Central Library, JNU
Book Release Function
on
17th Feb. 2012 at 11.00 am.
at
Committee Room, Central Library, JNU
JAPANESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION :A Bridge between LANGUAGE & CULTURE
First Published : 2012, Pages: xvii + 342, Price: Rs. 1000.00, ISBN:
81-7211-305-6
About the Book: Language Education in India, over the past few years has evolved with new curricula to serve a varied range of learners at various levels be it in the academia, the business world, in school curriculum or as a hobby class .With 'global' being the catch word in all fields, effective communication necessitates not just proficiency in the language concerned, but also in the culture of the land to be able to reach out to its people.
This volume addresses various issues of relevance that pertain to Language Education and focuses on the indispensable role of Culture in Language Education from a variety of perspectives of teaching, and learning. Case studies to ascertain the role of Culture incorporated into the Language classroom have been taken up for Japanese and Korean Languages while addressing issues that would be applicable to many other languages as well.
It is felt that this book would be a good resource material for teachers, researchers, students, educationists, and help to open new vistas of research in fields of Japanese Language Education and Language education at large.
About the Editors
M.V. Lakshmi is an Assistant Professor of Japanese Language and Literature
at the Centre for Japanese, Korean and North East Asian Studies (CJKNEAS),
School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS), Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi. A researcher in the field of modern Japanese
literature, her areas of research include the works of authors such as Endo
Shusaku and Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Her research interest is also in the area
of Japanese language education. She has co-authored the Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE) Japanese Language textbooks and exercise books
for classes 6,7 and 8 (Sakura (2009), Momo (2008), and Ume (2006),
P. A. George is a Professor of Japanese Language and Literature at the
Centre for Japanese, Korean and North East Asian Studies (CJKNEAS), School
of Language Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS), Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi. A pioneer in the field of research in the areas of
Japanese literature, he has worked on authors such as Shimazaki Toson and
Miyazawa Kenji, and has many books and articles published to his credit. He
also had translated Japanese literary works into Malayalam. Some of his
recent publications include Japanese Studies: Changing Global Profile
(2010), East Asian Literature-An Interface with India (2006), Enlightenment
of Women and Social Change (2006).