Abstract
Effective materials for developing oral proficiency of higher level foreign students studying Japanese are not prolific. In response to student needs, the author has developed a trial version of a material using meta-linguistic expressions used in class. The class was conducted as follows: 1) Listening to models; 2) Reproducing them orally; 3) Student practice of the target expressions; and 4) feedback. In the questionnaire, which was conducted after a series of classes, most learners responded positively in that this approach and material was effective in mastering academic Japanese. From this result, it was concluded that these materials are beneficial in developing oral proficiency, which the learners nut effective use in their own specific fields.
