Abstract
The Japanese government has started to admit foreign housekeeping support staff to some specific areas as a measure to help combat the falling birth rate and the decline in the labor force population. In this research, we carried out questionnaires and interview surveys with companies involved in the housekeeping support services and clarified the Japanese language proficiency required in order for foreign housekeeping support staff to perform their work.
Based on findings, we created Can-do Statements for housekeeping support services and prepared a syllabus for the Japanese language education of foreign housekeeping support staff. In this paper, we present Can-do Statements for housekeeping support staff when conducting cleaning and laundry work. Also, we analyzed the sentences in books about cleaning and laundry, extracted the vocabulary required for cleaning and laundry work and prepared vocabulary lists. Moreover, we received evaluation from the company involved with the housekeeping support services on the above items and confirmed the effectiveness and practicality of them.
