Short utterances in Japanese language conversation among Japanese and Malaysian tourist guides

• Main Authors: Mamat, Roslina, Abd Rahim, Normaliza, Abdul Halim, Hazlina, Tajuddin, Farah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: School of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35036/1/Short%20utterances%20in%20Japanese%20language%20conversation%20among%20Japanese%20and%20Malaysian%20tourist%20guides.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35036/; http://www.ukm.my/jkom/journal/volumes/volume28-1-2012.html
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Aizuchi, feedback and insertion are the 3 important elements in a Japanese language conversation. Aizuchi and feedback can be categorized as short utterance. This paper discussed short utterance in a conversation between native speakers and non-native speakers of Japanese language based on writer’s research findings. This is because in general, students of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) have problems in constructing a real-life conversation in Japanese language. This paper tried to analyze the conversational situation between two Malaysian tour guides and two Japanese tourists. The face-to-face conversation occured when the tour guides brought the tourists to Aquaria KLCC (G1&T1) and Istana Negara (G2&T2). This research intended to expose the conversation between the culture of native speaker and non-native speaker as a reference to students who are learning Japanese language.