Japanese Vocabulary Acquisition Through Anime: A Case Study On Dwimeilinda

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Title: Japanese Vocabulary Acquisition through Anime: A Case Study on Dwimeilinda) This study attempted to investigate the influence of watching anime on Japanese vocabulary acquisition from Dwimeilinda. The study used a mixed-method. There are three collection data in this study; the first data is the interview; the second is observation; the last is the aural test. There are two questions from this study: first, how did she acquire the vocabulary through anime? Second. How is the influence of watching anime on her Japanese vocabulary acquisition? The results showing there are some strategies that she uses in acquiring Japanese vocabulary. First repetition, second cognate and third is mind mapping. The study also found that watching anime can influence her phonological vocabulary knowledge and daily expression.Abstract (Title: Apologies In "Whatsapp" Produced By Japanese Department Student Of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta) This paper discusses an apology in Whatsapp by Japanese Department Students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta in several situations use semantic formula. In era digital, Many of them always deliver their message to Whatsapp. They use Whatsapp for sharing information, expressing gratitude and apologies to their friends and teachers. Expressing apologies via Whatsapp is different from expressing it directly. Writing using Whatsapp will be more creative by using emoji or kaomoji based on the situations. Besides that, they usually abbreviate their writing on Whatsapp. The purpose of this research is to know how Japanese Department Students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta expressing apologize via Whatsapp in several situations to the teacher, seniors, and friends. Do they use emoji or kaomoji and how they write an apologizing with the Teacher, Seniors, and Friend?. This research uses a descriptive method with qualitative approaches since analyzed descriptively with the qualitative method. The method of analysis used the semantic formula to classify apologies based on the situation. The result of this research is the student's tendency most of them use In-speech act instruction designation (apology content, appreciation, etc.) and they not so using emoji to express apologies to teachers.Furthermore, the aspects which play role in choosing expression and apology strategy are situation, degree of the mistake which was made, and the status of interlocutors.

The Use of Technology and Media in Japanese Language Learning: A Bibliometric Analysis

“…Application has a variety of convenience, flexibility, interactivity, and a variety of material resources to help students acquire four Japanese language skills effectively [130]. (iii) Anime [133][134][135][136][137]. Using anime as a medium for Japanese language learning can be a fun and effective learning approach [136][137][138][139][140], especially for students who like anime as a source for learning Japanese.…”

“…Multimedia as a basic product of technology-based learning media [170,183] is still widely used by Japanese language teachers [106] because the combination of audio and visual media is still an interesting feature that can increase students' interest in learning [96]. (iii) Anime [133][134][185][186][187][188][189]. Anime is one of the audio-visual-based Japanese pop culture products that are available and widely distributed on digital platforms, making it one of the right choices to use as a technology-based Japanese language learning medium [133].…”

“…Anime is one of the audio-visual-based Japanese pop culture products that are available and widely distributed on digital platforms, making it one of the right choices to use as a technology-based Japanese language learning medium [133]. The audio-visual features of anime can develop listening and speaking skills because students will become familiar with Japanese pronunciation and intonation [134]. By using anime as a learning medium, teachers can introduce new vocabulary related to various themes from the anime used [188].…”

Incidental vocabulary acquisition through watching movies with bimodal and standard subtitles: The case of L2 Swahili learners

“…To examine the impact watching movies has on vocabulary acquisition, Karimah et al (2019) researched the amount of Japanese vocabulary that can be acquired through anime. This was a case study observing a female college student at the State Islamic University of Jakarta studying Japanese in an informal setting.…”

Exposure to Anime in Peru and Its Relationship with Demand for Goods and Services Related to Japanese Popular Culture

“…Seem like enjoying the media, in this case anime, is a common reason for studying a second language, in this case Japanese. As fact, through watching anime, some of the foreign people have acquired listening and speaking ability for Japanese (Ibnatul Karimah et al, 2019;Junjie et al, 2018). Each year, more and more people learn Japanese as a foreign language, according to the Japanese Foundation, there were about 3.6 millions of people who studied Japanese abroad at Japanese educational organizations in 2015, distributed in 137 countries (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 2021).…”