부산대학교 도서관

Taiwan is a multi-language and multicultural society. The main languages used in Taiwan are Mandarin, Taiwanese and Hakka. Over the years, many foreign language training institutions have been established in Taiwan for the purpose of improving the international business communication and cultural and educational exchanges. This has shown the importance of learning foreign language.Japanese is one of the popular foreign languages in Taiwan. In general, people almost learn Japanese at schools or tutoring centers. Based on the Japanese education background in a non-native Japanese speaking family in Taiwan, this study targeted on a 10(superscript th) grade student to investigate his childhood in multi-language culture (Chinese, Japanese and English). In addition, a 15-year longitudinal investigation was conducted to learn his Japanese learning process, learning content, learning method, learning obstacles and learning level. In this study, the target student's learning process was divided into ”natural learning stage”, ”intentional learning stage” and ”free learning stage”. Through the recording of words and voices, the student's skills development for Japanese listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation could be further understood. The investigation has come to two conclusions. First, as the student grows, his capabilities of listening, translating and speaking are getting weak due to environmental influences. Second, the student has no problem in daily conversation. But his lack of basic vocabulary has resulted in a significant obstruction while he is talking. Finally, this study clarified the student's mistakes through error analysis. The verification of causes can be taken as references for future improvement of education. Besides, how to continue the 15-year home Japanese learning and improve the student's basic vocabulary skill are the topics aimed to discuss from now on.