http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/uclalib_japanoer/rss Recent eScholarship items from Collection of Creative Writing by Learners of Japanese Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:05:10 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5vz3m7tv Editor's Preface: This project aims to promote creative writing skills among Japanese language learners and provide them with opportunities to publish their work to benefit future learners. The project targets undergraduate students in their third and fourth years of Japanese language studies, taking courses designed to develop their reading skills to allow them to read a novel without external support. To this end, students were encouraged to participate in significant reading activities outside class. However, students indicated that they had hard time to find more attractive reading options other than textbooks they read for class assignments. This project seeks to address the gap by encouraging students to create their own fictional works. Working in groups of three or four, students wrote a fictional work together. The students in the third-year Japanese class learned onomatopoeia used in literature and Japanese superstitions as parts of course works. Their creative writing... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5vz3m7tv Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7sf276dj Editor's Preface: This project aims to promote creative writing skills among Japanese language learners and provide them with opportunities to publish their work to benefit future learners. The project targets undergraduate students in their third and fourth years of Japanese language studies, taking courses designed to develop their reading skills to allow them to read a novel without external support. To this end, students were encouraged to participate in significant reading activities outside class. However, students indicated that they could not find attractive and appropriate reading options among the extensive Japanese reading collections. This project seeks to address the gap by encouraging students to create their own fictional works. Working in groups of three or four, students wrote a fictional work together. The students in the third-year Japanese class read Spirited Away and watched the original anime as course assignments. Their creative writing was inspired by the... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7sf276dj Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000