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Abstract
Aboriginal education-related issues in Taiwan have been emphasized in recent years since the concern over racial integration and equality. In 2010, the White Paper on Indigenous Educational Policy, including basic guiding pricinples and policies for aboriginal education in Taiwan was released by the government. Especially, the overall investigation in the currency of aboriginal education was conducted and reported in Chapter 3 of the paper. It indicates that the rate of employment for aboriginal senior high graduates is much higher than the nationwide average . Therefore, how to learn Japanese language well in the learning period of senior high school to accord with the demands of the market, such as tourism in the internationalized society of Taiwan has become an important part in aboriginal education.
The thesis first introduces the history of aboriginal people and the developmental process of aboriginal education in Taiwan. Then, it categorizes theories of Japanese language instruction and related studies in vocational education. Specifically, the case study was conducted to discuss the condition of Japanese language instruction in the major aboriginal high school, Siwei Senior High School, which is the only one with the specialized Japanese language course in the areas of Yilan, Hualien, and Taitung. Research methods include the primary data collections (e.g., the student enrollment, graduates’ employment/ learning statuses, etc.), interviews with school-related staffs, and the questionnaire survey among students in the applied Japanese language course. In the study, it was done to realize the evolution of Siwei Senior High School with its history of fifty years in the aboriginal region as well as the development and change of the applied Japanese language course. Besides, the questionnaire survey was performed to know instructional goals, curriculums, teaching/ learning materials and equippments, and teachers’ specialties in the applied Japanese language course. Finally, the findings of existing problems and related sugesstions were proposed through the analysis of questionnaires and interview results.
Key Words: Aboriginal people, Japanese language instruction, Siwei High School
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