An analysis of the reflections of Japanese learners who viewed “Learning Reflections” as positive

The case of a higher educational institution in the United States

Abstract

Recently, “Learning reflection” in Japanese language education, has come to draw attention. However, there are no studies that have analyzed the relationship between the content of reflection and awareness of reflection in detail. In this paper, from the point of view of “action research,” we analyzed how Japanese language learners reflected their studying, focusing on two learners who viewed “Learning Reflections” as positive. As a result, it was found that two learners reflected their past beyond the teachers’ instruction of “reflecting their study for a week.” It was also found that they reflected their studying based on “their own keywords.” The results and the consciousness of the two learners＇ reflections suggest that it is necessary to support multi-layered reflections using “my own keywords.”