韓國のビジネス日本語敎材にみられる 不自然な表現

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This study discusses the unnatural expressions found in Korean-made Japanese business textbooks. The “Korean-made Japanese business textbook” described in this paper refers to a textbook published in Korea, and “unnatural expression” refers to an inappropriate expression in a contextual perspective. Unnatural expressions in the textbook that come from the teaching side, however, are perceived as a misuse of the learning side. Therefore, this content should be prioritized. There is no doubt that it is a crucial point that needs to be emphasized when writing textbooks as well as when educating students.
Ten Japanese teachers in Korea (native Japanese speakers) assessed the acceptability of 10 Japanese business textbooks published in Korea from 2007 to 2014; a total of 41 unnatural expressions were observed in seven textbooks. The major results are as follows: 25 expressive vocabulary items and 16 grammatical expressions were found to be unnatural in those Japanese business textbooks. Nouns and verbs were found among the unnatural expressive vocabulary items, and modality (-noda. ne/yo) and aspect (-teiru) were most likely to be unnatural out of grammatical expressions.
Nouns and verb-related expressions as well as modality (-noda. ne/yo)- and aspect (-teiru)-related expressions require scrupulous attention when writing Japanese business textbooks and when educating students so as not to appear unnatural. Moreover, many unnatural expressions appeared outside of the business scene; therefore, attention should be focused widely in Japanese education overall.