"Katsudōgata" nihongo kurasu no jissen: oshieru/osowaru kankei kara no kaihō (The practice of 'activity-based' Japanese language classes - emancipation from the teaching-teacher relationship)

In an "activity-based" class, learners set a theme of interest to themselves and engage in repeated dialogues with others about it, aiming to acquire the language while deepening their awareness of the theme. This book presents practical examples of how this type of learning took place in a beginner's class. The first part of the book presents a total of 16 lessons and learner interactions at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. The second part includes three papers by the authors on the historical background of "activity-based" teaching and the concept of assessment. At the end of the book, learners' reports and artifacts are presented in their original form.