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Me and some college mates are about to try if anime and other medias can be used to help teaching japanese language through a mini-course we offered in our college.
We will try the sequence: Movie > Anime > Visual Novel > Manga > Text (Light Novel, Mukashibanashi) > Music, in a progressive sequence of difficulty. We are planning to use RAW medias and/or kana/kanji subs.
The idea is to immerse the students in the japanese language and making them stop relying on others translations.
But there are some points to be noted:
- our students are already japanese language students;
- our focus is on vocabulary rather than grammar.
Our intention is something Vexx already pointed out: using anime and other medias as a supplement to learning japanese. We believe they are useful to make japanese words and structures more familiar and to practice the already learned grammar/vocabulary. It's a complement for the textbooks/teacher's lessons and a way to keep learning through some entertainment. And serves the purpose to make students lose the fear of being confronted by the language.
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