The Investigation of Japanese Education at senior high schools in Taiwan-In the Case of Kaohsiung City

[[abstract]]教育部於1995年（民國84年）開始高中第二外語選修科目的日語教育。為全力推動第二外語課程開課，於1999年（民國88年）及2005年（民國94年）公布「推動高級中學第二外語教育第一、二期五年計畫」，總計10年，並具體性解決有礙開辦的各項困難因素。 2006年（民國95年）為獎勵高中設立第二外語，訂定「教育部補助辦理高級中學第二外語教育實施要點」，設立教師補助金、教學軟體設備以及教學相關活動的補助。2007年（民國96年）更於新竹女中設立日語學科中心，200年（民國96年）開辦了「教學工作坊」及「高級中學第二外語科教師研習規劃焦點座談會」及「普通高級中學第二外語科課程綱要補充說明焦點座談會」 21世紀是國際地球村的時代，世界各過競相發表外語學習政策，台灣的日學習者是海外第五多的國家。實際上，台灣年輕的一代對從日本傳輸到台灣來的諸多社會文化、傳媒、網路、娛樂資訊深感興趣。日本政府於2005年取消了赴日觀光簽證，2009年施行打工渡假，台灣的年輕人到日本旅行更簡單、輕鬆，到日本的出國人數勢必增加。隨之，學習日文的人會更增加，這樣的因素，呈現出日語學習者的急增。現在，台灣日語學習者多樣化中，高中第二外語的日語教育之諸多問題必須考慮。 本人專任於高職日文科業已15年，亦協助社區高中第二外日語教學數年。為了更深入瞭解高雄市的普通高中之日語教育情形，以高雄市普通高中為對象，從培育目標、班級編制、教室活動、教材、教師、學生等觀點進行實地調查。 本研究勢將針對學校的學生進行問卷及訪談的調查結果所做的整理。衷心希望本研究的探討資料，可以作為政府立法參考，社會可以更接受高中日語學習，藉由高中日語學習，同學可以增廣國際視野，作為未來志向及人生旅程決定的一個重要基石。[[abstract]]In 1995 the Ministry of Education in Taiwan began a program on Japanese language education by providing second foreign language courses for senior high schools To promote it the ministry announced the first and second stages of a high school second language program totaling 10 years and removed obstacles confronting the project In 2006 the ministry announced “Subsidy Guidelines for Senior High School Second Language Education” to encourage the opening of second language courses by providing subsidies for teachers relevant software and equipment as well as subsidies for teaching-related activities In 2007 it set up a Japanese teaching resources center in National Hsinchu Girls' Senior High School Meanwhile a series of relevant activities were also held: “Teaching Workshop” “Senior High School Second Foreign Language Teaching Planning Symposium” and “Senior High School Second Foreign Language Course Outline Symposium” The 21st century has seen the world become a global village Countries all over the world are announcing their foreign language education policies The number of Japanese learners in Taiwan is the fifth biggest overseas Actually teenagers in Taiwan are deeply interested in the Japanese social and cyber cultures media and entertainment The Japanese Government canceled the visa requirement for Taiwanese in 2005 and provided vacation part-time jobs in 2009; these steps have made trips to Japan more convenient and certainly have increased the number of tourists Therefore it is anticipated that there will be an increasing number of Japanese language learners A program based on Japanese as a second language course for senior school students must also be well-organized to face the diversity of Japanese learners and the variety of their motivations I have been a vocational school Japanese teacher for 15 years during which time I also assisted language teaching in community senior high schools for several years To understand more about teaching Japanese in Kaohsiung senior high schools this research is conducted through field study from the perspectives of: teaching goals classroom arrangements classroom activities teaching materials teachers and students with the senior high schools in Kaohsiung taken as the examples This research is also conducted through questionnaires issued to the students The results are analyzed in the hope that the data can serve as reference for the government’s legislation and also that Taiwan’s society will desire to learn Japanese better Learning Japanese enables senior high students to expand their international horizon while lay an important foundation for their future prospects and life journe