Research For Some Solutions to Access Japanese Efficiently: A Case of Japanese Students FPT University

Abstract

In recent years, Japanese language majors are being formed at many large and small universities in Vietnam, and Japanese language centers are also being expanded and developed. In the two years when the Covid epidemic raged, the number of Japanese language learners showed no sign of decreasing. It proves that Japanese can be considered as a common language along with English and Chinese. Japanese is not as difficult as it seems if it is learned and approached in the right and scientific way. There are 3 Japanese alphabets including hiragana, katakana and kanji. However, recently Japanese music has begun to develop in the Vietnamese music market, there are many cases where it is possible to sing with the romaji version, so accessing katakana and hiragana is still a challenge if learners get used to reading romaji (a way of translating the Japanese language into Latin words for people who cannot read Japanese characters). This article uses data analysis methods by quantitative and qualitative research with the aim of finding the most effective solution for students to approach and learn the Japanese alphabet effectively. Our target audience is FPT University students who are approaching the hiragana and katakana alphabets. This study was conducted at FPT University. Most of this research focuses on analyzing methods to improve Japanese language learning ability for new learners. The results show that a reasonable combination of technology application and traditional methods is a possible solution to improve learners' capacity.