Transformation of Japanese Culture for Increasing Japanese Communicative Competence

K E Y W O R D S Communicative Competence; Japanese Speaking Skills; Transformation of Japanese Culture A R T I C L E I N F O First received: 15 May 2018 Final proof accepted: 23 May 2018 Available online: 01 June 2018


INTRODUCTION
Mastering Japanese speaking skills is an important requirement that is related to the level of success in learning the foreign language and facing the global challenges.Japanese language effectively in their daily activities.Rubin and Thompson (1994 : 30) state: "For most people, the main goal of learning a foreign language is to be able to communicate.(1996 : 24), there are some principles of learning communicative competence: 1. Learner will effectively learn the language when he/she is treated as an individual who has needs and interests.
2. Learner will efficiently learn the language when he/she is given the opportunity to use the target language in various activities.
3. Learner will correctly learn the language when he/she is exposedto the understandable and relevant e-ISSN 2528-5548 communicative data based on their needs and interests.
4. Learner will learn the language well when he/she deliberately focused on learning theshape, skills, and strategies that support the process of language acquisition.
5. Learner will successfully learn the language when he/she is given the sociocultural data and direct experience with the culture of thetarget language.
6. Learner will learn the language well if he/she is aware of the role and nature of language and culture.
7. Learners will successfully learn the language if he/she is given the right feedback related to their progress.

Mastering
Japanese speaking skills can be acquired through speaking lessons (Kaiwa) which start from the basic level (Shokyu Kaiwa), intermediate (Chukyu Kaiwa) and advanced level (Jokyu Kaiwa).Speaking skills can be mastered if the student is able to convey the content of conversation to the speaking partner and the partnergraspsthe content of the conversation.Students are expected to have the ability to communicate simple Transformation of Japanese Culture for Increasing Japanese Communicative Competence Herniwati 1 , Noviyanti Aneros 1 e-ISSN 2528-5548

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Learner will learn the language well if he/she is given the opportunity to control their own learning activities.Thus, this study is expected to produce an innovative teaching material on learning conversational skills by transforming the cultures of Japan to the students.In the end, the students can understand the Japanese culture and implement their understanding withintheir Japanese speaking skills.RESEARCH METHOD This research uses the Research and Development (R & D) and quasi-experimental method.The Development method is utilized in the field of education and learning.The method aims to develop and validate the product of education and learning.It does not test the implementation of theories.The main goal of this method is improving the quality of education and learning.In addition, it can be used widely in this field (Sukmadinata, 2011 : 164).This research focuses on the learning condition of 3rd and 4 th -semester students on Chukyu Kaiwa I and Chukyu Kaiwa II course.Picture 1 Research Design RESULT This study aims to solve the students' lack of competence in speaking through materializing the teaching materials of communicative competence based onthe transformation of Japanese culture to the level (Chukyu) on speaking course (Chukyu Kaiwa I) and (Chukyu Kaiwa II).The material increases students' ability in speaking and their knowledge of Japanese culture.The teaching materials are based on Japanese culture that is closely related to the daily life of Japanese people.The first step is determining the themes of Japanese culture: 14 themes are chosen from the entire 18 themes to cope with the number of meetings in Chukyu Kaiwa course.Here are the teaching materials based on the Japanese culture: To find the teaching materials that are relevant with the aim of this study, the researchers collect them from various teaching materials and websites that are related to Japanese culture.The researchers have been compiling the teaching materials and Japanese culture materials to be discussed and tested in a limited trial.Furthermore, the researchers also choosing some Japanese cultures to improve the speaking skills.The next step is searching some Indonesian-based themes as comparisons.They are beneficial in improving understanding between the two different cultures as Japanese culture and Indonesian culture.The speaking skills of intermediate level students in Chukyu Kaiwa I and Chukyu Kaiwa II are expected to reach the significant level of communicative competence through the preparation of the teaching materials.The Japanese language teaching and learning process in the classroom aredesigned with groups and discussion.The students should be able to reconstruct the conversation based on the themes using the Japanese and then present it in front of the class.By using this method, the learning activity is more interesting and entertaining.In addition, the students are able to have a better understanding of Japanese and Indonesian culture.The transformation of Japanese