The Professionalism of Native Japanese Language Teachers on Teaching for Speech Contests:

Analysis about Narratives of One Teacher who Have Instructed for the Contest in China

Abstract

Recently, in the field of Japanese language education there has been multiple discussions about the professionalism of Japanese language teachers. This research presents the analysis of one teacher’s view on the professionalism in the context of the Japanese speech contest in China. In this research qualitative method (SCAT) was used and multiple interviews were conducted. From the analysis, it was suggested that two things can affect teachers’ recognition about their own professionalism: their view of a non-ideal teacher, and students’ words and behaviors inside or outside of their speech training.