SYLLABUS CREATION FOR BASIC KANJI TEACHING: CASE STUDY OF KANJI PROFICIENCY TEST OF JAPANESE MAJOR STUDENTS AT SUAN SUNANDHA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

In creating teaching lessons of Kanji course, one of the Japanese courses, it is necessary to have a tool to help planning in order to reach the objectives of the course. Kanji is considered a difficult course for Japanese learners due to its shape, pronunciation, meaning and usage, which require time to memorize. Therefore, the objectives of this research were to study the suitable topics for Kanji lessons and examples of activities enhancing the learners to effectively learn Japanese. The results were presented in form of course syllabus created based on the Kanji proficiency test results that showed the lack in Japanese skills of the learners before the syllabus was created.