@article{oai:kanagawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00006387,
 author = {富谷, 玲子 and Tomiya, Reiko and 内海, 由美子 and Utsumi, Yumiko and 仁科, 浩美 and Nishina, Hiromi},
 journal = {神奈川大学言語研究},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This research aims to clarify problems in written communication between foreign parents and Japanese staff members at kindergarten and day-care centers, and teachers at elementary schools in
Japan, through analysis of notebooks for communication called “renrakucho”, and to suggest how to support foreign parents from the aspect of Japanese language education. In this paper, from the results of interviews with foreign mothers and Japanese mothers, the topics, the strategies they use, and problems on written communication between the mothers and staff members at kindergarten and day-care centers are analyzed. The foreign mothers usually provide information about daily life of their children: an absence, a tardy arrival, illness, meals, and so on, by writing messages in a renrakucho, as the Japanese mothers do. However the foreign mothers rarely write any kind of inquiry, counseling, or greetings in comparison with Japanese mothers because the foreign mothers do not have enough confidence in their Japanese writing abilities. From the viewpoint of communication
through renrakucho, it is clear that the foreign mothers cannot fully cooperate with the Japanese staff members at kindergarten or daycare centers in the process of raising their children. The younger children are, the more frequent communication becomes necessary between parents and staff members. Foreign parents need to be provided a focused course in Japanese writing, and the syllabus and study materials for the course should be developed as soon as possible., Article},
 pages = {53--71},
 title = {子育て場面で外国人保護者が直面する書き言葉の課題 －保育園・幼稚園児の保護者を対象とした調査から－},
 volume = {34},
 year = {2012}
}