachers of Japanese
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Japanese has been a foreign language which plays an important role in Thailand for many years. This is due to the strong connection between Thailand and Japan since World War II in economic, social, and political aspects. Now, Japanese language is even more important as there is an increasing number of business investments in the country. Thus, Japanese language teachers, be they Japanese or Thais, are playing a more crucial role in Japanese language teaching and learning. In addition to knowledge, understanding, and proficiency in Japanese language, they are also required to have teaching management skills for effective learning development which gives top priority to learners’ oral communication, more use of Japanese than Thai in class. In addition, the teaching activities can be informal and based on real-life contents, role play activities, and practical teaching topics.
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