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A narrative analysis of advanced Japanese language students.
Abstract
In Japanese, different speech styles (formal or informal) are required in different situations. The informal style is not easily learned in the classroom, as it is not widely practiced and this is not introduced until later in the curriculum. Only when provided the real situation to use the informal style with host families in Japan, do students begin to acquire it. I examined the use of style in oral narratives of Japanese language students in two groups: group A studied Japanese only in the classroom, group B also spent some time in Japan. Surprisingly, group B demonstrated stylistic incoherence, while group A kept one style and thus produced more ...
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