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Concept-Based Language Instruction (C-BLI) and the CEFR-CV: Applying Japanese Motion Verbs in the Classroom  
Kyoko Masuda (Georgia Institute of Technology)

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This paper argues for pedagogical integration between Concept-based Language Instruction (C-BLI) and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – Companion Volume (CEFR-CV) through classroom-based practice focusing on Japanese motion verbs. Both share a learner-centred view of language development, conceptualizing learners as social agents who expand their linguistic repertoires through meaningful use. C-BLI (Gal’perin, 1992), grounded in Sociocultural Theory and Cognitive Linguistics, emphasizes the internalization of conceptual meanings underlying language use (Poehner & Lantolf, 2024; Masuda et al., 2025; Masuda (ed.), forthcoming). Learning is supported through mediational tools—SCOBAs (Schematic Cognitive Orienting Bases for Action) and languaging—which enable learners to visualize, verbalize, and reconstruct conceptual linguistic knowledge. This approach aligns with CEFR-CV’s emphasis on mediation as a key communicative activity involving the co-construction and transformation of meaning in multilingual contexts (Sakurai & Okumura, 2024; Piccardo et al., 2019). The pedagogical practice focuses on Japanese motion verbs iku ‘go’ and kuru ‘come’, which pose challenges for L2 learners due to reliance on L1 influence, which prefers objective construal, rather than subjective construal (Yamamoto 2009). Implemented in an intensive online summer course at a U.S. university with intermediate learners from diverse linguistic backgrounds, the instruction employed SCOBAs, including animated visualizations of directionality and speaker-cantered perspective. Activities extended from basic motion verbs to auxiliary constructions (–te iku / –te kuru) and conventional expressions, integrating grammatical concepts with discourse and sociocultural practices. Through written languaging, learners demonstrated their understanding, supporting self-regulation and meaningful self-correction. Findings indicate that learners developed awareness of speaker perspective and the temporal meanings of auxiliary constructions (–te iku / –te kuru), deepening conceptual understanding through reflection. Instruction was adaptively sequenced from comprehension to production, and learners’ emerging self-regulation points to the potential development of mediation abilities within CEFR-CV’s social agent framework.

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増田恭子(編)(印刷中)「コンセプトベースの言語教育―日本語教育への応用と可能性―」ひつじ書房

Abstract in Japanese (if needed): コンセプトベースの言語教育(C-BLI) とCEFR-CVの親和性 ―移動動詞の実践指導から考えるー 増田 恭子(ジョージア工科大学) 本研究ではコンセプトベースの言語教育(Gal’perin 1992)のC-BLI とCEFR-CVが共有する教育理念に着目し、日本語教育における親和性を移動動詞の実践指導を通して検討した。CEFR-CVは、学習者を社会的行為者として捉え、言語レパートリーを拡張していく立場を取る。一方、C-BLIは社会文化理論と認知言語学を基盤とし、言語使用を支える中核概念の内在化を通じ、意味に基づく言語運用能力の発達を目指す(Poehner & Lantolf 2024; Masuda et al., 2025; 増田印刷中)。 SCOBAと呼ばれる視覚教材やランゲージングといった媒介的ツールを用い、学習者が概念を操作・再構築し、他者と共有する活動を重視する。この点は、言語を介した意味の共有と再構築を評価対象とするCEFR-CVの「仲介」概念(櫻井・奥村 2024;Piccardo et al., 2019)と高い親和性を持つ。 移動動詞「行く/来る」は、話者の位置や視点に基づく主観的把握を伴うため、習得が難しい(山本2009)。本実践は、米国大学でのオンライン夏期集中日本語コース(参加者10名)において行われ、主観的把握の違いを概念的に理解できるよう、SCOBAを用いて指導を行った。その後、話者に向かって移動する対象を視覚化したアニメーションSCOBAで移動動詞の概念的差異を可視化し、本動詞・助動詞の用法を談話の中で扱い、内省を促した。 事前・事後のランゲージングや誤用探しのタスクの結果から学習者の自己修正を促し、仲介能力の育成につながる点が示された。特に、学習者は話者視点や補助動詞の時間的用法の気付きを深め、教師は読解における移動動詞の使用の意識を高めることから産出活動を調整することで、概念の再構築を支援した。これらは、学習者を社会的行為者として捉える観点から、CEFR-CVの仲介能力の発達に資する可能性を示している。
Contribution AJE001
Association of Japanese Language Education: 1
  Session 3 Friday 28 August, 2026, -