Keigo to use and to be used: Reevaluation of keigo learning in Japanese language classes

Yasutaka Maruki

Abstract


For Japanese language speakers, including native speakers, the formal expression of polite, honorific, and humble forms, called keigo, has been a great challenge to master. This research summarizes the challenges discussed by the previous researchers and will introduce three pedagogical methods of learning and practicing keigo: a conversation with one’s future self, the first encounter conversation, and a spiritual or sacred conversation. Different from methods introduced in previous researches, these methods focus on the use of keigo in one’s true self-expressions rather than reactive or objective expressions.  


Keywords


keigo; politeness; honorific and humble expressions

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18196/jjlel.v6i2.14874

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