Japanese Honorifics Teaching Activities that Elicit Active Learning from Learners:

Thinking from an Active Learning Perspective

Abstract

This paper reports on the results and discussion of a class designed for learners' active learning of honorifics. A presentation activity was conducted in which the learners acted as staff members or store clerks and explained their company's services to customers, followed by a look-back Q’re. The results showed that active learning can be applied to honorific learning, which is difficult for learners to learn because it involves a lot of introductory material that tends to make learning passive.