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Features of Language Exploration in Japanese Dokkai Authentic Materials: SFL-based Analysis Novia Hayati; Muthi Afifah; Via Luviana Dewanty; Susi Widianti; Jeni Putra
Chi e Journal of Japanese Learning and Teaching Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): March 2026
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/chie.v14i1.44988

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This study examines the linguistic features of Japanese product packaging texts, focusing on beverages, medicines, and instant noodles. Using a qualitative case study design, it analyzes 30 authentic Japanese labels to identify naturally occurring language features relevant to beginner-level Japanese learners. The analysis reveals eight linguistic features in beverage labels and ten features each in medicine and instant noodle packaging. Across all categories, packaging texts rely on nominalization, technical labels, scientific terminologu, numerical data, and dense noun-based structures to convey precise and regulated information. Interpersonally, polite imperatives, evaluative expressions, honorific forms, and cosumer-oriented phrases reflect Japanese communicative norms. Textually, list structures, discourse markers, and parallel formatting contribute to clarity and efficient information processing. At the same time, each category shows distinct rhetorical tendencies: beverage packaging employs persuasive and hybrid Japanese English expressions, medicine packaging foregrounds safety and scientific neutrality, and instant noodle packaging combines instructional sequencing with promotional language. The findings show that Japanese packaging texts function as hybrid genres integrating descriptive, procedural, and persuasive meanings. Their linguistic density, functional organization, and cultural relevance indicate strong potential as authentic dokkai materials in genre-based pedagogy for beginner-level Japanese reading and writing instruction.
Request Refusal Discourse in Japanese Female Interaction: An SFL Negotiation Analysis Hayati, Novia
Eralingua: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Asing dan Sastra VOL 10, NO 1 (2026): ERALINGUA
Publisher : Makassar State University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/eralingua.v10i1.83260

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This study aims to investigate the discourse structure of refusal to requests in interactions among Japanese female university students, examining the roles adopted and assigned by speakers, the phases of refusal discourse, and the organization of moves. This qualitative case study research involves 20 pairs of female participants from a public university in Kanazawa, Japan. The data are obtained through video-recorded role-play exchanges based on provided scenarios. The findings reveal that refusals are not expressed as direct rejections but rather emerge through a staged, interactionally negotiated process characterized by indirectness, mitigation, and sensitivity to interpersonal relationships. Speakers collaboratively construct refusals through gradual shifts in speech functions and role relations, often employing incongruent realizations in which linguistic forms diverge from their intended communicative functions. These patterns enable participants to manage face-threatening acts while preserving social harmony. The study underscores the role of discourse-semantic resources and politeness strategies in shaping refusal practices, offering broader implications for cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, and the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language, particularly in developing learners’ awareness of culturally appropriate interactional norms.
Japanese Language Training of Intern Trainees at Vocational Education and Training Centers in Indonesia: Problems and Causes Widianti, Susi; Putra, Jeni; Hayati, Novia
Eralingua: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Asing dan Sastra VOL 10, NO 1 (2026): ERALINGUA
Publisher : Makassar State University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/eralingua.v10i1.82682

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This study reports on the investigation of problems and causes of lack of Japanese language knowledge and skills of Indonesian intern trainees, as also highlighted in some previous studies, such as by Kamiya (2017), Wu (2020), and Pranasari and Iskandar (2022). Involving 262 Japanese language teachers at 177 vocational education and training centers spread all over Indonesia as the participants, this qualitative study collects the data via Google Form, investigating three key areas, involving teacher, teaching process, and students that are potentially contributing to the problems and causes that result in the lack of Japanese language knowledge and skills of Indonesian intern trainees. The results show that the first and foremost problem that contributes to the lack of Japanese language knowledge and skills of Indonesian intern trainees is the teacher. The main cause is their low education background; apart from not meeting the standards set by the Indonesian government as enacted in the Legislation of the National Education System Number 20 Year 2003 Article 39 Line 2 and the Government Rule Number 19 Year 2005, they have low competencies, particularly in pedagogy and professionalism. Their limited pedagogy and professional literacies, skills, and experiences have contributed to the poor performance of the teaching and learning process and the lack of students’ knowledge and skills in Japanese language education.