The Current Status and Issues of Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language

Japanese Language Teachers and Learners between “National Language， Foreign Language，and Native Language”

Abstract

This article describes the history and problems of teaching and learning of Japanese as a foreign language. Specifically, the author addresses the following four questions: (1) How has Japanese language teaching been developed to date? (2) How does the teaching of Japanese differ from the teaching of foreign languages in Japan? (3) What are the common misunderstandings about Japanese language teaching? (4) What are the current problems with the teaching of the Japanese language?