Teaching method of the third person's honorific expression using the short story of Haruki Murakami for Japanese learner at the university in China

Abstract

The Japanese learning students at university in China are confused about the use of honorific expression referring to the third person. According to investigation of the textbook, the reasons are inadequacy of explanation about honorific expression and only focusing on learning vocabulary and grammar for honorific guidance. In order to solve this problem, we use the short story of Haruki Murakami to explore the teaching plan. The learner can deepen the understanding by studying the honorific expression in the short story. In addition, the learner is able to obtain expression ability of honorific through the activities of the short play.