Open AccessOrthoepic Competence Descriptors in Japanese Language Education: CEFR Levels B1 to C2
Author(s) -
Hideaki Ito
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta linguistica asiatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2232-3317
DOI - 10.4312/ala.10.1.49-66
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , comprehension , linguistics , communicative competence , second language , natural language processing , psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , social psychology , philosophy
The Council of Europe’s 2001 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has shown rapid global adoption, and now includes Japanese language education though it primarily aimed at alphabetically transcribed languages. It basically acknowledges that orthoepic competence relates to comprehension of characters yet does not indicate descriptors. Descriptors examining A1 and A2 levels, using altered techniques, have already been set. In this paper, I re-examine descriptors for levels B1 to C2, which have not yet been attempted, and combine them with the results for levels A1 and A2 to present descriptors for levels A1 to C2 in overall.